21.   In the last decade, options have become a significant component of executive compensation in many industries.

22.   Internet stocks are notorious for sinking so low that the options become worthless.

23.   Of course, if carry-on luggage is eliminated, your options become wearing four layers of clothes and sticking deodorant in your pocket.

24.   Now the options have become even more limited.

25.   Options become more valuable when volatility rises, and less valuable when it declines.

26.   Options become more valuable when the price rises, and less valuable when it declines.

27.   Options have become so popular that the Bureau of Labor Statistics is studying how important they are in a typical compensation package.

28.   Otherwise, the options become so much gravy on an already full plate.

29.   Put options become more valuable if the underlying stock drops in price.