The analogies were getting crazy -- that information had sell-by dates, that people had misused information that wasn't dated properly and could really make an effect on the stock market, on corporate values, etc.
As analogias eram de loucos -- a informação tinha prazos de validade, as pessoas tinham feito mau uso de informação  que não estava devidamente datada, e podia afectar seriamente a bolsa de valores, princípios corporativos, etc.