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The Darwin Awards for Investing

An SI Board Since November 1999

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Emcee: EL KABONG!!!	Type: Unmoderated

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I'm sure that everyone who is cyber-literate has at least heard of the Darwin Awards. For those that may have missed it, each year some committee "awards" honors to recipients who have eliminated themselves from the human gene pool via some truly extraordinary (and usually highly stupid) means. These are called the Darwin Awards...

darwinawards.com

So, I think we should have a Darwin Awards for Investors. Nominees should have a found a truly unique and stupid way to surrender their capital and thus have eliminated themselves from the investing pool.

KJC

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52	Think Peter Lynch deserves mention trying to qualify? Of course he's getting	Mad2	-	10/27/2001
51	Here's the shirt for the Darwin awards: traderwear.com <g>	MKTBUZZ	-	3/26/2001
50	Mad2, Fortunately, Srexley lost cyber dollars in a virtual portfolio. Since he	EL KABONG!!!	-	3/26/2001
49	This guy deserves some notice. Message 15561701 mad2	Mad2	-	3/25/2001
48	Oops... Misplaced post. Please ignore.	RJL	-	10/11/2000
47	Yeah - but slaves with cranial Web implants?! THAT is waht i want. <ggg>	Jacques Chitte	-	11/8/1999
46	That would be old. The Greeks and Romans had it when they had slaves.	The Other Analyst	-	11/8/1999
45	>How long will it be until computers work as well as cars?< Oh if I only	Jacques Chitte	-	11/8/1999
44	I hope you are right about MSFT not being a big part of the picture. I like my	The Other Analyst	-	11/8/1999
43	I suspect MSFT will not be an important part of the picture.. Here's a koan	Jacques Chitte	-	11/8/1999
42	Yes. But that's just the beginning. The good news is that GM is highly re	The Other Analyst	-	11/8/1999
41	I have been amazed at how many SI denizens seem to have purchased these glasses	Edwarda	-	11/7/1999
40	I was about to respond until I read your last sentence. Ah, well, I was enjoyi	Edwarda	-	11/7/1999
39	Here's something which can help one along the road to the Darwin award. It	Arcane Lore	-	11/5/1999
38	With all the processors in any GM product ... does that qualify?	Jacques Chitte	-	11/4/1999
37	OT on a Coffee shop thread is an oxymoron, I thought. By the way, I've bee	The Other Analyst	-	11/4/1999
36	<i> Couldn't one argue that their trading actions constituted really	The Other Analyst	-	11/4/1999
35	I wasn't arguing that it is a sound business proposition. (I for sure didn&	Jacques Chitte	-	11/4/1999
34	Just because you like the IDEA of Iridium because YOU would use the service on	The Other Analyst	-	11/4/1999
33	I just read the thread. Amazing.... [grub]	Edwarda	-	11/4/1999
32	I laughed. I cried. I laughed until I cried....	Edwarda	-	11/4/1999
31	<i>If these investors really could not have afforded the loss, then presu	Edwarda	-	11/4/1999
30	Thanks for sharing the story. I've seen situations like this before. You&	Edwarda	-	11/4/1999
29	Years ago, when I knew nothing about investing (as if I know more now), I went	Stormweaver	-	11/4/1999
28	Phil, A lurker PMed me with the following message and asked that I post it. So	EL KABONG!!!	-	11/3/1999

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