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There's an old Wall Street cautionary rhyme: "He who sells what isn't his'n, must buy it back or go to prison."

A Hazard of Fortunes

"He who sells what isn't his'n, Must buy it back or go to prison."

Archive 2008-09-01

For individual traders, JPMorgan doesn't follow the Wall Street maxim: He who sells what isn't his'n, must buy it back or go to pris'n.

Janet Tavakoli: JPMorgan's Losses From Indecent Overexposure

As Daniel Drew put it, he who sells what isn't his'n, must pay the price or go to prison.

Cthulhu Explains it All

Bum Phillips said of Don Shula: "He can take his'n (players) and beat your'n, or he can take your'n and beat his'n."

Obama: The "Vision" Buck Stops Here

Obama is collecting a variety of players, but the team he is assembling is his'n.

Obama: The "Vision" Buck Stops Here

Former Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints head coach Bum Phillips once said about trying to beat the legendary Don Shula: "He can take his'n and beat your'n, then turn around and take your'n and beat his'n."

Stress? It's not a problem for NFL coaches

Of Royal, the ball coach at the University of Texas who loved the 'bone and broken' bone both, it was said: "He can take his'n and beat your'n, or take your'n and beat his'n."

Michael Conniff: Con Games: Right Wing, Left Wing, Single Wing

But I got off of mine and back on his'n when he died, because his'n was a little more than mine.

Oral History Interview with Carrie Lee Gerringer, August 11, 1979. Interview H-0077. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

He'd just take so much and give me the rest of his'n, and I'd take mine, and put it together and pay bills.

Oral History Interview with Carrie Lee Gerringer, August 11, 1979. Interview H-0077. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)