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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
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May 2, 2010
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![Susan](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1351565760p1/237753.jpg)
That thing again: this morning's news that Morgan Stanley is being investigated because some of its traders placed bets against CDOs even as it sold them to its clients.
The only surprising thing is that the feds waited so long to embark on a witch-hunt...
![Steve](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1291695844p1/236411.jpg)
While I’m reminding you of things you already know, the vanilla bean is a rather exotic seed capsule from a hand-pollinated orchid found in a small region of Madagascar. It’s the second most expensive spice in the world behind saffron. Cultivating the pods is a labor-intensive process. Also, you may not have known, since you haven’t yet read all of Wikipedia, that the name vanilla comes from the Spanish vainilla meaning “little pod”. Vainilla is the diminutive of vaina from the Latin vagina (sheath) – meant to describe the way the pod is opened to expose its seeds. I, for one, will never use “plain” and “vanilla” in the same sentence again.
![Susan](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1351565760p1/237753.jpg)
No need for a lecture on the reasons why chocolate is the most beloved flavor, is there?
![Susan](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1351565760p1/237753.jpg)
I triple-dog-dare you to order a vanilla ice cream cone next time we're at Oberweis.
And I should have understood that even a non-synthetic CDO is best described as Rocky Road.
![Steve](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1291695844p1/236411.jpg)
Back to the topic of vanilla, I liked your use of the word “noble”. I liked your line about Rocky Road, too! Did you know that Baskin Robbins has also featured flavors called Monkey Business and Hokey Pokey? That might be at least as relevant as the Chubby Hubby you’ve now got me thinking about.
![Susan](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1351565760p1/237753.jpg)
You would love Chubby Hubby, as it's toffee-coated pretzels mixed into chocolate malt ice cream. But I haven't seen it at the store recently, come to think of it! Sad to think that Chubby Hubby may be extinct... :(
Glad you liked this one. I was pretty sure you would.