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October 10, 2012

THAT'S THEIR STORY, AND THEY'RE STICKING TO IT

There is an old saying among economists that the best way to assess the state of the economy is to look at people's underwear.

(Thanks to Matt Filar)

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ask not what brown can do for you,

butt

what can you do for brown

Sticking to it. HAR!

State of the union suit.

"Uptick in Underwear" ... I think I saw them open fer the Sex Pistols ...

"Gross" Domestic Product.

so

our economy really has 'hit the skids'

So the take home is: men's underwear demand is rather inelastic.

Has the President been briefed on this?

we just cant get to the bottom of this thread..

But does this indicator take into account the underground underwear economy?

Skidmarks are an indication of a sudden braking of the economy.

the formula for this being

BVD=GNP?

or a more sophisticated one can be expected from mathematically minded bloggers

Snork at all !

Told you the economy was going into the hamper.

This is EXACTLY why I did not become an economist.

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