[ExI] Belief in Market Efficiency

[BillK]

On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 7:26 AM, Damien Broderick wrote:
> Omg. This is either the driest jab of wit ever on the extropes list, or
> definitive proof that he who laughs last never got the joke.
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Now, now. You know USians don't do dry wit.

But I'm UK and I didn't get the joke either until I Googled. The Magic
Pudding hasn't been in my reading list. But Google says it is very
well-known in Australia. It even gets used in Parliamentary debates.

Quote:
Mr SPEAKER: Order! I uphold the point of order. The Minister will
address members by their proper titles.

Mr JOHN WATKINS: The Leader of the Opposition came into this Chamber
this morning with butter on his fingers and egg on his face because he
had been up all night cooking up the magic pudding of a budget
response. I am amazed that he had time to take off his apron before he
came in here at 10 o'clock this morning. The introduction of Norman
Lindsay's classic work, The Magic Pudding, reads:

The Magic Pudding is a pie, except when it's something else, like a
steak, or a jam donut—

—or the Leader of the Opposition's budget response. The introduction continues:

or whatever its owner wants it to be. And it never runs out. No matter
how many slices you cut, there's always something left over. It's
magic.

But Norman Lindsay's story is far more believable than the budget
response from the Leader of the Opposition this morning.
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BillK