Sunday, March 30, 2003

Hysterical new piece (although I do think that news journalists shouldn't be allowed access to the exclamation mark key).

This bloke, Carlssin claims to have time-traveled from the future, to take advantage of our era's "worst stock plunges in history". The SEC caught up with him after 118 consecutive trades where he turned $800 into $350m in only two weeks. Beginner's luck?

Obviously, he might turn out to be Michael J Fox with financial whizz-kidery, and then we'll all be laughing the other side of our faces. But this is the best bit:

In a bid for leniency, Carlssin has reportedly offered to divulge "historical facts" such as the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden and a cure for AIDS.

That'll learn 'em.

[via Kookymojo]

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