We recently ran a report on the best trading floor pranks of all time from the different exchanges in the U.S.
Back in the day, it was very common for traders at the different exchanges to pull pranks on each other. Unfortunately, though, we're told by veteran traders that trading floor humor has subsided in recent years.
An anonymous floor trader told us the story of how they pulled off the classic baby powdering the newly shined shoes on Tony Sirico, the guy who played Paulie Gualtieri on "The Sopranos."
This classic prank at the New York Stock Exchange involved sneaking up behind someone with a bottle of baby powder while that person was engaged in a serious conversation.
The person with the baby powder would then put their arm around the trader and puff the powder on the other guy's shoes.
Of course, everyone had their shoes shined so when they looked down they'd notice the powder and start stamping their feet in a sort of dance and a cloud of white powder would rise up.
Then the people around them would start chanting "Heya, Heya, Heya!."
An anonymous floor trader told us what happened when they did it to Paulie Gualtieri.
Paulie Gualtieri from the Sopranos (Paulie Walnuts) got his nicely shined shoes powdered, and he got PISSED ! Only until we told him that we also powdered Ronald Reagan's shoes when he was down here did Paulie finally calm down....And we still do the pranks and jokes, but just not as much and yes we have to be careful with CNBC and FOX here with the cameras...
Well, if it's good enough for the Gipper.
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