Golden Fleece? - The Catchphrase Contest
Update: How about the Golden Fleece? Nice classical ring to it, play on the original meaning. More TV friendly than....
Golden Ejection? In the spirit of bailing out before the plane crashes, and pulling the eject lever, how about Golden Ejection? OK, so it sounds vaguely sexual, but not overtly. In the end, I guess we are seeing that the captains of industry don't go down with the ship.
Original post:
Platinum Escape Pod? That's my entry, as per Josh's front page challenge. I like the notion that as the spaceship is about to explode, a lucky few jump into the pod and escape, Star Wars style.
Need a Catchphrase
In our new economic era, I think we need a new catchphrase for CEOs like Mack Whittle of the South Financial Group, who pushed up his retirement ahead of schedule so he could bag his mega-Golden parachute a few weeks before he sent his company hat in hand to the government for bailout funds.
Total bailout for Whittle's company: $347 million. Total parachute for Whittle: $18 million.
Seriously, what's the catchphrase? Because I think we're going to see a lot of this.
Anyone else have an idea?
How about "co-conspirators to defrauding shareholders"?
November 20, 2008 12:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Doesn't quite roll off the tongue, does it?
November 20, 2008 12:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
Golden Rats.
Golden Ratachute.
November 20, 2008 2:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Fucking Heinous Ripoff with Middle Finger Salute?
November 20, 2008 4:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Frankly, I'd love to see the story end like this. The CEO goes out to get his his parachute. Only to see it float off into outer space.... like those tools the spacewalker lost the other day!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7736996.stm
And cut to a scene where the parachute lands on a food bank or something!
November 20, 2008 5:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Great video!
November 20, 2008 5:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow, it's not everyday that one sees a $100,000 tool bag float off into space. Yikes.
November 20, 2008 8:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Now you can watch it every day! Just save the video.
November 20, 2008 10:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ladies aand gentlemen, we have a winnah! The Golden Fleece!
November 20, 2008 9:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nothing like a community working together to come up with just the right phrase!
YES!!!
November 20, 2008 10:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think astral66 deserves full credit for this one.
November 20, 2008 10:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sorry. My bad. I got so interested in other things, I totally forgot the post itself!
You're so honest: It's the sound of one hand clapping!
November 20, 2008 10:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oops! I get a pass... That was an update! But snuck in at the beginning.... ok, I'm forgiving myself. Must be that inspiration stuck. :-)
November 20, 2008 10:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
inspiration "struck" - but maybe it stuck too!
November 20, 2008 10:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
I fully expect all of the MSM pundits to adopt this new terminology by tomorrow evening. Ha!
November 20, 2008 11:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
; )
November 21, 2008 12:10 AM | Reply | Permalink
Golden Fleece is a sure winner.
Are they the cousins to the Golden Flyers, the CEOs that fly in their private jets to D.C. so they can beg Congress for a bailout?
November 21, 2008 5:04 AM | Reply | Permalink
Platinum Para-gliders?
Work with dogs, retire with Fleece?
November 21, 2008 7:44 AM | Reply | Permalink