Friday 21 November 2008

Phriday Photo XVII

The spot monkeys were discussing the other day how much EUR/USD a certain fund had bought in a certain space of time to move the market a certain amount, and the consensus of opinion was "truckloads." A wonderfully malleable term, I think.

When oil neared $150 earlier this year, the local car-pooling policy proved remarkably popular...
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10 comments:

70steen said...

Superb photograph... car sharing is certainly taken seriously over there lol

Somnambulist said...

@70s - Over there? This was taken outside the Arndale Centre ;-)

70steen said...

ha ha if we get the conjestion charge we will be like this :-)

Somnambulist said...

@70s - great.. I am sure everyone really needs another tax right now...

Anonymous said...

haha - great image

Somnambulist said...

@nursey - :-) I am still laughing at your post from yesterday hehe

Daddy Papersurfer said...

I'm finding the logistics quite upsetting .....

Anonymous said...

It's a Sudanese performance piece by the Khartoum Trucker Ensemble entitled:

"Western Obesity: A Skeleton's View"

Andrew Goulding

Anonymous said...

I hate to think what would happen to the driver if he slammed on the brakes!

Somnambulist said...

@DP - Try not to think of logistics. Or any other words with 3 or more syllables.

@laog - First I laughed. Then I wondered for a moment whether you may actually be telling the truth. Then I laughed again...

@Jay - I'm thinking there is someone running out in front, moving camels, etc. for precisely that reason.