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From: Ted Waitt
Sent Mon 3/29/2004 8:17:28 PM
Subject: FW: Is this new?

This is funny, someone sent me this. Apparently it's floating around on the intemet message boards. Do you know the Beverly Hillbillies? That's the tune of the song.

From: Conway, Duffy
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 5:26 AM
To: Ted Waitt; Duffey, Erin
Subject: is this new?

Come listen to a story bout a man named Ted South Dakota boy whose neck was kinda red Had a hippie ponytail and his boots were rather large Went and set up a little bidness in his garage Gateway that is - direct sellin - customer service

Well the first thing ya know olc Ted's a billionaire flair-Sell Wall em Street on the said, web "Ted, and you've on the really phone got from the shore to shore But never never never try to open up a store" Nasty overhead - inventory nightmares

Well the stock was doin fine, just movin right along Bubble floatin higher, Ted could do no wrong Market share was hummin, cow just waggin its tail And the fateful day arrived - Ted went retail Big cow spots - cute little outfits

Well Tcd stepped aside to spend some time on his new boat Called in some city slickers to keep the cow afloat Then pop went the weasel, the stock started to grind And the slickers, it was learned, were robbin him blind Greed indeed.

So he decided Californy was the place he hadda be But he kept most of the workers back home in Sioux City And quarter after quarter after quarter it was found That Dell and HP/Comaq were slappin Ted around. What to do, change in strategy, rebrand

The products weren't selling and the marketing was poor They were losin money each and every week in every store Board of directors gasped like they were coming down with asthma So Ted came along and said The Answer Is Plasma Big Ole Teevees, lower prices

So they started selling plasmas cameras games and MP3s Camcorders, stereos, DVDs and LCDs Folks got excited, anticipation getting high But when they saw the numbers all the Street could do was sigh Losses piled up, what to do

So Ted bought off this Irvine company to step on in With a solid reputation for keeping costs thin Here they come, shareholders, and I'm telling ya now If you can't see it comin, the tail is gonna wag this cow.