Too good to be true

[redbird]

Some of the construction workers demolishing the Deutsche Bank building have walked off the job.

They are employed by the John Galt Co.

Comments

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

"Who...?"

[treacle-well.livejournal.com]

Damn. Beat me to the obvious comment.

[brooksmoses]

See "life imitating fiction" tag, think Ayn Rand.

[brooksmoses]

*fx: mentally fills in the "..."*

Erm, right. I'll move along now.

[redbird]

Kip gets it: his comment is an explicit reference to the Rand novel.

[brooksmoses]

Yeah, I see that now. Ah, well -- my misunderstanding was why I looked up the answer, which is why I'm now deeply amused at the irony rather than completely missing it. :)

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

And yet the news story says nothing about the irony. Kids Journalists these days!

[redbird]

They may figure that there's no point explaining punchlines: either the reader gets it, or the explanation won't fit in a reasonable space.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Near my grandparents' house in Omaha, there is John Galt Blvd. My grandmother once said to the family at large, "I was over at the bank on John Galt Boulevard -- who is John Galt?" The rest of us guffawed, which was probably not kind, as it left her as confused as she'd begun.

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

Urm - who is John Galt? What's the significance of this person (this person: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Galt ?)?

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

No, this person (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Characters_in_Atlas_Shrugged#John_Galt). (er, character.) Legendary dude. "Stopped the motors of the world."

Ayn Rand is annoying, film at all.

Or were you not being serious?

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

I was being serious. Not part of my culture, it seems!