[vivaldirules]

What's with today? Did Alex lock the door to The Lounge? Did someone urinate on the couch (hey, wasn't me)? Was there a fire? Or did everyone pass out from one too many Zany Carter Deluxes before breakfast? Jeez. Our Queen disappears for a short while and now look what I have to do - work!

Okay, here's a gig. Suppose Congress doesn't bail out the banks and the dreaded reality plays out just as Paulson et al predict (okay, we're speaking hypothetically now). Banks have no cash to lend, businesses can't borrow even the used paper from the rubbish bin, scads of people get layed off, and the economy finally tanks under the weight of too much bad debt (duh! like the fact that too much debt is bad should surprise anyone - wake up!). What I want to know is, will the squirrels take over or will it be the lemurs and llamas?

[Hey, I'm just trying to cheer people up.]