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		Anonymous bidder pays $202,100 to have lunch with Warren Buffett. No word if he's going to sing "Margaritaville" (money.cnn.com)		160
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ankmcfly		2004-07-09 08:36:06 PM

Late, but been figuring this all out. Shirley Winters play misses brady, she was married to Karl Maldun who played linebacker for the bears, his team mate Rosie O'Donell hosted a knitting show in the 80's and married Francis Scott Key of the Scott Towel fortune, his first wife Adrianne Dantley played basketball with the co-pilot in airplane, Dr. J.
Dr. J operated on Warren Buffet's ingrown money clip.

/I think

bhbase99		2004-07-09 08:56:51 PM

This is definitely

considering Warren Buffet is constantly preaching smart investing.

stpickrell		2004-07-09 09:33:26 PM

The Class B shares of Berkshire are 1/30 the value of Class A shares, but class B shares have 1/200 the value of Class A shares.

BRKa closed at $90,000 today on volume of 180
BRKb closed at $2,996 today on volume of 6,700

Buffet does not find anything of value in today's markets.

The USD/EUR ratio is creeping back up to $1.25

How much longer will we sacrifice the US economy on the altar of free trade?

memphomaniac		2004-07-09 10:38:22 PM

How much longer will we sacrifice the US economy on the altar of free trade?

As long as we can keep it propped up with petrodollars. That's why Saddam had to go. He switched to the Euro for Iraq's oil sales in Dec. 2000. Bet you it's not sold in Euros now.

taco_x		2004-07-09 10:56:20 PM

the tagline isn't really funny as much as sad that so many think it's funny. frankly it seems fark isn't going for taglines that actually involve thought or humor - just weak witticisms. another sign of the ravages of liberal educashun.

Xtremehkr		2004-07-09 11:42:14 PM

I'm sure if I sent him a letter and offered a quick $50,000 he would take that too. It's not like he has a regular job or anything.

Patrick44		2004-07-10 01:39:09 AM

Didn't Warren Buffett sing "Werewolves of London"?

Patrick44		2004-07-10 01:42:43 AM

Or was that "Werewolves of Margaritaville"?
Maybe I am thinking of "Cheeseburgers, Guns, and Money".

hubiestubert		2004-07-10 06:10:47 PM

Yes, one last time to all the nay sayers. Warren Buffet is Jimmy's Uncle. One Coconut Telegraph he is even referred to in a great song, It's My Job, which goes a little something like this:

In the middle of late last night I was sittin' on a curb
I didn't know what about, but I was feelin' quite disturbed
A street sweeper came whistlin' by, he was bouncin' every step
It seemed strange how good he felt, so I asked him while he swept

Chorus:
He said, "It's my job to be cleaning up this mess
And that's enough reason to go for me
It's my job to be better than the rest
And that makes a day for me."

I got an uncle who owns a bank, he's a self-made millionaire
He never had anyone to love, never had no one to care
He always seemed kinda sad to me and I asked him why that was
And he told me it's because in my contract there's this clause

Chorus:
That says, "It's my job to be worried half to death
And that's the thing people respect in me
It's my job but without it I'd be less
Than what I expect from me."

Now I've been lazy most all my life writin' songs and sleepin' late
And any manual labor I've done was purely by mistake
If street sweepers can smile then I've got no right to feel upset
But sometimes I still forget
'Til the lights go on and the stage is set
And the song hits home and you feel that sweat

Chorus:
It's my job to be different than the rest
And that's enough reason to go for me
It's my job to be better than the rest
And that's a rough break for me

Chorus:
It's my job to be cleaning up this mess
And that's enough reason to go for me
It's my job to be better than the rest
And that makes the day for me