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Mtgox was not run very professionally, so I doubt they would have lasted this long. I had to deal with them on IRC to get my money out. I was told that the person with the keys to get my withdrawal was “in the bathtub”. This was on the last day or so before everything was shut down and during the actual crisis, mind you.


When your house of cards comes tumbling down might as well take a bath to relieve the stress


No one can bother you in the bathroom.


I would say that is up for debate. For example in this case:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/01/06/8...



"house of magic cards" maybe .. ba-dum-chaa


After MtGox realized how much money they had lost, I would think that "in the bathtub" implied a significantly darker event than hygiene.




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