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To: Blue On Black who wrote (6523)	3/12/1999 7:54:00 PM
From: Druss	Respond to of 12754

From the 'Zen of Shorting' Lee I found the passage you were refering to. One morning while the great short Chu Mei Ash was instructing his shorting class one of his students joined the class having just come from the market. He immediately requested permission to speak and said: "Master, do you recall the stock Toto Shipping Company?" "Most certainly, Little Worm, that was a most profitable short. I shorted it from 100 down to 5." "Then perhaps Master you recall the long on the stock, Baka?" "That is a less pleasant memory to recall. He served me a never ending banquet of insults to dine on. The insults were mixed with daily proclamations of how I was going to be squeezed unmercifully, the company was going to bring out great news any moment, and always I was destined for terrible losses. Why do you ask?" "Toto Shipping has moved back up to 10, now he is saying this movement proves he was right and that you are thus proven to be a great idiot." "It is fortunate, Little Worm, said Chu Mei Ash, "That we have the teaching of the Lord Buddha to guide us in life. For if we refer to his teachings we can see that Baka is indeed correct." "Correct Master? I don't understand." His student replied. Did not the Lord Buddha say that all in this life was illusion and suffering? So Baka is able to clearly see this illusion and proclaim profits from a stock dropping from 100 to 10. While I labor not only under the illusion that I profited by shorting the stock from 100 to 5, I am burdened with the added illusion that I collected a great deal of gold for it. A problem that he does not have." "Sadly," Chu Mei Ash added, "It is in the spiritual realm that I am decidedly failing to match Baka's achievements." "Again, Master, I do not understand." the student said. "You see Little Worm, not only do I hold to more illusions than Baka I think that he is most surely in touch with the suffering in this world, having traded Toto Shipping in this manner. While I am failing most miserably to feel any suffering at all."

To: Blue On Black who wrote (6523)	3/25/1999 11:45:00 PM
From: Druss	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 12754

Win a date with your favorite Flame Threader That's right folks we are announcing a new contest. You can win a date with almost anyone who posts here. [The sole exception on this contest is our own lovely Foxy. She gracefully bowed out of the contest with a warm "Not a chance in Hell, Druss. I undoubtably would end up with someone almost as scummy as you."] So here are the rules for entry. You have to pay for the date, provide transportation (most of us here have had small problems with retaining our driving licenses) and you have to meet certain criteria depending on the lucky Flame Threader you choose. Here are the criteria: Lee: Alive, female, human Kasha: Alive, female, or rich Druss: Female, wealthy, at deaths door Taxi: Female, alive, and talks with a proper New York accent (I am tired of the speech impediments the rest of the country has) Tastes Like Chicken: Feathered Solon: Female, fund manager or company insider Sherry: I will tear your heart out if you even mention my name, Druss. Anyone else who posts here: Looks like a Baywatch regular. So there you have it. Get those entrys in. Druss