Weird words from the world of work

[sluggo]

Heard today in a financial manager's convention:

"This is my son (introduces son). He was an English major, but then he switched to business!"
This was answered with ...applause.

I got out of there fast....

[Bailey]

What strange goings-on you have there in Thitherstyx Master Slugger.

I hope they were illuminated by your absence, er [insert wry smile here]
mark sorry-went-for-the-joke, no-ad-hominem-intended Bailey

[sluggo]

Actually I'm in Texas, but in a hotel full of conventioneers it could be anywhere. Except the thitherstyx.

[Perry]

Try to avoid returning home with a pinstripe suit.

[Bailey]

or without it....
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[sluggo]

Try to avoid returning home with a pinstripe suit.

Mayhap ah wuz in Texas too dang long. Ah don't git it.

[Perry]

Pin striped suits were classic banker's attire. And you were mingling with financial managers.

[sluggo]

Pin striped suits were classic banker's attire. And you were mingling with financial managers.

Oh. And all I could think of was baseball.
Youse guys must be ooooooooooooold....

[Bailey]

Ah, well, please don't include the chimp in the "guys"

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[sluggo]

Ah, well, please don't include the chimp in the "guys"

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Only in the good sense

Actually that pinstripe suit image -going by old movies of course- brings to mind not bankers but gangsters. But Perry already said that.

[Bailey]

Chimps never wear white ties, with or without the Dimple.
But if I leave the house with a pinstriped suit, I try to wear it home, no matter how hirsute I am.
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[Perry]

I'm 54 years young, if you must know.