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Thread ID: 96237 2009-01-03 19:36:00 Monkey Business SurferJoe46 (51) PC World Chat
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734770 2009-01-03 19:36:00 Once upon a time a man appeared in a village and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each .

The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them .

The man bought thousands at $10 and, as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort .

He next announced that he would now buy monkeys at $20 each . This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again .

Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms . The offer increased to $25 each and the supply of monkeys became so scarce it was an effort to even find a monkey, let alone catch it!

The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50 each!

However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would buy on his behalf .

In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers: "Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has already collected . I will sell them to you at $35 and when the man returns from the city, you can sell them to him for $50 each . "

The villagers rounded up all their savings and bought all the monkeys for $700 billion dollars .

They never saw the man or his assistant again, only lots and lots of monkeys!

Now you have a better understanding of how the WALL STREET BAILOUT PLAN WILL WORK !!!!
SurferJoe46 (51)
734771 2009-01-04 01:22:00 forums.pcworld.co.nz
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Bantu (52)
734772 2009-01-04 01:31:00 lol.

Bloody business mongrels. I seriously think the guys at Wall St should stand a criminal trial.
qazwsxokmijn (102)
734773 2009-01-04 05:45:00 Don't be silly, the market knows best. zqwerty (97)
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