Derivative Enthusiast Pillows

Investment Banking. This is a derivative of a derivative, and you know what they say about making copies of copies.

'No, Timmy, we are not supposed to connect them.'

Jackson Pollock: abstract; Picasso: cubism; Bobby: eight year old

'Seven layers in one dip? Gentlemen, what have we wrought?'

"This crucial pre-game drill keeps you focused and eliminates distractions!"

'Who was the murderer? Well Watson, that's the killer question.'

'You must be the only 'Jack-of-all-trades' who is out of work in all of them!'

Hedge Fund: Our 'Swaps' which mimic stocks, were voted #1 derivative of the year!

Lots of famous art may have been inspired by taxes. Jackson Pollack's "Number 5" could be a visual representation of global regulations. And perhaps Rodin's "The Thinker" is a man trying to understand those rules. Maybe Roy Lichtenstein's "Ohhh ... Alright ..." shows a woman being told to continue holding to get her tax question answered. And they there's Edvard Munch's "The Scream" ... Nothing makes you feel like that more than preparing a tax return!

'Look on the bright side; you got out of that stock before it became...unstable.'

"There she be, lads, the special economic zone!"

"My lessons on Enlightenment are a prerequisite to my graduate-level course on Investing in Derivatives."

'Enter, 'The Globoracy'.'

'Globalsiation risky? How d'you mean?'

Conservative Leadership Renounces Protectionism

'Don't know much about art but I know what I like.'

Cuba united against blocking off the country

'We want more police on our streets!' 'WHAT?! Do you have any idea how dangerous it is out there?'

"He's sulking because I always beat him at Clue ... "

'I used to trade in futures until I learned the planet doesn't have one.'

"How many times have I told you? No trading Asian market at the dinner table."

Circa 1490: The area we now know as Wall Street.

Core Business.

Wall Street Lights.

TTIP

'I couldn't sleep so I decided to do some on-line trading.'

A graph falling off the chart and through the floor.

"I totally meant to do that."

HM Customs and Excise - 'One of the few things you can see from space is the great wall of Chinese imports.'

"I can build it. My price is 300 oxen and a flock of sheep. A roof would be 250 sheep extra."

A Sculptor chiselling out 'The Invisible Man' from a block of stone.

'Sir, what's this big once in a lifetime nonnegotiable deduction?'

Helms Burton Title III

"But is it..?"

We bonded over a shared lack of assertiveness. Vive la diffidence!