institutions as Harvard and Yale (Ivy is a green plant that grows on the walls of many of these schools’ buildings). "Schmuck" is an excellent Jewish word for a jerk, idiot, ass, etc. I just got on the board of the Bronx zoo. It cost me a mil. The "board" of a corporation or other institution is the group that meets every few months to set general policies. The Bronx is one of the five boroughs (sections) of New York city. A "mil" is a million dollars. The thing you got to remember about WASPs, they love animals and they can’t stand people. WASPs are White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, or generally speaking, white Americans of Western European origin. If you "can’t stand" something, you hate or detest it. Very common and useful. The most valuable commodity I know of is information. A commodity is a product of trade or commerce, especially basic materials like wood or rubber, or crops such as wheat. The public is out there throwing darts at a board, Sport. "Darts" are small sharp pointed objects that are thrown at boards as a game. This is Gekko’s way of saying people don’t know how to invest. You wonder why fund managers can’t beat the S&P 500? The S&P 500 refers to the 500 largest companies in the stock market. It is known that most mutual funds are not as good an investment as investing money in a mutual fund that invests in all the S&P 500. These Harvard MBA types don’t add up to dog shit. An MBA is a Masters in Business Administration. This is Gekko’s way of saying even the most educated business people do not know how to invest well. It’s trench warfare out there, pal. This is the type of horribly violent warfare in which armies face each other while shooting from trenches, which are long ditches dug in the ground. For Gekko, the buying and selling of companies is as bloody. I’ll go the extra mile. Just one more chance, Mr. Gekko. "To go the extra mile" for a person is to do everything you absolutely can to help them. You want another chance? :: Fucking A! A rather strange and certainly vulgar expression which means Yes. Like all Brits, he thinks he was born with a better pot to piss in. A "Brit" is a British person, and "to piss" is to urinate or go to the bathroom. Gekko thinks British people are snobby or arrogant. He bribed an old secretary of mine to open her mouth and stole RDR Pharmaceuticals right from under me. "To bribe" a person is to offer them money to do something that is illegal or immoral. "To steal a company right from under" a person is to seize or take it quickly. A "pharmaceutical" company makes drugs. Payback time, Sport. A colloquial way of saying that it is time to get revenge on somebody who has done something bad to you. Anyway, I had a mole in Wildman’s operation. In
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