In article <95030623072253@pagan.blackboard.com>, shawn.earnest@pagan.blackboard.com (Shawn Earnest) says:
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>I would like to have a copy of the Fringe Rule of Aquasition
>please..... I have been looking for this text file for 2-years now
>and oddly enough to no avail I have not been able to get a copy!!
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>of you can help out I would deeply appriciate it!
Please, learn to spell.
The Sacred Ferengi Rules of Acquisition
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1. Once you have their money, you never give it back.
3. Never spend more for an acquisition than you have to.
6. Never allow family to stand in the way of opportunity.
7. Keep your ears open.
9. Opportunity plus instinct equals profit.
16. A deal is a deal.
21. Never place friendship above profit.
22. A wise man can hear profit in the wind.
31. Never make fun of a Ferengi's mother.
33. It never hurts to suck up to the boss.
47. Don't trust a man wearing a suit better than your own.
48. The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife.
57. Good customers are as rare as latinum. Treasure them.
59. Free advice is seldom cheap.
62. The riskier the road, the greater the profit.
75. Home is where the heart is, but the stars are made of latinum.
76. Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies.
102. Nature decays, but latinum lasts forever.
103. Sleep can interfere...
109. Dignity and an empty sack is worth the sack.
111. Treat people in your debt like family; exploit them.
112. Never have sex with the boss's sister.
139. Wives serve, brothers inherit.
194. It's always good business to know about new customers before they walk in the door.
214. Never begin a business negotiation on an empty stomach.
217. You can't free a fish from water.
285. No good deed ever goes unpunished.
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Original file name: Rules of Aquisition
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