2008/11/14 Dublin
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In October 2006 I invested in commercial property. I cannot recall why exactly I did this, but if you decide to invest some money you should never think about it for more than ten minutes. That’s a waste of time.
Today I got the advice to take my loss and get out of commercial property as soon as possible.
So I took my loss (forty thousand euros) and got out of commercial property. After that I had a fabulous lunch in my favorite lunch place, Ely, in Dublin.
Over a plate of pasta I discovered that losing money can be as enjoyable as making some money. As long as there is something left to lose of course.
23 comments
Offer you just can't refuse
Arnon,
I hereby offer you the unique chance to lose forty thousand euros + to me, I promise I'll make the event as enjoyable as possibly can!
Only contact me if you are sincerely interested in this fabulous opportunity.
(Bank-guarantee needed, proving you actually have something left to lose prior to any further negotiations...)
Why now? Do your advicers think that it's going to bomb some more? I thought most of the harm was done? I'm looking for some investment as well, but I can't afford to lose anything.
K E
Are you working for an upscale escort service?
With all due respect but forty thousand is overpriced.
Dens
If you cannot afford to lose don't invest.
Arnon
I hear the sex trade is booming. Would you consider opening a brothel?
Arnon
I have the best posible format here to make totaly safe investments, so skip K E and hear my story.
I think we should invest in
www.stickam.com this is going to boom anyday. Maybe Google will buy it.
Maybe I can afford to lose something, but as they say with gambling "if you can't stand to lose, don't play to win" and I don't like losing, unless i'm drunk.
Losing money can be a relief in a way,
For rent: little red dress. Worn only once. Price: four thousand euros a night.
But this has nothing to do with the wonderfull opertunities i have to offer on this moment!
Margot
What kind of dress is this? can you discribe it a little?
D.M.
It has short sleeves and is made of wool. It comes with a matching coat and heels. For this I charge extra of course.
Margot
In a way this dress can be everybodys final ending i think, 4 thousand a night. Maybe for your last night? Who designed it?
Arnon
This Ely, is this a totaly Organic food place?
DM Pefko
The food is recommended. That's all I can say.
Arnon
Good to know.
Once I wrote an article entitled:
"De verlossing van het verlorene oftewel De verlichting van het verlies"
I think it's about the same experience.
Offer you cant't refuse (2)
Arnon,
Whith all due respect, but your remark doesn't even come close to being a bank-guarantee.
I do not wish to discuss my business out here, but I can only recommend you to act swiftly, since there are more people out there who, thanks to the failing stock markets, found the new joy of losing money, and capacity is only limited.
I remember one day waking up in Montmartre, Paris on the way back from a hitchiking tour around the Mediterrean, and the only cash I had left was to pay for the room. After having done this I somehow found my way tio the highway, I finally got a ride from a Dutch driver who had to cross Belgum and he dropped me off in front of the church of my hometown in Belgium. I went to my parents' house for a warm evening meal and feeling as happy and contnted as i had never done before and never have done since in the same manner. Nothing in my pockets and no idea what I was going to do the next day or with the rest of my life. Of course I had the luxury to be able to enjoy my poverty.
Arnon
Maybe you should choose your investments more carefully. Good money can be made in it. Now is the time to go on the housing market,especially in the U.S.
K E
In all modesty: your tone is bad for business.
Ely
Those who can eat at Ely can lose 40 grand and have a good day. Those of us eating at Zaytoon's have to learn to enjoy simpler pleasures. Personally I like to throw empty cider cans at passing trains.
But yeah, if I lost 40k in a day I would be sure to have a hell of a good night.
Hylobates
Zaytoon?
Please explain.