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On 10/16/19 10:26 AM, Nick Thompson wrote: > Dear Fellow Friamers, > > > > Has anybody ever tried to turn the tables on a Nigerian Prince Scammer? So, > I agree that you are going send me a million dollars, and I agree that I > have to, say, send you $1000 dollars, to facilitate the transfer, but I ask > you, the scammer, first to send ME a check for $100 dollars to establish the > validity of your bank account, before I send you my thousand? Defectors all > the way down? In the end, I am offering to send you penny in order to > receive a dime. The whole thing collapses when there are no smaller > denominations. > > > > Did any of you hear that marvelous This American Life episode in which the > bored homeowner decided to respond to the Carpet Cleaning cold caller, by > asking, in a tentative, nervous sort of way, if the carpet cleaner could > clean blood. Yes. "I mean, human blood?" Uh, yes. And when assured that it > could, "Could he clean blood off WALLS?". And when assured on that point, > too, could the carpet cleaner come NOW! > > > > The police officer who appeared at his door, after seeing that there was in > fact no blood, arrested the home owner. When he asked why, the officer > said, "I don't know; we'll figure something out in the car." > > > > Yes. I know. I need to get a life. -- ☣ uǝlƃ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
