It would be funny, except ...

... except, it's not.

Bear Stearns staff are auctioning company-branded items on eBay. Someone even had the idea to create "white T-shirts emblazoned with: 'I invested my life savings in Bear Stearns and all I have left is this lousy t-shirt.' " Hardee-har-har-har.

Now, I appreciate style, quirky humor and an enterprising spirit. And the B-S (funny initials they have, huh?) folk seem to be playing their demise for all it's worth in the press. Going out with a bit of style, right?

Well, there's not much else for me to say here without going into a diatribe... Maybe said folk won't find eBay auctioning quite as funny when they're auctioning off their excess personal items to raise some cash for living expenses. Then again, the company does have the markings of a slimeball operation; thieves and con artists tend to have amazing skills for coming out of their crimes on top of things, with slick smiles on their faces and a wake of victims behind them.

Oops. I did start off on a diatribe ... My bad. Perhaps it's my own way of finding some sarcastic humor to amid the tragedy of the B-S.