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To: Letmebe Frank who wrote (1293)10/30/1998 9:48:00 PM
From: Chris Stovin  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1598
 
Can anybody identify with this...I wrote this so I'm to blame for the lousy humour

Common things you see in yourself or others when their call options or large block of highly margined stock start to move downward
rapidly

1. Nausea

2. Restlessness and sleeplessness culminating to regular all nighters
moving back and forth between the bed and the computer checking the internet for news

3. Irritable reactions to others who are enjoying themselves

4. A sense that the body is craving some sort of drug

5. Drugs

6. Development of a phobia to answering phones..(bill collectors syndrome)

7. Trance like condition..constant daydreaming of good old days gone by

8. Hopelessness culminating in paralysis...(usually occurs when the $20 - $50,000 of original investment is worth somewhere in the neighborhood of two or three hundred
dollars).

9. Unkept and tired looking appearance and Loss of any interest or focus in your regular job

10. Smaller penis

Common things you see in yourself or others when their call options or large block of highly margined stock start to move upward
rapidly

1. Constant Euphoric mood...verging on annoying braggart

2. Constant feeling everyone is watching and admiring you and trying to be your friend

3. Constant stops at new car dealers and expensive electronic gadget stores

4. Constant contact with broker demanding latest stock/option values

5. Regular Vacation planning conversations with peers and spouse

6. Constant need to bring up stock market into every conversation even at inopportune times such as funerals

7. Find yourself leaving much larger tips and feeling the waitress is
watching you the whole time you leave and thinking...oooh..who is that guy...Donald Trump

8. Flashy name brand dresser and loss of any interest or focus in your
regular job

9. Restlessness and sleeplessness culminating to regular all nighters
moving back and forth between the bed and the computer checking the internet for news

10. Huge Penis

I wrote this in the morning and when my wife read it she exclaimed, Honey, I didn't realize we were losing so much money!!