"Got this chow," Royal said lifting the white carton for Martin to see.
"Yesterday," Martin prodded.
"Uh...good question..." Royal ate a bite and thought back a day, "OK.
Yesterday I fired the last fund manager."
"Why?"
"Because he was an idiot."
"What did he do?"
"Lost a billion dollars..."
"Where?"
"In his shorts..." Royal laughed and coughed on a grain of rice.
"Actually the fool was long..."
"Why did you give an idiot a billion dollars?" Martin queried.
"Good question..." Royal ate a few bites. "Ok. I have the answer. Last
week he wasn't an idiot. He was considered very bright. But this
week, he and a lot of other really bright guys --and a few gals; are
known to be incontrovertible idiots."
"I wish I had a billion dollars," Martin said wistfully.
"Me too...what would you do with a billion?"
"Give it to my Dad, so he could fund his company and finally be a
millionaire."
Royal laughed. "Yeah, that's about it."
"But my Dad lost his marbles and disappeared in the ocean."
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