Wellington Leg Suffers Literary Default
Wellington Leg: the towne was plunged into crisis when six year old hedge fund manager Eugenia Phaeton announced a margin call from her swing set on the playground of PS 117 on Marriage of Figaro Strasse in suburban Henley Hornbrooke. Eugenia, manager of the Big Scary Things hedge fund, made her announcement during recess. “I’m demanding collateral,” she said, referring to Hizzoner’s brazen attempt to unwind his Gummi Bear position on the Piltdown Exchange. Highly leveraged positions included short positions on literary fiction coupled with imaginary friends, dozens of croquet mallets, and city of Wellington Leg booties designed for clean rooms.
A truckload of booties arrived at PS 117 shortly before mandatory nap time at the Piltdown Exchange: traders read stories and snoozed near the Live Hogs Pit the scene of so much rambunctious action this summer. When it was learned that Eugenia had rejected the booties, the market entered a frenzy of wild selling culminating only when the Board of Governors ordered mall security into the fray.
With war on the horizon many feel that Wellington Leg is no position to read more books this summer let alone unwind its entire credit structure. Some speculate that the Dowager Princess may negotiate directly with Eugenia: “I think Eugenia would enjoy being chair of Bayerische Motoren Werke, or BMW. Once the Princess has voting control, anything can happen.” Others are less sanguine: “This margin call will cripple Wellington Leg,” warned Gus of Goth. Gus wore forensic booties as a sign of solidarity. “They’re comfy,” he said. “They’re all about Wellington Leg.” Tex Lex reporting.