Month: August 2005

世界上最著名的投资者之一，沃伦·巴菲特在其掌管的贝克夏·哈斯维公司1985年的年报中讲过这样一个故事：一个石油勘探者，正在向他的天堂走去，但圣·彼得对他说：“你有资格住进来，但为石油职员保留的大院已经满员了。”这位勘探者想了一会儿后，对着大院里的居住者大声喊道：“在地狱里发现石油了！”大院的门很快就打开了，里面的石油职员蜂拥而出。圣·彼得非常惊讶，于是请这位勘探者进入大院。勘探者迟疑了一下说：“不，我认为我应跟着那些人，这个谣言中可能会有一些真实的东西。”

“I’m funky like a monkey and as cool as a cat, talk more than a parrot, up all night like a bat,” it went.

“I got a laugh like a hyena but get the hump like a camel, so cover me in fig leaves as I’m the ultimate mammal.”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050825/od_afp/britainoffbeatzoo

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