| | | "The Yellow Plaque": Definition: An odd disease caused by a diseased host squandering hard earned money on themselves and others nearby without any perceptible effect. The disease causes much noise, furor, retching and wailing, but doesn't abate until all wealth is gone.
It's been known to cause men to scamper about on their hands and knees on dirty bar room floors as they scrounge for loose change under tables, muttering something about a peepee deal on sale @ $1.20.
Worse yet, it has been known to cause extremely expensive time sensitive engineering studies to be ignored and eventually cast aside as they virtually expire with many numbers no longer relevant. Although once admired and boasted about, those studies are no longer mentioned except in secretive whispers.
The 2nd stage infected victims become unable to rationally perform simple tasks like due diligence and are known to lose touch with reality, hallucinate about huge complex numbers like 242 trillion dollars, 3.58 by Christmas 2015 or whatever, and fantasize of things like loose women partying on a boat. (?)
I don't personally know anyone thus distressed, but I've heard that hundreds of previously infected people have closed accounts, delayed retirement, worked long hours to recoup loses and disappeared from the investment scene permanently. All due to this disease.
Better to drill a hole in 120 feet of granite breccia overburden and then watch it fill up with James Bay swamp water. Lots more fun and less stress. |
|
