Haiku for failed banks

The finance and economics blog Calculated Risk publishes an unofficial, periodically updated list of problem banks in the USA. The most recent edition includes 800 such institutions.Every time a bank fails, they post a haiku ode. Here's a snip from the most recent entry, regarding failed banks in Washington and Oregon

The Cowlitz Bank failed.
Udderly Ridiculous!
Their milk shake was drank.

(via Ned Sublette)

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Anonymous

Cowtastic. Technically a “senryu” though
Spikeles

I drink your milkshake… I DRINK IT UP
Anonymous

I found the other haikus! http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/search/label/Bank%20Failure
Anonymous

Calculated Risk is the best econ blog out there. CR is even keeled, informative, knows graphs, and the commentariat is both absurd and brilliant.

Read co-blogger Tanta’s Uber-nerd posts on the (then-)pending, now historic, economic meltdown. Unfortunately, Tanta died of ovarian cancer in late 2008, but her posts are preserved. She was ascerbic, funny, prescient, detailed, and wore steel-toed bunny slippers.

Soylent Green is People pens the haikus, btw.

Tanta Vive!
- querent
  
  wow. brilliant comment. i’ll check that blog out.
- Purplecat
  
  I was going to make a post almost exactly like this one.
  It’s been on my daily trawl since before the crash. Irreverent, accurate analysis that’s been ahead of the game constantly.
  
  Â¡Tanta Vive!
Anonymous

The Cowlitz Bank down
Never to see spring again
Just RidiCowlitz…
Anonymous

Of course, over there, BFF stands for bank failure Friday, since the FDIC usually comes in and closes banks on Fridays.