:13:04
And so,
heartened by their initial success...
:13:07
the desperate and reasonably violent
men of the Permanent Assurance...
:13:13
battled on, until...
:13:17
as the sun set slowly in the west...
:13:21
the outstanding returns on their bold
business venture became apparent.
:13:27
Once-proud financial giants lay in ruins...
:13:33
their assets stripped...
:13:36
their policies in tatters.
:13:52
Full speed ahead, Mr. Cohen!
:13:56
Up, up, up your premium
:13:59
Scribble away and balance the books
:14:02
Scribble away, but balance the books
:14:06
It's fun to charter an accountant
:14:09
And sail the wide accountancy
:14:13
To find, explore the funds offshore
:14:17
And skirt the shoals of bankruptcy
:14:21
It can be manly in insurance
:14:25
We'll up your premium semi-annually
:14:29
It's all tax-deductible
We're fairly incorruptible
:14:33
Sailing on the wide accountancy
:14:38
And so, they sailed off
into the ledgers of history...
:14:42
one by one, the financial capitals
of the world...
:14:45
crumbling under the might
of their business acumen.
:14:48
Or so it would have been...
:14:50
if certain modern theories
concerning the shape of the world...
:14:53
had not proved to be disastrously wrong.