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From: Doctor John
Subject: 419
Date: 9 Jun 2008 10:26:28
Message: <484d3d94$1@news.povray.org>
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/09/unenticing_419_email/

LOL

John
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world's shortest speech. He said, "I will be so brief I am already
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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: 419
Date: 9 Jun 2008 10:48:15
Message: <hkgq445p1b6gh1u5qreq8lfci36tec40sk@4ax.com>
On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:27:26 +0100, Doctor John <doc### [at] gmailcom>
wrote:

>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/09/unenticing_419_email/
>
>LOL
>
>John

I got one yesterday that purported to be a job offer :)

Have you seen this site where the 419's get their comeuppance?
http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm
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     Stephen


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From: Doctor John
Subject: Re: 419
Date: 9 Jun 2008 10:59:20
Message: <484d4548$1@news.povray.org>
Stephen wrote:
> 
> I got one yesterday that purported to be a job offer :)
> 
Obviously a 419; I mean who would offer an old-timer like you (or me) a
job ;-)

> Have you seen this site where the 419's get their comeuppance?
> http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm
I knew it existed but had never got around to reading it. Most amusing.

John

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I will be brief but not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the
world's shortest speech. He said, "I will be so brief I am already
finished," then he sat down.


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: 419
Date: 9 Jun 2008 12:43:50
Message: <lhmq445u5eppauetnrn7v9ejko8114gqac@4ax.com>
On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:00:17 +0100, Doctor John <doc### [at] gmailcom>
wrote:

>> 
>Obviously a 419; I mean who would offer an old-timer like you (or me) a
>job ;-)

Gulp!

>> Have you seen this site where the 419's get their comeuppance?
>> http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm
>I knew it existed but had never got around to reading it. Most amusing.

A few years ago I was interested in all things Nigerian. I may even
have eaten 403 at Mamma Put ;)
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     Stephen


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From: Jim Holsenback
Subject: Re: 419
Date: 9 Jun 2008 15:00:50
Message: <484d7de2$1@news.povray.org>
"Doctor John" <doc### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message 
news:484d4548$1@news.povray.org...
> Obviously a 419; I mean who would offer an old-timer like you (or me) a
> job ;-)

speaking of oldtimers and job offers ..... if i hear the term "Old School" 
one more time i think i may "go postal"

Jim


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From: Doctor John
Subject: Re: 419
Date: 9 Jun 2008 15:09:33
Message: <484d7fed$1@news.povray.org>
Jim Holsenback wrote:
> "Doctor John" <doc### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message 
> news:484d4548$1@news.povray.org...
>> Obviously a 419; I mean who would offer an old-timer like you (or me) a
>> job ;-)
> 
> speaking of oldtimers and job offers ..... if i hear the term "Old School" 
> one more time i think i may "go postal"
> 
> Jim 
> 
> 
So I'm not allowed to mention oldskool dance music then?

John

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world's shortest speech. He said, "I will be so brief I am already
finished," then he sat down.


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: 419
Date: 9 Jun 2008 15:16:11
Message: <484d817b$1@news.povray.org>
On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:00:52 -0300, Jim Holsenback wrote:

> "Doctor John" <doc### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message
> news:484d4548$1@news.povray.org...
>> Obviously a 419; I mean who would offer an old-timer like you (or me) a
>> job ;-)
> 
> speaking of oldtimers and job offers ..... if i hear the term "Old
> School" one more time i think i may "go postal"

Dude!  "Going Postal" is so *old school*! ;-)

Jim


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: 419
Date: 9 Jun 2008 16:02:15
Message: <fo2r44tlbbi2m57c8nhlid3ov88ptckm9s@4ax.com>
On 9 Jun 2008 15:16:11 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:00:52 -0300, Jim Holsenback wrote:
>
>> "Doctor John" <doc### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message
>> news:484d4548$1@news.povray.org...
>>> Obviously a 419; I mean who would offer an old-timer like you (or me) a
>>> job ;-)
>> 
>> speaking of oldtimers and job offers ..... if i hear the term "Old
>> School" one more time i think i may "go postal"
>
>Dude!  "Going Postal" is so *old school*! ;-)
>

Yea! Suborbital, nonlinear or redheaded doesn't sound so like a Terry
Pratchett book :)
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     Stephen


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: 419
Date: 9 Jun 2008 17:23:51
Message: <484d9f67$1@news.povray.org>
On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:58:39 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 9 Jun 2008 15:16:11 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>>On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:00:52 -0300, Jim Holsenback wrote:
>>
>>> "Doctor John" <doc### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message
>>> news:484d4548$1@news.povray.org...
>>>> Obviously a 419; I mean who would offer an old-timer like you (or me)
>>>> a job ;-)
>>> 
>>> speaking of oldtimers and job offers ..... if i hear the term "Old
>>> School" one more time i think i may "go postal"
>>
>>Dude!  "Going Postal" is so *old school*! ;-)
>>
>>
> Yea! Suborbital, nonlinear or redheaded doesn't sound so like a Terry
> Pratchett book :)

LOL, hadn't thought about it quite that way....

Jim


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: 419
Date: 9 Jun 2008 18:37:35
Message: <4mbr445s9es35eqlcqgh7e0edm489k479m@4ax.com>
On 9 Jun 2008 17:23:51 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:58:39 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> On 9 Jun 2008 15:16:11 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> 
>>>On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:00:52 -0300, Jim Holsenback wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Doctor John" <doc### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message
>>>> news:484d4548$1@news.povray.org...
>>>>> Obviously a 419; I mean who would offer an old-timer like you (or me)
>>>>> a job ;-)
>>>> 
>>>> speaking of oldtimers and job offers ..... if i hear the term "Old
>>>> School" one more time i think i may "go postal"
>>>
>>>Dude!  "Going Postal" is so *old school*! ;-)
>>>
>>>
>> Yea! Suborbital, nonlinear or redheaded doesn't sound so like a Terry
>> Pratchett book :)
>
>LOL, hadn't thought about it quite that way....
>
I hadn't heard the term until his book came out and I had to look it
up. Talk about "Stranger in a strange land", you gork ;)
My wife doesn't like the term "going redheaded" guess why?

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     Stephen


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