Little amusement sent our way, thanks to Edward Harrison at Credit Writedowns.
Black humor on Wall Street circa 1930
This comes from the blog News from 1930:
An out-of-work broker asked a friend who owned a circus for work. His friend said the circus gorilla had recently died, and if the broker wanted to get into the gorilla’s skin, swing around, growl, and amuse the children, he could have the job. Things went well until one day the rope the “gorilla” was swinging on snapped and catapulted him into the lion’s cage. The lion let out a roar, which the “gorilla” answered with a timid yelp. The lion roared louder, and the “gorilla” lost his nerve and started screaming for help. The lion came closer and whispered “Shut up, you damned fool, you’re not the only broker out of a job.”
Photo: Female Gorilla Edinburgh Zoo 2004, original uploader was SeanMack at en.wikipedia, photo and license at Wikimedia, here.
