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Carlin Channels The Fop

Mar 19

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A fop. Not "Fraternal Order of Police".

George Carlin famously quipped “You know what you almost never see anymore? A FOP.”

You know, he’s right. So when one does pop up, it peaks my interest. Enter Mr Dick Fuld of Lehman’s (think ‘large financial disaster’).

Come to find out that Lehman’s, being one of  the last to adopt a casual Friday, went hard on anyone who did not dress to the nine’s as himself.

“You know what? Fine. If these jokers wanted to dress like slobs outside the office, there wasn’t much Dick could do about it, other than sighing audibly and acting put out.”

Mr Fuld must have been a bundle of fun to be around, much less work for.

Full article here >

In case you want more of an upbeat idea, here is a link to some webcams on Maui. Drink it in, and dream of the tradewinds….

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