“How was I?”
“Subprime.”
How was your golf game, dear?
“Subprime.”
“And what do you think of the word of the year?”
“I’d say it was a subprime pick.”
“Subprime sucks?”
“Subzero is okay. Subzero is useful. Subprime’s a fad. It’s a flaky word”
“Why do you say that?”
“Subprime’s marginal.”
“Isn’t that the meaning of the word?”
“Subprime is borderline.”
“Yes, but you can’t just go in and ask for a borderline loan.”
“In that case you would ask to see a loan shark.”
“No banker wants to be called a loan shark.”
“That’s the problem with a word like subprime. Suprime lending is a national
disgrace. It’s loansharking by another name, predatory lending at the least.”
“So how was I?”
“You were a shark, hon.”
“You were positively predatory.”
“And not subprime? I feel better already?”
“So how was the golf game.”
“I was a shark out there.”
