Our financial system is crumbling this week.

[heyzeus]

I would love to do that had I not spent all of my life savings on hookers and blow last weekend.

This is a better investment plan than the one my coworker had. He bought a ton of Lehman stock last week thinking the government would bail them out.

Good lord, that is dumb. You don't invest based on the news.

Yep, back in '01 a friend of mine did this with Enron stock when it hit about a dollar a share. He chose....poorly.

[Hungary Jack]

I would love to do that had I not spent all of my life savings on hookers and blow last weekend.

This is a better investment plan than the one my coworker had. He bought a ton of Lehman stock last week thinking the government would bail them out.

WTF?

[Hungary Jack]

Maybe it's time we revert to a barter economy.

[TimeForGuinness]

Maybe it's time we revert to a barter economy.

I don't have room for goats

[Leroy]

Maybe it's time we revert to a barter economy.

I don't have room for goats

That's what she said.

[cards2468]

Maybe it's time we revert to a barter economy.

I don't have room for goats

That's what she said.

+10 points

[ghostrunner]

I'm fresh out of beaver pelts.

[Hungary Jack]

I have 18 rolls of toilet paper from Costco, and about 20 lbs of wood screws.

[TimeForGuinness]

I have 18 rolls of toilet paper from Costco, and about 20 lbs of wood screws.

You could get a lot of goats for a roll of toilet paper...

[heyzeus]

I have no survival skills whatsoever. When the revolution comes, i will be the first marshmallow on the fire.

NYSE is back into freefall mode and is now down 316 points.