The divorce Barbie comes with all of Ken's stuff.  What does the merger
Barbie come with?

Guy Avenell
www.hptraderonline.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT?: Barbie


> Actually, I restrained myself considerably in that last message.  For
instance,
> I resisted the impulse to make comparisons involving Barbie dolls being
run over
> by trucks, or buried in landfills, or torn apart by the family pet...
>
> My feelings toward Fiorina (and most of the HP board) are much the same as
I
> would feel toward someone who walked into the Louvre with a can of spray
paint
> and defaced the art works there with advertising slogans.  As far as I'm
> concerned, HP management has desecrated a national treasure.
>
>
>
>
>
> John Penney <[log in to unmask]> on 04/30/2002 06:16:31 PM
>
> Please respond to John Penney <[log in to unmask]>
>
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> cc:    (bcc: Wayne Brown/Corporate/Altec)
>
> Subject:  Re: [HP3000-L] OT?: Barbie
>
>
>
> With all due respect, Wayne, isn't all this C-Bashing growing just a
little
> tedious?
>
> Let's get a life.....
>
> JP
>
> >>> Wayne Brown <[log in to unmask]> 04/30/02 03:49PM >>>
> The difference is that Barbie is both smarter AND better looking than
Carly, and
> probably would be a better choice for running a company.  Plus, Barbie's
value
> increases with age (at least in the eyes of collectors), whereas Fiorina
grows
> more worthless with each new decision.
>
>
>
>
>
> "[log in to unmask]" <dbrinson on 04/30/2002 04:11:49 PM
>
> Please respond to "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> cc:    (bcc: Wayne Brown/Corporate/Altec)
>
> Subject:  [HP3000-L] OT?: Barbie
>
>
>
> I finally figured it out!!!!!!!!!
>
> I was reading that Ruth Handler, co-founder of Mattel and inventor of the
> Barbie doll, had passed away at 85.
>
> Nearly every girl had a Barbie (or 2 or 3), and many, many girls wanted to
> grow up to be Barbie.
>
> Then it hit me.....  Carly STILL wants to be Barbie, and after the
> introduction of the Barbie laser printer a few years ago, when she came to
> HP, she thought she was becoming the head Barbie!
>
> That partially explains why she is getting out of software (and services)
> and direct-to-customer sales, and pursuing a strategy of putting out
> products that are sold through general retail outlets like WalMart.
>
> Wait 'til she discovers that Compaq doesn't make those cute little
compacts
> that women use when powdering their noses!
>
> Oh, well.  Next acquisition:   Mattel!
>
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