Monday, August 31, 1998

Cruise Control
by Daniel Chambers ([email protected])

During my 20-mile trek to work the other day, it hit me: I was experiencing a Fribble in the making! I was driving about 55 miles per hour and waiting to reach the outskirts of town to hit my "Fool Button" (aka. cruise control button). I hit the button and started thinking about Fooldom while enjoying the scenery.

I thought, the Fool Button is my Foolish Four. I saw daytraders (65 mph. and up speedsters) passing me by. No problem, they were risking getting a speeding ticket or getting into a car accident... ouch!

Guess what? We made it to the first stop light at the exact same time... and I took less risk to get there. At the stop light I saw people rushing for the light to change (what bears!). They could not contain themselves patiently because of the day ahead. Maybe they heard the market was down 200 points today. But did they know that it was up 130 points for the week? They revved their engines creating the roar of the bears -- "Sell now or lose it all!" As their tires left streaks in the pavement, it was clear that they were Wise.

I made it to work only to discover that my boss had turned into Alan Greenspan, talking about what could happen today but hasn't yet. At the end of the day I made it back home safely and checked the Fool site again. What if the whole world was Foolish? Maybe there would be no stress and no crime. Maybe there would be no traffic jams!

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