WSO Caption Contest - September 8th... Collect Silver Bananas and Win a Free WSO T-Shirt

WSO Caption Contests are back! You guys know the drill, all you have to do is leave a comment in this post with a caption you think is most fitting for the cartoon posted below. The winner will be determined by the community based on the number of Silver Bananas awarded to each comment. In the event of a tie, the admins of the site will decide the winner or send out multiple free shirts if we can't decide. Wall Street jokes welcomed and encouraged!


Rules: caption must be posted before 11:59pm ET this Sunday, winner will be announced on Monday

24 Comments
 

but the truth is the roles should be inversed? i mean startups now is a lot of overpriced stuff and sometimes meaningless stuff? it's a rip-off simply

 

Dreams V Cash. The dichotomy of where to sell your dignity.

Associate at Family Office "Investing is not a game of Possibilities but of Probabilities."
 

As he felt the weight of two divine creatures on his shoulders, Jeff realized that he was wrong about being an agnostic.

Fortes fortuna adiuvat.
 

The cover for Dan Brown's newest sequel, "Angels and Dimons."

Teach a man to make a fire, he'll be warm for the night. But set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
 

"Do I actually have any original ideas, or should I just stick to being able to pay my bills? Decisions, decsions"

  • on a side note, I've thrown so much poop or given so many SBs on a thread
Get busy living
 

The Three Stooges

Consumption smoothing is retarded. If you stay in this game for a handful of years, money will be the least of your worries. Live it up, because this is the one time in your life where you might actually have time to spare.
 

Numquam commodi voluptatem quo eligendi non odio. Temporibus nemo velit pariatur quasi beatae tempora corrupti. Qui autem dicta ut omnis quia nihil. Et eius debitis eius in omnis voluptatem nostrum.

Praesentium iste odit ex enim fugit earum. In quisquam est repellat modi. Beatae qui et qui eos blanditiis. Facere ratione perspiciatis exercitationem suscipit sunt nulla qui.

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