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...Dreaming of fancy cars, beautiful women, and lots of cash, I'm sure :)

Fellow ETers: Found This Somewhere, It's Good My Wish for You in 2009 May peace break into your house and may thieves come to steal your debts. May the pockets of your clothes become magnets for $100 bills. May love stick to your face like Vaseline and may laughter assault your lips! May...

Oh well. It would have been worse if the cup had been half full instead! :D

Explanation of Microsoft Computer Messages It says: "Press Any Key" It means: "Press any key you like but I'm not moving." It says: "Press A Key" (This one's a programmers joke. Nothing happens unless you press the "A" key.) It says: "Fatal Error. Please contact technical support...

When two guys are out for a stroll, how can you tell who's the economist? He's the one walking randomly... :) :) :)

For The Pseudo-Educated Snobs Among Us: "Mathematics brought rigor to Economics. Unfortunately, it also brought mortis." :) :) :)

A famous economic forecaster was known to have an horseshoe prominently displayed above the door frame of his office. Asked what it was for, he replied that it was a good luck charm that helped his forecasts. "But do you believe in that superstition?" he was asked. To which he indignantly...

Economic Laws Galore... Bentley's Second Law of Economics: The only thing more dangerous than an economist is an amateur economist! Berta's Economic Corollary: "The only thing more dangerous than an amateur economist is a highly regarded and respected professional economist!!" :) :) :)

And Something About The Other Side Political talk is cheap. Supply exceeds demand. By a lot! :) :) :)

Since You Asked An economist is a highly trained professional paid to work with pen and paper to guess wrong about the economy. An econometrician is a highly trained professional paid to use super-computers and advanced multivariate statistical modeling to guess wrong about the economy...

Clever Economic Poetry "Economists are gentle men, with neither sword nor pistol. They walk along most daintily, because their balls are crystal!" :) :) :)

"Economists do it with models" "Pure Econometricians do it only if they can identify it. Applied Econometricians do it even if they can't." "Some Economists do it both discretely AND continuously." :) :) :)

A mathematician, an accountant and an economist apply for the same job. The interviewer calls in the mathematician and asks "What do two plus two equal?" The mathematician replies "Four." The interviewer asks "Four, exactly?" The mathematician looks at the interviewer incredulously and says...

Man walking along a road in the countryside comes across a shepherd and a huge flock of sheep. Tells the shepherd, "I will bet you $100 against one of your sheep that I can tell you the exact number in this flock." The shepherd thinks it over; it's a big flock so he takes the bet. "973," says...

Yes, and this one too, my favorite: "I never made a mistake in my life!... hmm... at least no mistake I couldn't explain..." :) :) :) PS. Kala Christougenna!

A man walks out of a bar totally hammered, only to be greeted by a snobby woman. She takes one look at him: “You, sir, are drunk!" "And you ma'am, are ugly. But when I wake up, I will be sober!" :) :) :)

Seasonal Q&A Q: Why does Santa go down the chimney on Christmas rather than through the door? A: Because it soots him! :) :) :)

Speaking Of Baseball A little boy knocks at the door and tells the owner that something of his had found its way into her garage, and he wanted it back. The homeowner opened the garage and noticed two additions; a baseball and broken window sporting a baseball-sized hole. “How do you...

A kindergarten teacher handed out a coloring page to her class. On it was a picture of a duck holding an umbrella. The teacher told her class to color the duck in yellow and the umbrella green, However, Bobby, the class rebel, colored the duck in a bright fire truck red. After seeing this...

Good one! (Can you hear the sound of my hand clapping?) :)