Doc, I'll never forget that time either. I had $200,000 to invest and my broker gave me 2 choices, he said it didn't matter which one I bought they would both skyrocket. I chose LHSP (Lernout and Hauspie, a speech-recognition company). The stock tanked after it was found out the CEO was cooking the books, I lost everything.
The other stock was EBAY.
True story. But it ultimately led me to you so there's a silver lining!