2 Jun, 2008
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/w/?v=KwCmpU0RCkE]
how to be popular
too funny. among other good quotes:
“well, call me next week Jerry.”
“looks like your asking so late went over like a lead balloon.” and finally
“girls who park in cars with boys are never popular. not even with the girls they park with.” poooor jinny. that strumpet.
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23 May, 2008
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work sends emails that make me laugh out loud sometimes all the time. What follows is today’s but for those who don’t like to read, here’s the bottom line: 1) the email we sent you ISN’T SPAM. DON’T DELETE IT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. and 2) (ha ha ha ha, that this is point 2,) : the infomation in said EMAIL THAT YOU ARE NOT TO DELETE is incorrect. please disregard it until further notice.
Here it is (and nope, I’m not even sayin what’s wrong with the grammar/spelling/syntax/plain English here (but hint: subject/verb agreement) :
In this week’s <newsletter>, we announced that our travel agency, z, would be sending you a pin number to access your Traveler’s Profile. Unfortunately, their parent company sent the email under their name, x, rather than under y, z, or p. This resulted in employees thinking they had received spam. These emails are not spam, they are bona fide emails from y that contain your pin number and password. Please do not destroy them.
On a separate note [me: HA HA HA], we have discovered that the passwords and pin numbers are not working and are we are working to resolve the issue. Please do not try to use them until p can fix the problem. In next week’s <newsletter>. we will announce when you will be able to access your profile using the pin number and password that were emailed to you. Please keep a copy of these emails for future reference.
16 May, 2008
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from Arlington alerts:
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Arlington Alert
Date: Fri, May 16, 2008 at 1:15 PM
Subject: Rapid Fox
To: Arlington Alert Subscribers
A fox that bit a woman in south Arlington has tested positive for rabies, Arlington public health officials have confirmed today.
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No word yet on if this fox is THE quick brown fox that jumped over the lazy [edit 5/25, thanks to many, many, many smart cookie readers – ahem, “some guy named me” ] river DOG [/edit], but I’m guessing the folks at Arlington Alerts could use the typing as well as the spelling class. Also, word is this incident actually happened a week ago. BUT STILL!!!!
Special thanks to my Arlington bureau for this report!
