"But I will definately know when the game is up when my parents...

"But I will definately know when the game is up when my parents ring up and tell me that their financial adviser (from a very, very big bank) rings them up and tells them to invest in gold."

Too true.

They'll probably offer a "discount" if you buy their paper gold.

The joke is, the likes of Goldman Sachs won't have gold in sacks to give you.

Wonder what outcomes there would have been if a plane had dived into Fort Knox or one of the pseudo bullion banks on 9/11?

Position: I hold silver instead of gold