Off topic.  For your enjoyment.

Jeff

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Subject: song for the Nasdaq


"Humble Pie."
     Sing it to Don McLean's (or Madonna's) "American Pie."

     A long, long week ago
     I can still remember
     how the market used to make me smile
     What I'd do when I had the chance
     Is get myself a cash advance
     And add another tech stock to the pile.
     But Alan Greenspan made me shiver
     With every speech that he delivered
     Bad news on the rate front
     Still I'd take one more punt

     I can't remember if I cried
     When I heard about the CPI
     I lost my fortune and my pride
     The day the NASDAQ died

     So bye-bye to my piece of the pie
     Now I'm gettin' calls for margin
     'Cause my cash account's dry
     It's just two weeks
     from a new all-time high
     And now we're right back
     where we were in July
     We're right back where we were in July

     Did you buy stocks you never heard of?
     QCOM at 150 or above?
     'Cos George Gilder told you so
     Now do you believe in Home Depot?
     Can Wal-Mart save your portfolio?
     And can you teach me what's a P/E ratio?

     Well, I know that you were leveraged too
     So you can't just take a long-term view
     Your broker shut you down
     No more margin could be found
     I never worried on the whole way up
     Buying dot coms
     from the back of a pickup truck
     But Friday I ran out of luck

     It was the day the NAAAASDAQ died