[GammaJammer]

Guy I worked with once slipped a packet of brown sauce into our global head of trading's back pocket (he was wearing pristing beige Chinos). Predictably as soon as he sat down the sachet burst but still no-one told him. Think he went into a client meeting looking like he'd cacked himself.

They had been mates for years otherwise you couldn't possibly get away with something like that. Quality.

GJ

[charliechan]

Originally Posted by tsuntzu

Yes, sadly, I recently heard he had a mild heart attack but seems to be well and truly on the mend now.

tell me about it. anything to do with todays durable goods number?

[Directional]

I met Bill Hubard the TV presenter from CNBC at this years FOW Derivatives & Securities World expo in london a month or two back. Was chatting to him with a few other locals near the LIFFE stand - anyway, my gut had been growling away angrily all morning from a curry & too many beers the night before.. while he was engaging my colleagues in conversation about what he's up to now he's left CNBC and joined Sigma, I squeaked a fairly noiseless guff out to ease the mounting pressure in my a-rse, but the stench that turned the air brown immediately after was chokingly dense, enough to gas an iraqi village. Bill Hubard, ever the professional barely broke stride in his commentary, but I'm sure his eyes were watering there for a few minutes.. probably not from held breath and stifled laughter like the rest of us however

[Pobtastic]

Anyone remember when the All Saints come down to visit the floor? And Natalie Appleton took off her bra as a trader had paid £1000 for it at a charity auction or something. Can't remember who it was mind...

Pobster

[Pobtastic]

Originally Posted by Pobtastic

Anyone remember when the All Saints come down to visit the floor? And Natalie Appleton took off her bra as a trader had paid £1000 for it at a charity auction or something. Can't remember who it was mind...

Pobster

Ah google! What would we do without it?!!!

http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,311922,00.html

Pobster

[Pobtastic]

Other things I remember are;

A runner being escorted out of the building by security with a towel covering his face/ head after he'd been heard masturbating in the toilets. Never did find out who that was!

A broker who I shall refer to as only Darren in case he's reading this (to save any embarrassment!) took his nephew to Alton Towers and missed the M1 junction on the M25 and DROVE THE WHOLE WAY ROUND THE M25 rather than turn around at the next junction... All the other brokers got there in time for dinner at the b&b and he rolls in gone midnight! I distinctly remember the laughter at his choice of driving attire as well, it was some silk frilly cuffed shirt! Very bizarre!

A well known ex-carpet fitter *cough* told one of his runners to fetch him out of the BTP pit early as he needed to get to the airport to go on holiday with his family. It got busy that day and no matter how hard the runner tried the trader wouldn't stop trading and became increasingly abusive telling the runner to 'sort something out'. Story goes that the runner chartered a helicopter to pick up the trader to whisk him to the airport and got a bonus for his ingenuity.

That very same ex-carpet fitter once told his runners that you know you've 'made it' when you can afford to have your shoes hand made for you. That was legend around our booths for quite a while back when I was a runner...

To be honest I can't think of any more *really* insanely funny things that happened, mostly it was just the general stuff like calling Nick P "Princess" to wind him up, sharking and runner abuse. I guess that stuff is only funny when you were there?

Pobster

[Directional]

lol - from reading a few of the tales of runner abuse, it still sounds pretty funny even if you werent there (feigned anal sex, boot polish on phones, chewing gum on cards etc, lol!)

[Pobtastic]

Hmmm I'm concerned about naming people tbh!!! I'll stick with mnemonics that I can remember, else it'll be just first names or nicknames...

If you remember RAW from Alpha (later MFF) you'll know he was a BIG muscled guy, when I was a runner even if he was *really* busy he'd always find the time to ask me (and all other young runners) if I liked Gladiator movies... He threw me into the middle of the pit once, him and BIP did their best to keep me in there too but they got told off by the pit police It's all in good jest though, they offered me a job as a runner a few month later and I worked as a broker for them at MFF/ DMF just before the floor closed. Good bunch, nice guys!

I'll never forget seeing Nigel in the Sterling hitting paper for 20,000 lots and saying quite loudly "Oooo I love a bit of size!". I also remeber Mark G in the Euromark doing a similar size in a fast market with JP Morgan, it's only when you see these kinds of things that you realize what a small fish you really are...

Another great legend with Nigel (Sterling) was that some new hot trader was trying to impress people by telling them he'd just bought a Bentley, someone said to Nigel "Hey Nige, you've got a Bentley haven't you?" and Nigel, being Nigel replied "A Bentley? I've got one for each foot..." Classic!

Pobster