Bud Grossmann’s Words of the Week for the Week of June 6, 2010 Previously unpublished fiction. © 2010 by Bud Grossmann. All Rights Reserved.   Sleight of Hand, 2008 © 2008 by Bud Grossmann ASTONISHING OCCURRENCES On the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, traders shouted or watched open-mouthed as the screens lighted up with plummeting prices and as phones rang off the hook. “It was almost like ‘The Twilight Zone,’ ” said Theodore R. Aronson of Aronson, Johnson & Ortiz, a money management firm in Philadelphia. The New York Times, May 6, 2010 Reading those published sentences, investor David C. Fischer, age 60, of Fjord, Wisconsin, yawned open-mouthed and then drily remarked, “Y’know, I can remember a time, back in the days of ‘The Twilight Zone,’ when phones would reliably stop ringing as soon as they were off the hook. But now? Has this guy Aronson never seen or heard a cordless phone?” ♦         ARCHIVES         Click for a list of other Words of the Week I would welcome your thoughts on this page (or any of my others).  Write to me at the following address.  Please be sure to spell Grossmann with two n’s and mention what page you are writing about. Thanks!  BUD GROSSMANN Top of this page | HOME | Fine Photography | Picture of the Day | Writings | | Words of the Week | Mom & Pop Prop. Mgt. | FAQ |

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