Fw: Go on ... laugh

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From: "Bachman, Paul" <Paul.Bachman@gs.com<
To: "'Marcotte, Thomas'" <tmarcotte@powermerchants.com<; "'McAuley, Rory'"
<Rory.Mcauley@GFInet.com<; "'Policastro, Tony'" <tonyp@elitebrokers.net<
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 12:37 PM
Subject: FW: Go on ... laugh

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< From: Duffy, Scott
< Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 1:34 PM
< To: Bachman, Paul
< Subject: FW: Go on ... laugh
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< From: Nour Beyhum [mailto:nour.beyhum@g-icap.com]
< Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 1:26 PM
< Subject: Go on ... laugh
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< < < Traders and Brokers
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< < < A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced his
< < < altitude and saw a man below. "Excuse me, but can you help me?
< < < I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago but I don't know
< < < where I am," he said.
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< < < The man below replied: "You are in a hot air balloon hovering
< < < approximately 30 ft above the ground. You are between 40 and 41
< < < degrees North latitude and between 56 and 57 degrees West longitude.
< < < " To which the balloonist replied: "You must be a broker."
< < <
< < < To which the man on the ground said: "I am, but how did you know?"
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< < < The reply came from above: "Everything you told me is technically
< < < correct but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the
< < < fact is I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help at all."
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< < < The man below responded: "You must be a Trader."
< < <
< < < To which the balloonist replied: "Yes, I am, but how did you
< < < know?"
< < <
< < < To which the man on the ground said: "You don't know where you are
< < < or where you are going. You have risen to your current position due
< < < to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise, which you have no
< < < idea how to keep and you expect me to solve your problem. The fact
is,
< < < you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but
< < now,
< < < somehow, it's my fault."
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