Dueling Fools
September 16, 1998
Swoosh... Duel it is
Michael Jordan. Tiger Woods. Dale Wettlaufer. The roll call of celebrity Nike <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(NYSE: NKE)") else Response.Write("(NYSE: NKE)") end if %> endorsers runs prolific. But lately that signature swoosh logo has begun looking an awful lot like a sickle.
Why? Where do we go from here? And do we get there with or without a pair of Air Wettlaufers? This week we do a little sole searching as Dale (TMF Ralegh) and Yi-Hsin Chang (TMF Puck) go one-on-one over the athletic giant.
Dale likes Nike. Yi-Hsin wouldn't touch the stock with a ten-foot shoestring. It's bound to be a great Duel as Dale heads to the hoop and Yi-Hsin aims for the literary block. Laces out! Laces out!
And don't miss this week's Duel Flashback, where we look back at our Duel over video game software specialist THQ Interactive <% if gsSubBrand = "aolsnapshot" then Response.Write("(Nasdaq: THQI)") else Response.Write("(Nasdaq: THQI)") end if %>.
You Get to Vote!
Once you've read the arguments and the rebuttals, it's your time to cast your vote. We'll tabulate results each week and revisit them from time to time to see whether you were right! As always, we invite you to join us in the Dueling Fools Message board to continue the duel.
[Any suggestions, comments, praise, or flames, please send them along to the Dueling Fools Team.]
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The Bull... Whoosh. That's the sound of Deion Sanders blowing by Washington Redskins quarterback Gus Frerotte, who, lying on the ground in a stupor, can only process the thought, "Man, I thought my guy had three steps on Sanders." Fans outside the Washington, D.C., area aren't sharing that thought. They're marveling at the pure athletic talent of a superstar athlete who can chase down a 4.2-40 track star receiver, snatch his lunch out of the air at an altitude of 11 feet, spin, and take it back 80 yards. Continue... |
The Bear... Once upon a time -- of all the good days in the year, on his birthday, his 30th birthday -- Dale Wettlaufer, a.k.a. TMF Ralegh, a.k.a. Ebenezer Scrooge, sat busy and alone at Fool HQ, crouched over his desk punching numbers into his calculator and adding countless figures to his endless spreadsheets. Periodically he surfed the Fool message boards, posting a few snippets here and there, checking to see if anyone else had made him a Favorite Fool. As the hours passed, Dale got sleepy and soon dozed off. Continue... |
Results for last week's Shorting Duel
| Answer | Percentage |
| I can't make up my mind | 4% |
| TMF Seymor's Bull argument |
39% |
| TMF Max's Bear argument |
30% |
| They were both excellent |
23% |
| They were both lame |
4% |