Although I cannot recall any Road Runner episode specifically about portfolio management, I have a notion of how the luckless predator might have fared.

FORBES: Acme Mutual Funds

Associates recall how Hays would sometimes travel on the road for a week with a key salesperson who was experiencing a slump, working at reestablishing morale.

FORBES: An American original

My guess is you saw a lot more -- people can recall seeing a lot more Hummer H2s on the road, say, three years ago than sort of post-late summer 2008.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

And there is also a recall for Aberdeen defender Kevin McNaughton for the friendly at Easter Road.

BBC: SPORT | Football | Internationals | Scotland call for keeper Combe

Perhaps a few legislators still recall what happened to Iraqi Republican Guard and other units who were fleeing along a fixed road system in Kuwait and came under murderous Coalition fire until JCS Chairman Colin Powell, unnerved by negative publicity, ordered U.S. forces to cease their assault.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Dunkirk in the desert