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Bumfketeer	Post subject: Thanks for nothing Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2002 6:36 pm
Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 3557 Location: Cusp of retirement, grave or both	``Clearly, the economy is still on the sick bed requiring some more treatment,'' said Sung Won Sohn, chief economist at Wells Fargo. ``We are not out of the woods yet by any means.''
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Guest	Post subject: Re: Thanks for nothing Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2002 3:37 pm
	This reminds me of an old RKO Republic B-movie of late 1940s vintage starring Robert Mitchum. Some snarling bad guy threatened to "slice you open like third-class mail and send you Pony Express back to your papa ... I'll ride you out of town on a rail and ship you to your grave in a steamer trunk." Mitchum calmly waited for the baddie to cease his sputterings, then slapped the Phillie Cheroot out of his mouth and said the immortal words: "I'll mix the metaphors around here."
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rumymommy	Post subject: Re: Thanks for nothing Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2002 7:19 pm
Joined: Tue Aug 06, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 138	"The economy is like a car trying to navigate a winter highway. It is moving, but at a very sluggish pace, and there have been stretches where conditions are quite slow and treacherous,'' said Lynn Reaser, chief economist at Banc of America Capital Management. ``The general view, however, is that road conditions are going to improve in the spring, but until then, a weather alert will remain in effect."<p> Hate to rain on your parade.
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Guest	Post subject: Re: Thanks for nothing Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2002 7:37 pm
	That rated far too dangerously high on the MCI (Metaphor Creep Index). Place James Kilpatrick on high Code Yellow alert.
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