To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (86429 ) 11/8/2000 6:35:41 PM From: Andreas Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 97611 Elwood, Your scenario is most unlikely. Here is the most probable events for tomorrow. At precisely 4:00 a.m. e.s.t Saddam Hussein announces his coalition with the balance of the Russian Republic and promptly declares war on the U.S. Scud missiles filled to the brim with anti-semite gas are lobbed into Israel in protest to Lieberman's potential job as v.p. Upon catching wind (no pun intended) of the morning's events, the nas. futures soar at the realization that massive amounts of computer technology will be required to beat back the evil aggressors. Compaq rises to $145/share after trading is resumed. Schwarzkopf (translated from the german means "blackhead") is called out of retirement in Tampa, Florida to lead the U.N. troops to lead a top-secret invasion of Slobovadonkurdistanski. Unfortunately for the United States of America, Cuban commandos invade Dade county and take control of the ballots while U.S. energies are misdirected to Russia and Iraq. Expert forgers, employed by Castro and accompanying the commandos, quickly and efficiently change all votes for Gore to a vote for Bush and stealthily and sneakily retreat to cuba before anyone knows what happened. Elwood and I sell our cpq shares and move to Costa Rica. Elwood gets lost in the rain forest retrieving a third hole slice and is promptly eaten by an anaconda, while I continue to sip martinis on the beach surrounded by no less than a baker's dozen beach babes. Bush is declared the winner and all tech. stocks quadruple while cpq goes to $300/shr. Iraq and Russia state on the Larry King show "we were just kiddin'" and Schwarzkopf gets lost in Siberia and spends the next ten years wondering around the arctic and living off polar bear meat. Oh yea, I almost forgot. The Iraqi scud missiles land in Israel releasing their anti-semite gas and all Jewish people in Israel, upon inhaling the gas, convert to the Moslem faith and trade in their Torahs for the Koran. What a day - I can't wait!