If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year
ago, you will have $49.00 today. If you had purchased $1,000 of
shares in AIG one year ago, you will have $33.00
today.
If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Lehman
Brothers one year ago, you will have $0.00 today. But, if
you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the
beer, then
turned in the aluminum cans for recycling refund, you will have
received a $214.00. Based on the above, the best current investment
plan is to drink heavily & recycle. It is called the
401-Keg.
A recent study found that the average American walks
about 900 miles a year. Another study found that Americans drink,
on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year. That means that, on
average,
Americans get about 41 miles to the gallon! Makes you proud
to be an American!