I suggest we all get into the boat one night and go giggling for frogs. Naturally we will all get drunk and figure out a way to turn the disk drive market upside down so APM is in its rightful place on top again. To that end I present:
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THE SEVEN STAGES OF GETTING DRUNK
Stage 1 - SMART
This is when you suddenly become an expert on every subject in the known Universe. You know you know everything and want to pass on your knowledge to anyone who will listen. At this stage you are always RIGHT. And of course the person you are talking to is very WRONG. This makes for an interesting argument when both parties are SMART.
Stage 2 - GOOD LOOKING
This is when you realize that you are the BEST LOOKING person in the
entire bar and that people fancy you. You can go up to a perfect stranger knowing they fancy you and really want to talk to you. Bear in mind that you are still SMART, so you can talk to this person about any subject under the sun.
Stage 3. FUNNY
You are not only SMART and GOOD LOOKING, but now you are really, really funny. You suddenly remember some of the world's funniest jokes and your timing has never been better. In fact, your story telling is so good, no one seems to mind waiting for you to stop laughing before you deliver the punch line. But it gets better. Soon, you discover you can't look at each other without laughing. The beer just spews from your nose.
Stage 4. SOPHISTICATED
At this point you realize everyone wants to be just like you and is waiting to see what suave thing you will do next. Now it is time to show the world how to drink from a beer bottle balanced on your head and other talents you have carefully cultivated over a lifetime.
Stage 5 - RICH
This is when you suddenly become the richest person in the world. You can buy drinks for the entire bar because you have an armored truck full of money parked behind the bar. You can also make bets at this stage, because of course, you are still SMART, so naturally you will win all your bets. It doesn't matter how much you bet 'cos you are RICH. You will also buy drinks for everyone that you fancy, because now you are the BEST LOOKING person in the world.
Stage 6 - BULLET PROOF
You are now ready to pick fights with anyone and everyone especially those with whom you have been betting or arguing. This is because nothing can hurt you. At this point you can also go up to the partners of the people who you fancy and challenge to a battle of wits or money. You have no fear of losing this battle because you are SMART, you are RICH and hell, you're BETTER LOOKING than they are anyway!
Stage 7 - INVISIBLE
This is the Final Stage of Drunkenness. At this point you can do anything because NO ONE CAN SEE YOU. You dance on a table to impress the people who you fancy because the rest of the people in the room cannot see you. You are also invisible to the person who wants to fight you. You can walk through the street singing at the top of your lungs because no one can see or hear you and because you're still SMART you know all the words.
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from pconline.com See Five Stages. I added my own stages 3 and 4.
There is also an uncanny parallel between these seven stages of getting drunk and investing in the disk drive sector including
PUNISHMENT of those who tried too hard.
and
REWARDS for the non-participants.
Read the rest of links on Arthur's page. Really funny stuff. I'm wiping coffee off my monitor screen. |
