definitely off topic:
Ok, as promised, here is a draft of the "bragging rights" language I
propose for the bet between me and Marion (for the 5-stock picking
contest ending 12/31/98). In addition to the $10 already bed, the LOSER
of the bet must (1) post this language on the Shi Shi thread and sign
his name to it. Also, (2) the LOSER must read this language aloud to the
WINNER in the Schwab lobby at a time convenient to the WINNER. The LOSER
may opt out of Options (1) and (2) above by paying a $10 fee for each
option opted out of -- should the LOSER discover that this exercise
prove too humiliating and demeaning.
Language:
Dear Brad/Marion:
"Congratulations, Master: You have won the bet fair and square. This bet
comprehensively and completely demonstrates your short/intermediate/long
term stock picking acumen. I humbly beseech your forgiveness for (a)
vastly underestimating your extraordinary stock picking and wealth
creation skills and for (b) vastly overstating my pathetic stock picking
and wealth creation skills. You, Sir, are the great one; not I. You,
Sir, are the humble one, the cock-of-the-walk; I am guilty of hubris of
being too cocky and without self-kwowledge. You, too, are a better and
wiser person than I am and more deserving of the Shi Shi's good graces.
Please grant me forgiveness for all the arrogant, petty, small-minded
insults I have conveyed to you (both to your face and behind your back).
I can only dream that I can be as handsome a ladies man and a humble
person as you."
Sincerely,
Marion/Brad |
