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A cobbler is a shoemaker. You want to call the A je to! characters "builders" - at least in British usage.

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buiter

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 11th, 2009 at 01:53:26 PM EST
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But they're not professionals - in reality they're just "handymen" (for low values of "handy").

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buiter

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 11th, 2009 at 01:58:29 PM EST
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cobbler - definition of cobbler by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

1. One who mends or makes boots and shoes.2. Archaic One who is clumsy at work; a bungler.

I meant to use it in the bungler sense.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Thu Jun 11th, 2009 at 03:17:12 PM EST
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Okay, you got me there :P

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buiter

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 11th, 2009 at 03:21:16 PM EST
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It says the bungler use is archaic, so I may have been off anyway. (I picked it as alternative from a dictionary because "bungler" somehow didn't feel right.)

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Thu Jun 11th, 2009 at 03:24:20 PM EST
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There's the expression "to cobble together".

I'd say the best description of the A je to characters might be hapless handymen.

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buiter

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 11th, 2009 at 03:26:01 PM EST
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