Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Farewell TOC

So farewell
then TOC
TSE# 8841,
land-lord,
linen-lord,
and would-be
lord of
health-tonics.

As a listed
company,
you always
traded cheap,
never
getting
the respect you
deserved.

Now,
With a TOB price
equal to a 5.5% cap rate,
you'll be remembered
as having been
"taken-under"
by the Otani's
rather than
"taken-over".

(with apologies to EJ Thribb, aged 5-1/2)

3 comments:

Macro Man said...

I was hoping for an epitaph for Boris Yeltsin from your good self, channelling the Poet Laureate of Private Eye...

"Cassandra" said...

So farewell
then
Boris Yeltsin.

"Riot Sensibly"
was your
legacy
and your
name's anagram.

Critics said
you were
"permanently
pickled".

Now
you will be
pickled
permanently.

Macro Man said...

I am partial to limericks myself:

There once was a comrade called Boris

Who died under the sign of the Taurus

Ninety one: what a hero!

Ninety eight: less than zero

Was the rouble return of George Soros