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Technology Stocks : Go2Net Long List of Go2Netrillionaires (GNET)
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To: Neenny who wrote (1166)10/28/1999 10:52:00 AM
From: levy  Read Replies (1) of 4201
 
Newswires New York, New York One man was arrested and another found dead early last evening in East Meadow Long Island at the landing site for the Budwiesier Goodyear Blimp. The men were apparently trying to board the blimp in a bizarre scheme to advertise the Go2NET portal site by parachuting into the Yankee Braves World Series Game. The arrested man, a Mr Ukoad said that his motive was a promised date with UMA UMA UMA Thurman. The arrested man is from Turkey, owns a car, likes sex and can play musical instruments. More details are available on his website. members.xoom.com Mr. Ukoad states that he was contacted by email by the alleged mastermind of the scheme and promised round trip airfare and the date with Uma. The alleged mastermind believed to be Levy from his posting outlining the scheme on Silicon Investor denies any involvement. When contacted he stated that his comments on Silicon Investor were clearly a joke and can not believe anyone would consider them otherwise. He directed further questions to a SI BOB who works for Silicon Investor. The dead man was dressed in a puke orange jump suit with a large Go2Net logo on his chest. He was wearing a large parachute also painted puke orange but resembling an umbrella. The parachute also had a large Go2Net logo. Hanging from the parachutes lines were large banners reading Metacrawler, Silicon Investor, Playsite, and Hypermart which are websites owned by Go2Net. Fireworks were also attached to the lines. The dead man apparently died from a heart attack. He was identified as a one JON K from a note in his pocket. The note read: To my family, friends and especially all my Silicon Investor buddies: "If I do not survive in this great endeavor you should remember that I passed on doing what I wanted and that I was happy. My only hope is that this effort in some way helps Silicon Investor and its parent company Go2Net. Everyone should know about Go2Net because they made me happy and I know they will make others happy too. Please carry on my effort ."
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