Eric F's post du jour (with apologies to E.F.) (RB GTCI board)
By: Troubledog
Reply To: 986 by 426figures
Monday, 17 May 1999 at 8:42 PM EDT
Post # of 988
I certainly hope you are right. I'm one of those who got in at 4.125 for 2000 shares and have
been taping my finger to my leg to keep from dumping. I do think this company has potential but I whenever I use that word the following story I got from someone else's post stands naked in my mind.
A teenager comes home from school with a writing assignment. He asks his father for help. "Dad, can you tell me the difference between potential and reality?"
His father looks up, thoughtfully, and then says, "I'll display it to you.
Go ask your mother if she would sleep with Robert Redford for a million dollars. Then go ask your sister if she would sleep with
Brad Pitt for a million dollars. Then come back and tell me what you've learned."
The kid is puzzled, but he decides to see if he can figure out what his father means. He asks his mother, "Mom, if someone gave you a million dollars, would you sleep with Robert Redford?" His mother looks around slyly, and then with a little smile on her face says,
"Don't tell your father, but, yes, I would."
Then he goes to his sister's room and asks her, "Sis, if someone gave you a million dollars, would you sleep with Brad Pitt?"
His sister looks up and says, "Omigod! Definitely!"
The kid goes back to his father and says, "Dad, I think I've figured it out. Potentially, we're sitting on two million bucks, but in reality, we're living with a couple of sluts."
I can use all the encouragement I can get. |
