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Biotech / Medical : VVUS: VIVUS INC. (NASDAQ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: VLAD who wrote (6027)	3/21/1998 1:51:00 AM
From: VLAD	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23519

For what its worth................................................... I did a survey over the last couple of days. Asked all my old geezer friends the following questions: If you were impotent and had a choice of 1)taking a pill which would take an hour to get an erection or 2)inserting a small rice sized gelatin pellet into your urethra which would give you an erection in 10 minutes, which would you choose? To my surprise all said that the foreplay/timing aspect was important and that 2) seemed most desirable. If an impotent guy starts messing around (lets face it lovemaking is generally a spontaneous process) with his mate, wouldn't it be smoother to slip into the bathroom and pop some Muse rather than popping a pill and hoping that an hour later you both will be in the mood? Also an hour later is a long long time to wait--lots of things can happen in that hour that can interrupt the spontaneity of the love making process. From a strictly economical point of view Viagra use can have a waste factor due to the hour time delay whereas with MUSE you pretty much get what you pay for with no potential waste. I believe that these are important factors to consider in the Viagra/Muse comparison. Yes, I think Mr. Ford would also agree and be buying up those cheap shares of our "buggy whip" company. It doesn't matter how you get there as long as you get there. Our prior posters analogy is good except that Muse is to auto as Viagra is to horse buggy--both will get you there but Muse and the auto will get you there faster!

To: VLAD who wrote (6027)	3/21/1998 11:17:00 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

<<Lets see Viagra is to Muse as automobile is to buggy whip.............and as apple is to orange. I know you've made some big money shorting vivus but I guess you lost it all and then some on your Citrix and Ballard shorts. I hope you had stops set up on your Ballard positions otherwise the margin calls must be pretty painful by now. >> I'm not sure what you're talking about Vlad, I am currently long VVUS (only 1000 shares purchased at or near 11). Best Regards, CR