A "win" amongst the financial woes

widebody911 · widebody911's Garage

http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20081006150152.aspx

He was on a treadmill with a heart monitor on. Someone was in the corner, pumping iron and he walked over and he knocked him out cold.

I wish I could buy that "somoene" a beer.

M.D. Holloway · 10-08-2008, 02:00 PM

He is lucky it was a fist and wasn't a bullet thrown at him!

J P Stein · 10-08-2008, 02:07 PM

I've often said that, after getting out of the Army, that I would never stand in line again. For this I would make an exception.

onlycafe · 10-08-2008, 02:17 PM

lucky for him that nobody thought to grab a kidney while he was out cold.
recoup a little bit. not much , but it's the thought that counts.

masraum · 10-08-2008, 03:09 PM

That's freakin' awesome! There are more CEOs and other C-level execs that need to get decked.

Aerkuld · Aerkuld's Garage

Maybe that's the answer, the CEO's can go and get their bonus checks, but they have to pick them up in person from the middle of a large room filled with their former employees.

artplumber · 10-08-2008, 06:11 PM

Did you guys read that AIG held an awards getaway after the initial Fed loan to the company. 100 people ran up a $440K bill. Sweet

I am definitely in the wrong business.

widgeon13 · 10-08-2008, 06:21 PM

I heard that as well, 23K of the 440 was spent at the hotel spa, ah, the good life!

mossguy · 10-08-2008, 07:05 PM

And did you also hear that they are going to do it again next week in Northern California at a Half Moon Bay resort?

Tom

Moses · 10-08-2008, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by widebody911

http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20081006150152.aspx

He was on a treadmill with a heart monitor on. Someone was in the corner, pumping iron and he walked over and he knocked him out cold.

I wish I could buy that "somoene" a beer.

I needed a feelgood story today. That was perfect.

speeder · speeder's Garage

Could not happen to a nicer guy.

It would be great if these types became the pariahs that they deserve to be in society, getting the "OJ treatment" everywhere they go.

Noah930 · Noah930's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by speeder

It would be great if these types became the pariahs that they deserve to be in society, getting the "OJ treatment" everywhere they go.

Part of why the OJ treatment worked (at least here, in LA), was that there was only one OJ (and a small circle of his friends). He really was shunned by most people in the socioeconomic circles in which he ran. People would literally get up and walk out of a room or establishment if he showed up.

Unfortunately, there are enough of those corporate fat cats who profited despite the damage done to our (and others') economy, that those guys can probably still live fairly active social lives amongst themselves. Heck, it's not like anyone else has got enough dough (anymore) to hang with them, anyway.

Still, I wonder if there's some security cam footage that might have caught the knockout. Should be posted on You Tube. It would zoom to #1 worldwide in no time.

Zeke · 10-09-2008, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by speeder

Could not happen to a nicer guy.

It would be great if these types became the pariahs that they deserve to be in society, getting the "OJ treatment" everywhere they go.

Count me in. Post the whereabouts of such and I will show up with the cream pies.