anyone know james thompson from the floor (JLT)?
I remember a phone call to the TNT booth concerning a young man called 'Jim' we all called him Jim or Jimmy the only person to call him James was his Mum. Anyway, a line starts flashing in the booth with the caller asking to speak to 'James' I recall the converstaion with 'Blades' went as follows;
Caller: May I speak with James please?
Blades: Sorry Mrs. T, he hasn't arrived yet, is there a problem?
Mrs. T: Yes dear, a small problem, there's a black woman in James's bedroom and she says she wont leave until she gets paid.
Blades: Oh!!!
Mrs. T: Yes dear, Oh! Can you ask James to call home as soon as he arrives please?
Blades: Sure will Mrs T. Then putting the phone down calls all around to relay the story. Whereupon Jimmy got a rousing reception on his arrival to the floor!!! Deservedly so in my opinion.......
Was that the same guy that impressed the ladies by putting a Rolex watch on it and doing the watch up like it was on a wrist?
What about the Tulletts runners first day at work then all the traders took him out to get him trashed and he was left to sleep in a bunker on the 18th hole at a golf course in Essex. He was woken up by the golfers out playing an early round......
My boss told me another one today. He used to trade on the LIFFE floor but may have been on another at this time. The queen came to visit and everyone had been told to be on their best behavior or they'd risk being banned altogether. So all practical jokes were off on that day. I'm not sure which pit he was in but at the time it was trading "double 0s". All the traders were furiously making the hand signal for the product trading at double 0's, which apparently looks like the hand gesture for calling someone a wan*ker. Doing so as the queen walked past above.
Very late on this and has been said before that those were the days .!
There were some great characters down there that comes with some great stories, anyone on here meet up for christmas in the city ( Lamb ).
Tony Blair comes onto the Liffe floor with eight or more African commonwealth nations dignitaries all dressed up in their national costumes ...as he is walking past the Sterling pit ,JAG taps him on the Shoulder and says very loudly "Oi tony ...who ordered the minicabs ?"
I think it was a 2k fine but almost everyone in the Sterling pit peeled off a 50quid note and threw it into the middle of the pit to help pay the fine !
funny as **** !:cheesy:
yeah - but when you are in an environment that sometimes gives the opportunity to make several thousand pounds in 10 minutes or there abouts, you start to realise that what other people think of you is pointless. it often comes from jealousy. after all, these 'funny people' from outside have often worked under this dumb belief that success comes from qualifications and working all the hours under the sun to 'please the boss' and other rat race stuff. talk about a wasted life! whos the d!ckhead now?
life is too short.
lift up your skirt, grab your balls AND MAKE SOME MONEY!!! - oh - and have some fun!!
yours,
captain sensible.