Found this while looking through Google Finance this weekend. Pretty funny discourse. For those who don't know Berkshire Hathaway is the company of Warren Buffett, the world's richest person and most famous investor. One share of Berkshire Hathaway is currently worth $133,600, and in 1962 a share was worth $7.60.

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From: hugo.d...@gmail.com - view profile
Date: Fri, May 2 2008 5:39 pm
I took a large short position, 5000 shares of BRK.A on margin. I had
to put my home on the line and my organs as well for collateral :)

From: seantimmon...@hotmail.com - view profile
Date: Fri, May 2 2008 5:46 pm

Yeaj right, sure and you posted this lie here because?

From: Mustansir.Golawala - view profile
Date: Fri, May 2 2008 5:48 pm

I've got bad news for you. I just got my bonus, and I'm gonna use a
small bit of it to buy up 4-5 hundred thousand BRK.A shares and
$200,000 each.

Kiss your liver goodbye.

hugo.d...@gmail.com wrote:
> I took a large short position, 5000 shares of BRK.A on margin. I had
> to put my home on the line and my organs as well for collateral :)

From: calvin...@yahoo.com - view profile
Date: Fri, May 2 2008 5:49 pm

lol!

seantimmon...@hotmail.com wrote:
> Yeaj right, sure and you posted this lie here because?

From: hugo.d...@gmail.com - view profile
Date: Fri, May 2 2008 6:02 pm

Crap I wonder if taking a huge BRK.A short position on friday for
monday is a good idea. Now I will be stressed all weekend. Either I
become a trillionare or I end up living under a bridge with 1 missing
kidney and half a liver.

From: karlf...@gmail.com - view profile
Date: Fri, May 2 2008 8:15 pm

Come on man. Yeah your brokerage allowed you to short $675 million
worth of Berkshire stock. Why did you even write on the blog?

hugo.d...@gmail.com wrote:
> I took a large short position, 5000 shares of BRK.A on margin. I had
> to put my home on the line and my organs as well for collateral :)

From: pinacoo...@gmail.com - view profile
Date: Fri, May 2 2008 8:38 pm

shorting is actually not that bad of an idea.... i'm sure berk stocks
would drop the moment buffet announces his retirement

From: bor...@gmail.com - view profile
Date: Fri, May 2 2008 8:58 pm

That's true, but at the same time you are looking at years before he
retires. He seems in good health.

From: jhhawtho...@gmail.com - view profile
Date: Fri, May 2 2008 10:54 pm

Maybe he shorted B shares or just bought puts ...

It wasn't E*TRADE that took your house and organs as collateral was
it?

From: cockyroos...@gmail.com - view profile
Date: Sat, May 3 2008 12:42 am

I hocked my cat to short 1000 shares. Ameritrade said my liver was too
shot, but E*trade stepped right up with no problems. See you in the
fat house, Hugo!

From: DannyBa...@gmx.de - view profile
Date: Sat, May 3 2008 4:58 am

not anyone here can afford to buy even 1 share... "I just shorted
5000" - what a shithead...

From: DannyBa...@gmx.de - view profile
Date: Sat, May 3 2008 5:04 am

one more thing: I think it would be really stupid to short BRKA. If
you want to short look for sth like AAPL which has higher beta,
volatility,... I'm not an option trader but I know BRKA definitely is
the last stock I would choose for that purpose. Jm2c...

From: investorss...@yahoo.com - view profile
Date: Sat, May 3 2008 6:35 am

http://finance.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=m...

on the market and selling ! market cap only 18 mln.

From: wizardofwallstre...@gmail.com - view
yea sure you did..but i will short the b shares....buffet said that
for investers not to look for big gains a few months ago..i guess he
forgot to say to investers to look for a 64% decline..