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I guess I've been investing foolishly...
> If you had bought $1000 worth of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now
> be worth $49.
> If you had bought $1000 worth of Budweiser (the beer, not the
> stock)one year ago, drank all the beer, and traded in the cans for the
> nickel deposit, you would have $79.
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My dear, in which dictionary does it say that buying beer is an investment?  (ribbit)
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But you'd have had a $951 tax writeoff, meaning the Government pays you to make bad stock market decisions.
And if you drink all that Budweiser, it just goes to waist.
TEd
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a $951 tax writeoff
Unless you're in a greater than 100% tax bracket you still come out with a loss. With the beer, if you're clever about who you drink it with, you can make some great contacts.
And you can turn contacts into relationships and relationships into resultsİ
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Or... just drink it for the *results.
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With the beer, you can make some great contacts. And you can turn contacts into relationships and relationships into resultsİ
And as an additional benefit: if said the results are finacial, the cost of the beer is tax-deductible.
Faldage, msy I suggest that we consider financial matters when I buy you a beer at Wordpalooza?
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And remember that in Michigan the can is a dime, so you would double your money 
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And if you drink all that Budweiser, it just goes to waist.
I once knew a surly old miser
Who mooched products from Busch and Anhuiser
But the stuff made him sick,
and it rotted his wick,
Now the miser is sadder Budweiser.
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What's that saying? "If you can't be good, be careful, and if you can't be careful, name it after me!"
...and anyway, you don't buy beer, you only rent it...
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