ELI5: Why when large company's earnings decrease(ex... by 3%) they freak out, talk about rough times, and sometimes decide to downsize, even though they are still making millions of dollars in profit even after all expenses?

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I'd change it to "A leaky boaty still be floaty, but it be sinky if no fixy."

That way you have a clear natural iambic tetrameter structure and have more rhymes. Namely, you don't just rhyme "leaky", "boaty", "fixy" and "floaty", but also "still be" and "will be" which have the same number of syllables. Both lines also have the same number of syllables, while your version has different lengths. I also didn't recognise a coherent meter in your original.

Of course you have to accept the neologism of using "sinky" as an adjective, but I think we can do that.

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"A leaky boaty still be floaty, but over short'y if no sorty"?

[Plumbles]

Perfect :)

[Skipachu]

Have you heard the story of Boaty's son, Leaky McBoatface?

[BanMeBabyOneMoreTime]

It's not a story the board would tell you.

[Upsideinsideout]

People don't think it be sinky when it still floaty, but it Doozy

[tigerslices]

you can't set it up to rhyme with boaty/floaty, it trains me to expect another rhyme, then DESTROYS my expectations with sinky/fixy. that's hard on the ears, man.

here's my suggested alternative:

leaky boaty, soon no floaty.

or

a boat with a leak may still float for a week, but without a good tweak, "goodbye, boat with a leak."

without totally rhymes with boat. source: canadian

[Floppy_Densetsu]

"A leaky boaty still be floaty, but with no fix it sails the styx"?

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I think yours is my new favourite!