Follow the Money

http://news.yahoo.com/carlos-slim-fixes-economy-114100308.html

Take note that Carlos Slim also uses Gringal's favorite saying in his interview. Is there some connection that we are not aware of?

Oh yeah.......me and Carlos are real buddies.

gringal wrote:Oh yeah.......me and Carlos are real buddies.

Then slip him the word that I need a telephone hook-up in Tizapán, okay?

Lehrer wrote:

gringal wrote:Oh yeah.......me and Carlos are real buddies.

Then slip him the word that I need a telephone hook-up in Tizapán, okay?

He ALWAYS listens to me!

So what you are saying is that YOU are the brains behind his empire?

It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it.

Get me a phone line in Riberas.

Consider it done, all.

I know this probably should have gone in the “Jokes & Riddle” section but it was just too appropriate for here. Hahaha!!!


A Husband takes his wife to play her first game of golf. Of course, the wife
promptly hacked her first shot right through the window of the biggest house
adjacent to the course.

The husband cringed, 'I warned you to be careful! Now we'll have to go up
there, find the owner, apologize and see how much your lousy drive is going
to cost us.'

So the couple walked up to the house and knocked on the door. A warm voice
said, 'Come on in.'

When they opened the door they saw the damage that was done: glass was all
over the place, and a broken antique bottle was lying on its side near the
pieces of window glass.
A man reclining on the couch asked, 'Are you the people that broke my
window?'
'Uh...yeah! , sir. We're sure sorry about that,' the husband replied.
'Oh, no apology is necessary. Actually I want to thank you.. You see, I'm a
genie, and I've been trapped in that bottle for a thousand years.

Now that you've released me, I'm allowed to grant three wishes. I'll give
you each one wish, but if you don't mind, I'll keep the last one for
myself.'
Wow, that's great!' the husband said. He pondered a moment and blurted out,
'I'd like a million dollars a year for the rest of my life.'
'No problem,' said the genie 'You've got it, it's the least I can do. And
I'll guarantee you a long, healthy life!'

'And now you, young lady, what do you want?' the genie asked.
'I'd like to own a gorgeous home in every country in the world complete with
servants,' she said.
'Consider it done,' the genie said. 'And your homes will always be safe from
fire, burglary and natural disasters!'

'And now,' the couple asked in unison, 'what's your wish, genie?'
'Well, since I've been trapped in that bottle, and haven't been with a woman
in more than a thousand years, my wish is to have sex with your wife.'

The husband looked at his wife and said, 'Gee, honey, you know we both now
have a fortune, and all those houses. What do you think?'
She mulled it over for a few moments and said, 'You know, you're right.
Considering our good fortune, I guess I wouldn't mind, but what about you,
honey?'
You know I love you sweetheart,' said the husband. I'd do the same for you!'

So the genie and the woman went upstairs where they spent the rest of the
afternoon enjoying each other.

The genie was insatiable.

After about three hours of non-stop sex, the genie rolled over and looked
directly into her eyes and asked, How old are you and your husband?'
'Why, we're both 35,' she responded breathlessly.
'No Kidding,' he said.
'Thirty-five years old and you both still believe in genies?'

Pardon me, I must be really stupid because I fail to see how the joke(?) was appropriate to this thread.

You must be really stupid, because "Follow the Money" is relevant to golf & genies & sex & 35-year-olds & broken glass & ?????

You don't see the connection?

I don't either. But there has to be one.

Dunno if it belongs here or not, but my hubby and I got a good laugh out of it anyway! Thanks, Parker.

gringal wrote:Consider it done, all.

Gringal is the genie...granting wishes for two telephone lines...which prompted the joke...because we know that Gringal is neither a genie nor is she associated with Carlos Slim (assumption on my part for sure) ...and there really aren't any genies anyway.



Timely joke Parker...and funny too.



I made a comment on another board to someone whining about the money they lost recently in the market...I said if it made him feel any better that Carlos Slim had lost 8 Billion in the same four days.

He replied that it would only have made him feel better if he had been the one to find it.

Besides the moneys only lost if your cashing out today............

Solovino wrote:Pardon me, I must be really stupid because I fail to see how the joke(?) was appropriate to this thread.

It’s about believing in “Fairy tales”. “Gringal” has made it perfectly clear that the likely hood that she has any influence over “Carlos Slim” is very remote. Don’t believe in “fairy tales” they’ll screw you every time.

Thank you “ferret & Traveller” for the support and clear head, it was meant to be funny. I still think it’s funny.

I'm glad we had some fun.
Alas, Carlos and I move in different circles.
Genies move in their own, and fairy tales have always been a grand source of "truth".