Of course, for all its versatility, perhaps the most interesting thing about duct tape is also the most ironic: It's lousy for use on ducts.
It's also a lousy bet: The Blue Devils have about a 9% chance of making it through the regular season undefeated, according to basketball stats site kenpom.com.
Yeah, we know, that's a lousy picture but it's all that AMD is offering -- come on AMD, nobody dances with the wallflower.
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It's been a lousy run of luck for casino stocks lately, and none more so than MGM mirage (46, MGM), which is down 43% this year.
It's like saying Napoleon was a lousy general because he didn't know how to deploy air power.
"The good news is there was a bit of an uptick in consumer sentiment, but frankly I think it's going to be a pretty lousy fourth quarter, " Wyss said.
Now here's an interesting idea: Admit to people you once had a lousy product but now, really, it's much, much better.
While that sort of pitch letter is unusual, it's more an indication of poor forecasting than lousy returns.
That's how most job-seekers see it: November and December are lousy months to look.
Trader Joe's figured out that trying to give people everything is a lousy business model: It overwhelms customers, clutters stores and undermines the shopping experience, causing some customers to default to "no" since they can't make up their minds.
In business for nearly a decade, it was relatively recently that Stern's attitude changed and she had the confidence to politely walk away from a lousy deal.
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