What price are you shorting at?
I'm not short on Google, although I wouldn't doubt it's in one of my funds.
I dunno what he is shorting at, but this is what you can do now....
PUT OPTIONS Expire at close Fri, Jul 21, 2006
Strike Symbol Last Chg Bid Ask Vol Open Int
230.00 GOUSF.X 0.05 0.00 N/A N/A 22 373
That is $50 to control a thousand shares... 'Course the price of Google would have to really crash, but it it did, you would be able to buy some nice things.