New mergers on the horizion!!

Are your investments in order? Below are some of the latest rumors from Wall Street. In the wake of the AOL/Time Warner deal, here are the latest mergers we can expect to see:

Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W.R. Grace Company merge to become Hale Mary Fuller Grace.

Polygram Records, Warner Brothers, and Keebler Crackers merge to become Polly-Warner-Cracker.

3M and Goodyear merge to become MMMGood.

John Deere and Abitibi-Price merge to become Deere Abi.

Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining merge to become Zip Audi Do Da.

Honeywell, Imasco, and Home Oil merge to become Honey I'm Home.

Denison Mines, and Alliance and Metal Mining merge to become Mine All Mine.

Federal Express and UPS merge to become FED UP.

Xerox and Wurlitzer will merge and begin manufacturing reproductive organs.

Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computers will merge and become Fairwell Honeychild.

3M, J.C. Penney and the Canadian Opera Company will merge and become 3 Penney Opera.

Knott's Berry Farm & National Organization of Women will merge and become Knott NOW!

-- me (me@1234.com), January 19, 2000

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Haaaaa Haaaaaaa Haaaaaaaa! ROTFLMAO!

wiping the tears from my eyes...THANKS! I sure needed that!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Shakey~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-- Shakey (in_a_bukr@forty.ffet), January 20, 2000.

Hey me,

Did you think all this up on your own? I mean I am cracking up! I just printed the thread to take to the office with me tomorrow!

GOOD JOB!

Zguy

-- zguy (zguy@crackingup.com), January 20, 2000.

Best yet! Stock prices wil triple on the value of the newly trademarked corporate names alone. WAY TO GOOO! me.

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-- Squirrel Hunter (nuts@upina.tree), January 20, 2000.

Weeeeeee heeeeee heeeeeee heeee heeee heee! I like that. :-)

-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), January 20, 2000.

Bombardier and Fokker (A/C makers) would join to make "Bom Fokker"

-- spaceman spiff (spiff@space.com), January 20, 2000.

Northrop Grumman and Rockwell Collins merge to become Norman Rockwell.

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-- Wildweasel (vtmldm@epix.net), January 20, 2000.

This clever list has been around for many years and obviously got revived by the AOL/Time Warner deal. I first saw it about 10 years ago during the defense industry contractions and merger mania.

-- DeeEmBee (macbeth1@pacbell.net), January 20, 2000.