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To: Lucretius who wrote (26068)	3/18/1999 1:25:00 PM
From: Greg Jung	Respond to of 86076

The Ameritrade comercial takes the prize for subtle but blatant messages and cultural parodies. I think it deserves a prize, and also archived in annalls of the great millenial stock mania. Notice the poise and self-confidence, superior intelligence attributed to the trading mom. To further demonstrate how smart she is, she is invested in a biotech research firm and the position is winning and with click of mouse she has "earned" $1700. Eliciting a confession from the "dumb" mom that she actually owns mutual funds. The implied sequel to this is that the dumber blond should get her funds out of the mutuals and into a trading account. Which reminds me of a joke about dumb blonds...-g-