<div dir="ltr">And nick you know why pirates can speak so well? that's because they be a RRRRRRRR ticulate har har har har!</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 8:36 AM Gillian Densmore <<a href="mailto:gil.densmore@gmail.com">gil.densmore@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Welll nick you did you hear about the pickey skelton shopper? You could say he has a bone to pick with you.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 11:30 AM uǝlƃ ☣ <<a href="mailto:gepropella@gmail.com" target="_blank">gepropella@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><a href="https://lmgtfy.com/?q=james+veitch" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lmgtfy.com/?q=james+veitch</a><br>
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On 10/16/19 10:26 AM, Nick Thompson wrote:<br>
> Dear Fellow Friamers,<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Has anybody ever tried to turn the tables on a Nigerian Prince Scammer? So,<br>
> I agree that you are going send me a million dollars, and I agree that I<br>
> have to, say, send you $1000 dollars, to facilitate the transfer, but I ask<br>
> you, the scammer, first to send ME a check for $100 dollars to establish the<br>
> validity of your bank account, before I send you my thousand? Defectors all<br>
> the way down? In the end, I am offering to send you penny in order to<br>
> receive a dime. The whole thing collapses when there are no smaller<br>
> denominations. <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Did any of you hear that marvelous This American Life episode in which the<br>
> bored homeowner decided to respond to the Carpet Cleaning cold caller, by<br>
> asking, in a tentative, nervous sort of way, if the carpet cleaner could<br>
> clean blood. Yes. "I mean, human blood?" Uh, yes. And when assured that it<br>
> could, "Could he clean blood off WALLS?". And when assured on that point,<br>
> too, could the carpet cleaner come NOW! <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> The police officer who appeared at his door, after seeing that there was in<br>
> fact no blood, arrested the home owner. When he asked why, the officer<br>
> said, "I don't know; we'll figure something out in the car." <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Yes. I know. I need to get a life. <br>
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☣ uǝlƃ<br>
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