You know, says the economist, to be honest, I have to say the finance pages made my eyes glaze over. I was never interested in all that. All those rows and rows of figures. Maybe I studied the wrong thing.
The monitor lizard shifts a little, there in his sunny spot on the big slate tiles. So you were actually relieved when economics was eliminated?
The economist nods. It’s totally awesome now that we can just borrow what we need and not give it back.
You used to do that already anyway, says the monitor lizard.
Ah, but not to this extent. Now I can drive a KTM X-Bow to work when I want. Or, at least I could, until someone else borrowed it from me. To be honest, it was freaking me out anyway. Who needs all that horsepower in a little gokart like that?
The train’s okay, though, says the monitor lizard.
I don’t mind the train, says the economist.
The sun’s warm, says the monitor lizard.
Sure is, says the economist.
My favorite part of the financial news pages is that little paragraph where they explain everything that happened to the stock market in a sentence or two. The stock market dropped “because of investor nervousness over the color of Michelle Obama’s dress” or the market rose “because of new reports on new of increased demand for pork bellies”. Its the most whimsical paragraph in the paper (except maybe the horoscopes).