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Strategies & Market Trends : The Thread Formerly Known as No Rest For The Wicked -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Glenn who wrote (21389)	3/30/1999 11:14:00 AM
From: MIKFREE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90042

OT but amusing. Don't read if you are in a hurry. It's pretty long. . . My apologies for the display of irresponsibility yesterday. I should explain. I have been working many, late and strange hours lately, and have been drinking coffee like it was going out of style. Sunday my lower back started hurting and Monday i decided it was my kidney. Told Dad, and he said "Have a beer, it'll help". Well, me, in my extraordinary wisdom, after having the beer, of course, decided "Heh, now I'm gonna really fix this kidney", and broke out the whisky. Seemed like a good idea at the time, little did i realize, my tolerance to alcohol is virually nil, as i rarely drink very much very often since i came back from Europe. I'm paranoid of the legal system here with regards to this, and anyway i just don't have the time. So the whusky went straight to me. I should note that the kidney is fine now, although i think i gave Glenn an ulcer in the process. So i admit it. I traded while I was drunk. Heh, i traded under the influence. Is this legal? Will i get a TUI or something? And with the success i had while trading under the influence, have i started a chain of events here? You may see me on CNBC in a year: " The richest man on earth, Michael Freeman, is here with us to talk about what a person needs to be successful in the market. So Michael, tell us, what does one need to be-" "Whuusky." "Sorry?" "Whusky!" "Oh. Anything else?" "Aye. . .more whusky." Then the experts start debating the effects of alcohol on trading while i stagger out the door, bottle in hand, singing "Will ye gooo lassie goooo". Maybe stumble a bit, the experts look at me, i grin: "and we'll aalll goooo toogeder!" In a week everyone on CNBC is downing whisky by the bottle. Joe Pisani and Maria are holding each other up on the trading floor: "The market's down, but weee don't care!" They look into the camera, "Ya see this stock. . don't buy it, unless you want your ass handed to you! Hey, whure's my whusky!?" And the weatherman. . ."Hay ya'll, there's a big storm cumin up in Nebraska, hope ya'll got insurance. Sure glad i ain't there!" OK this has gone far enough. Just a bit of humor to an otherwise potentially grave situation. I am exagerrating. I wasn't (that) drunk. Staying sober today. But still smiling big time. Mike