GM's thread about nothing (31 Viewers)

[The_Burning_Bush]

I have found the new Wolf Shirt.

http://www.threadless.com/threadless/astrogoats-2/

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Mornin, fellas.

Oh, hey.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I have found the new Wolf Shirt.

http://www.threadless.com/threadless/astrogoats-2/

Rules.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I have found the new Wolf Shirt.

http://www.threadless.com/threadless/astrogoats-2/

Rules.

This one is pretty awesome too: http://www.threadless.com/product/1354/Mister_Mittens_Big_Adventure/tab,guys/style,shirt

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Mornin, fellas.

Mornin'. Handoff already?

Only if you're going to bed.

 

[Abraham]

At kings inn in Rivera Texas which is the best place ever for fresh seafood fried up. Word.

 

[Otis]

Whoa.

I missed the BL news last night (congrats), but am now seeing the posts here and in the movie thread (and who knows where else).

BL, I can't give you legal advice, so the following are just my thoughts as a former executive for two public companies: delete those posts and plead with everyone else to delete those where they've quoted you.

I realize you must be giddy about finally getting an executive position after all your years of hard work, but here are some problems:

1. If your company is public, and there was not an 8-K filed or a press release issued before your postings (I have not seen one yet), you've caused the company to violate the SEC's filing requirements as well as Regulation FD.

2. Many of us know your slave name, and finding out where you work should be very easy. If any of us were to trade in your company's securities based on the information you've posted, you could have insider trading "tipping" issues.

3. All public companies are required to have a Code of Ethics. I haven't looked at yours, but I 99.9% guarantee you have violated it (this would violate every Code I've ever seen).

4. All public companies are also required to have a separate Code of Ethics for people working on financial matters, which I'm sure you are covered by. Those Codes tend to deal with disclosure and accounting controls so might not be relevant to the situation, but you might wish to check.

5. I'm sure the company also has an insider trading policy, which could have been violated as described above.

6. You might have violated any confidentiality agreement you've signed with the company.

If there HAS already been an announcement or 8-K, then some of these concerns go away, but you are likely still in some trouble as I doubt that the CFO "reeling" or the controller committing fraud and running off to Greece as you've described are really the disclosures that your corporate communications and investor relations departments have put together.

You might consider going to your GC with a mea culpa to try to fix this whether or not the posts are deleted. Having the posts deleted of course does not take care of the Reg. FD or insider trading issues, since the information is already out there. The good news on FD is that you can somewhat "cure" a violation if a public announcement is made immediately or promptly (depends upon whether the non-public disclosure was inadvertent or not), so it just might be a question of accelerating disclosure timeframes, which won't make you popular with the communications, investor relations or legal folks, but at least could fix that situation. That's why it might be worth talking to the GC now. You could try the "I haven't been an executive before" excuse, though these rules apply to the rank-and-file accountants, too. As CFO you'll of course be subject to more scrutiny, though.

Of course, you could just roll the dice and hope that nothing bad comes of it, which is the most likely scenario. If I'm remembering the "Drifter said my wife is ugly" spat correctly, though, I know you have a few detractors around here, and as you found in that situation the internet doesn't hide you as well as you might hope. Someone could very well take screen shots before posts are deleted, too.

Sorry to seem so dire, but public disclosure laws are serious business.

You know, I've wondered about this and am glad the mystery is finally solved. Private company with <50 employees? Now I know why you ignored all of this. By the way, they don't list a CFO on their management team on their website--you should have them update that now!

 

[krista4]

Now, now, don't y'all go bringing your tiff into our happy GMTAN thread.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

iFight?

 

[shuke]

So great: http://boringasheck.com/2013/08/22/mock-drafts/

####ing hilarious.

 

[shuke]

I'm surprised your wife puts up with this whole gas tank nonsense. Might be the most ridiculous thing I've read in this 3000 page thread.

yup

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Watching Cheers. Good times.

Just saw the one where Coach falls down the stairs to get a girl to go out with him. So awesome.

 

[shuke]

Doctor Lucy just called. She's hard to understand over the phone - she talks really fast and has an accent. Hell, she's hard to understand in person, but I'm pretty sure she said (paraphrasing):

THAT MOTHER####ER IS ABOUT 10% THE SIZE IT WAS LAST WINTER!

I think she said "just a shadow now". More friggin radiation in a couple of weeks. "We going to kill that thing, Bill".

I may have a cocktail (not a euphemism or a band name).

#### YEA!

 

[shuke]

Doctor Lucy just called. She's hard to understand over the phone - she talks really fast and has an accent. Hell, she's hard to understand in person, but I'm pretty sure she said (paraphrasing):

THAT MOTHER####ER IS ABOUT 10% THE SIZE IT WAS LAST WINTER!

I think she said "just a shadow now". More friggin radiation in a couple of weeks. "We going to kill that thing, Bill".

I may have a cocktail (not a euphemism or a band name).

When beating cancer, do it 10% at a time so that you can really savor the victory over time. No reason to give it one knockout punch.

 

[shuke]

I may be hondaing myself here, but 1:05-1:17 is gold

 

[shuke]

Doctor Lucy just called. She's hard to understand over the phone - she talks really fast and has an accent. Hell, she's hard to understand in person, but I'm pretty sure she said (paraphrasing):

THAT MOTHER####ER IS ABOUT 10% THE SIZE IT WAS LAST WINTER!

I think she said "just a shadow now". More friggin radiation in a couple of weeks. "We going to kill that thing, Bill".

I may have a cocktail (not a euphemism or a band name).

Nice work! Guster's superbowl squares just took a hit.

I thought of that immediately, too.

Guilty here

 

[kevzilla]

At kings inn in Rivera Texas which is the best place ever for fresh seafood fried up. Word.

You are correct, sir. Hope you enjoyed the awesome tartar sauce as well.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Doctor Lucy just called. She's hard to understand over the phone - she talks really fast and has an accent. Hell, she's hard to understand in person, but I'm pretty sure she said (paraphrasing):

THAT MOTHER####ER IS ABOUT 10% THE SIZE IT WAS LAST WINTER!

I think she said "just a shadow now". More friggin radiation in a couple of weeks. "We going to kill that thing, Bill".

I may have a cocktail (not a euphemism or a band name).

#### YEA!

Big congrats UH - beat that ##### good

 

[kevzilla]

I wish I could stop watching The Man with the 132-Pound Scrotum on TLC. I really wish I could.

 

[Gadzooks]

Watching Cheers. Good times.

Just saw the one where Coach falls down the stairs to get a girl to go out with him. So awesome.

I love you. If I was a chick with low expectations and didn't care about a structured sleeping pattern, I would marry you in a heart beat. Or if you were a girl and lost some weight I'd probably marry you or at least have a friends with benefits relationship with you.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Watching Cheers. Good times.

Just saw the one where Coach falls down the stairs to get a girl to go out with him. So awesome.

I love you. If I was a chick with low expectations and didn't care about a structured sleeping pattern, I would marry you in a heart beat. Or if you were a girl and lost some weight I'd probably marry you or at least have a friends with benefits relationship with you.

That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Watching Cheers. Good times.

Just saw the one where Coach falls down the stairs to get a girl to go out with him. So awesome.

I love you. If I was a chick with low expectations and didn't care about a structured sleeping pattern, I would marry you in a heart beat. Or if you were a girl and lost some weight I'd probably marry you or at least have a friends with benefits relationship with you.

BTW, I ran out for smokes earlier and bumped into your wealthy dee-bag doppelganger. It was kinda weird.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Just saw the one where Coach falls down the stairs to get a girl to go out with him. So awesome.

Works every time.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I wish I could stop watching The Man with the 132-Pound Scrotum on TLC. I really wish I could.

I didn't even notice the cameras following me around. Weird.

 

[Abraham]

 

[BobbyLayne]

In the last 15 minutes, I've seen four topless women walking around Manhattan. I support this movement.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I may be hondaing myself here, but 1:05-1:17 is gold

 

[Good Posting Judge]

I have found the new Wolf Shirt.

http://www.threadless.com/threadless/astrogoats-2/

Rules.

I am ordering this.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Friendly YouTube tip:

You can send a link to a specific time in a video by pausing it, right clicking on the circle on the time bar, and then selecting "Copy video URL at the current time,"

:botwie: :companyguy:

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Jesus, that Finless thread turned into a trainwreck.

In other news, our Orioles won a big one today. Looks like damned near every team they play from here on out is a playoff contender.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Jesus, that Finless thread turned into a trainwreck.

In other news, our Orioles won a big one today. Looks like damned near every team they play from here on out is a playoff contender.

Thanks for rubbing it in.

 

[mr. furley]

BL?

 

[Mr.Pack]

Always wondered how to do this.

 

[Mr.Pack]

Friendly YouTube tip:

You can send a link to a specific time in a video by pausing it, right clicking on the circle on the time bar, and then selecting "Copy video URL at the current time,"

:botwie: :companyguy:

Always wondered how to do this.

 

[Abraham]

If I have an amazon prime account how do I find all the free movies and shows?

 

[Mr.Pack]

Wow, horribly sad and tragic day at my daughters college. A sophomore girl was found dead this morning in her dorm. Her parents had moved her in last night and went to pick her up for breakfast and she was found unresponsive, died shortly after.

I do not know how or if I could handle something like this.

Hug your kids and tell them you love them.

 

[General Malaise]

Sad story, Pack. :(

 

[General Malaise]

2 pieces of evidence to support the theory that there is not a god:

1) Flo

2) There's ANOTHER week of pre-season NFL to be played

 

[Frostillicus]

Emily Rajatkowski is really hot.

 

[proninja]

If I have an amazon prime account how do I find all the free movies and shows?

Have you installed it yet?

 

[Abraham]

If I have an amazon prime account how do I find all the free movies and shows?

Have you installed it yet?

Yup. Watching The hunger games at the moment.

 

[Frostillicus]

What rhymes with hug me?

 

[krista4]

What rhymes with hug me?

Fugly.

 

[kevzilla]

Frosty's writing a poem to Emily Rajatkowski, That's adorable.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

If I have an amazon prime account how do I find all the free movies and shows?

Have you installed it yet?

Yup. Watching The hunger games at the moment.

There should be a button at the top that says "Prime Movies" or something like that. Similar thing when you go to the TV show area.

The Shield is available through Prime. Just finished the series last week...such a great show.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

What rhymes with hug me?

F### thee.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

What rhymes with hug me?

F### thee.

Oh, and tell Emily I said hey.

 

[heckmanm]

Morning bump.

'sup, GMTAN?

 

[Abraham]

Morning bump.

'sup, GMTAN?

Well, not much. Sitting at work goign through email.

 

[jplvr]

Um... apparently multiple users were using my FBG's account. I got an email over the weekend. Just letting any of you people who may have hacked my password know.