Pinky's Tailing Box: a weekly Wednesday feature of At a Bottom Now for Gold...
The Old Fabricator's 1998 Almanac
NOVEMBER hath 30 days...
No shade, no shine, no butterflies,
...no bees
No fruit, no flowers, no leaves,
...no birds--No-vember
--Thomas Hood
No shady notoriety, no other lies,
...no sleaze
No boot, no Flowers, no deceives.
...no hers--No-remember.
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DECEMBER hath 31 days...
'Tis the season for rain that's freezin'.
Hang mistletoe as you whistle "O Tannenbaum."
Build a snowman; watch him melt down as the rain begins to pelt down.
Gather friends and celebrate: peace and joy in '98!
'Tis the season for Dems appeas'n'.
Hang them galore as you whistle the Barney song.
Bill Clinton; watch him melt down as the truth evolves like Pelt Down.
Gather friends and celebrate: President Al Gore in '98!
JANUARY hath 31 days...
O Winter, ruler of the inverted year,
Thy scattered hair with sleet like ashes filled,
Thy breath congealed upon thy lips, thy cheeks
Fringed with a beard made white with other snows...
I love thee.
--William Cowper
O Clinton, ruler of the inverted standard,
Thy scattered supporters retreat like Willey from Bill
The truth concealed upon thy lips, thy weeks
Numbered as neared the grand jury and other blows...
Al Gore me.
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FEBRUARY hath 28 days...
The sleet streams,
The snow flies;
The fawn dreams
With wide brown eyes.
--William Rose Ben‚t
The flood streams,
The Dollar flies;
The Won screams
With wide brown eyes.
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We like March, his shoes are purple
...He is new and high;
Makes he mud for dog and peddler,
...Makes he forest dry.
--Emily Dickenson
We like Barney, his shoes are purple
...He is too good to lie;
Makes he no mud for dog and politician.
...Makes he a Forest Gump kind of guy.
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APRIL hath 30 days...
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.
--A. E. Housman
Oft distressed by me, Al Gerry now,
Is hung with gloom--he's long the DOW,
And stands about the mountainside
Hoping for Zappa to glide.
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The glittering leaves of the rhododendrons
Balance and vibrate in the cool air;
While in the sky above them
White clouds chase each other.
--John Gould Fletcher
The glittering reprieves of gold's conundrums
Balance then abate, to our despair;
While in the Dow above them
Blue chips chase each other.
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JUNE hath 30 days...
A bird in the bough sang "June,"
..And "June" hummed a bee
..In a bacchic glee
..as he tumbled over and over
Drunk with the honey-dew.
--Clinton Scollard
A bird in a bough sang a tune,
..And a tune hummed Billy
..In a cop out plea
..As he tumbled out from his cover
Debunked, with supporters few.
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JULY hath 31 days...
Cool in the very furnace of July
..The water-meadows lie;
The green stalks of their grasses and their flowers
They still refresh at fountains dry.
--John Drinkwater
Cool in the very furnace of July
..We hear Bill Clinton's lie;
The gainsaying then passes--Gennifer Flowers
Does still refresh our memories. Fie!
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AUGUST has 31 days...
Summer Declines and roses have grown rare,
..But cottage crofts are gay with hollyhocks,
And in old garden walks you breathe an air
..fragrant of pinks and August-smelling stocks.
--John Todhunter
Market declines and up closes have grown rare,
..But doting bulls are gay with rally thoughts,
And in bold bargain walks don't smell a bear
...Hardly one thinks of August selling stocks.
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SEPTEMBER hath 30 days...
A touch of gold in autumn night
I walked abroad,
And saw the ruddy moon lean over a hedge
Like a red-faced farmer.
T. E. Hulme
A touch of gold in autumn night
I'm long the POG,
I saw the CB goons lein over a hedge
Like a manipulator.
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OCTOBER hath 31 days...
October's face, benign and mellow,
Turns nuts to brown and leaves to yellow;
But (like the scorpion, sting in tail)
He ends with frost and scourging hail.
--Jan Struther
October's face, benign and mellow,
Turns nuts to own and margin yellow;
But (like the scorpion, sting in tail)
He sends us loss--gold rallies fail.
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In the Tailing Box...
Dear ABNFG:
I've heard the Dow is forming a head and shoulders pattern. I don't suppose I should should be married to any of these stocks even if they're good looking. --Dawn
Dear Dawn:
Cut down on even dating at this point and whatever you do don't accept a diamond--the DeBeers cartel is about to crack. --Whirlwind
Dear Whirlwind:
What's been your best stock purchase recently? --Curious Cornelius
Dear CC:
Zappa--up 12% in 3 days. --Whirlwind
Questions about the PMs? Ask the Whirlwind. E-mail him at:
whirlwindbuyszappa@mindless.com
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