| Wonko on 23 Sep 2002 02:56:03 -0000 |
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| Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Well, damn, here's a thought... |
Quoth Glotmorf, > On 9/21/02 at 11:30 PM Baron von Skippy wrote: > >>>>> I give to each player all shares of eir stock I own. [[y'all can >>>>> 'privatize' >>>>> now, destroying all that stock]] >>>> -Double cool. I sell all stock I own. Then I privatize.- >>> >>> Doesn't this mean you're selling the stock Wonko just gave you? Hey, >> I'll >>> buy it. :) >>> >>> Glotmorf >> >> -Hah. No. I'm selling it to the Bank, or whatever, cashing 1400 BNS, and >> privatizing. Back off, buzzards!- > > You can't privatize if your stock isn't in your possession. And it's not in > your possession if you've sold it to the bank. And if you've sold it to the > bank, I've bought it. :) You can't sell your own stock to the bank. Therefore, the Baron didn't, and thus e was able to privatize. -- Wonko _______________________________________________ spoon-discuss mailing list spoon-discuss@xxxxxxxxx http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/spoon-discuss