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Игорь ЛАРИН

ВСЛЕД ЗА ПУШКИНЫМ

У лукоморья новый русский,
Златая цепь на русском том,
Пиджак малиновый французский,
И телефон мобильный в нем;

А в “Мерседесе” телик “Сони”,
В “Фольксвагене-пассат” – второй...
Там чудеса: там вор в законе
Живет на воле, как герой;

Там на невиданных тусовках
Следы невыданных зарплат;
Красотка там в одних кроссовках
Свой демонстрирует фасад;

Там стадионы шмоток полны,
Там на заре прихлынут волны
Торговцев темных и лихих,
И взвод омоновцев проворных,
С оружием и в масках черных,
Укладывает наземь их.

Там рэкетир, лишенный дани,
Пленяет хитрого дельца;
Там бизнесмен с министром в бане
По воле крестного отца
Доводят сделку до конца;

Путана там подстилкой служит,
А бравый мент бомжа утюжит;
Там киллер, что не лыком шит,
Средь бела дня свой суд вершит.

Там склад горит, там взрыв как жахнет!
Там русский дух... там Русью пахнет!

For Wall Street Souls

A Few Good Traders

Son, I eat breakfast three hundred yards away from four thousand hedge
funds who are trained to pick me off. So don't think for one second that
you can come down here, flash a client relationship, and make me
nervous.

Son, we live in a world that has risks, and those risks have to
be hedged by men like me. Who's gonna do it? You? The Sales Force? I
have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for
your client and curse the desk. You have that luxury. You have the
luxury of not knowing what I know: that your client's loss, while
tragic, probably saved P&L. And that my existence, while grotesque and
incomprehensible to you, saves P&L.

You don't want the truth - because deep down, in places you don't talk
about at parties, you want me in those screens. You need me in those
screens.

We use words like roll-down, carry, gamma. We use these words
as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a
punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain
myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very bonus
pool that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide
it!

I'd rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way.
Otherwise, I'd suggest you pick up a prop book and stand a post.

Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to!

{from Gene Z}

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Kinky is only kinky the first time.

-Scott