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Pastimes : Laughter is the Best Medicine - Tell us a joke
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To: Barney who wrote (14134)4/20/2000 4:32:00 PM
From: Ian@SI  Read Replies (2) of 62549
 
Received this by Email - some may also find it funny, hope not too many break into tears. After all it is a long weekend.

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> Sing this to "American Pie."
>
>
> Humble Pie
>
> A long, long week ago
> I can still remember how the market used to make me smile
> What I'd do when I had the chance
> Is get myself a cash advance
> And add another tech stock to the pile.
>
> But Alan Greenspan made me shiver
> With every speech that he delivered
> Bad news on the rate front
> Still I'd take one more punt
>
> I can't remember if I cried
> When I heard about the CPI
> I lost my fortune and my pride
> The day the NASDAQ died
>
> So bye-bye to my piece of the pie
> Now I'm gettin' calls for margin
> 'Cause my cash account's dry
> It's just two weeks from a new all-time high
> And now we're right back where we were in July
> We're right back where we were in July
>
> Did you buy stocks you never heard of?
> QCOM at 150 or above?
> 'Cos George Gilder told you so
> Now do you believe in Home Depot?
> Can Wal-Mart save your portfolio?
> And can you teach me what's a P/E ratio?
>
> Well, I know that you were leveraged too
> So you can't just take a long-term view
> Your broker shut you down
> No more margin could be found
>
> I never worried on the whole way up
> Buying dot coms from the back of a pickup truck
> But Friday I ran out of luck
> It was the day the NAAAASDAQ died
>
> I started singin'
> Bye-bye to my piece of the pie
> Now I'm gettin' calls for margin
> 'Cause my cash account's dry
> It's just two weeks from a new all-time high
> And now we're right back where we were in July
> Yeah we're right back where we were in July
>
> copyright Sean Brady 2000
>
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