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Carpal Tunnel
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I just got another of those we-want-to-give-you-millions-of-dollars Nigerian scam emails. Ordinarily I would just delete it but this opening line fascinated me:
Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and if it might offend you without your
prior consent and writing through this channel.
I *will give it credit for not being all in caps.
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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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Ha--that reminds me of the "tootle-your-horn" type stories. But at least those don't force themselves on you at your private address.
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Pooh-Bah
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I do think it is important to get someone's consent before offending them, don't you? [said with an ever-so refayned accent - e] 
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addict
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I was reading an article in the Guardian the other day and it said that these emails are deliberately semi-illiterate to lull you into a false sense of superiority and confidence, cunning or what?
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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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Oh, yes. I do agree. I enjoyed my .15-minute flase sense of superiority upon reading Faldage's post. Fleeting, but ever-so-slightly enjoyable.
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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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.15-minute flase sense of superiority upon reading Faldage's post. Fleeting, but ever-so-slightly enjoyable. HA! Thanks, WW, for a laugh I'll need this afternoon long, as I go outside now to clean two truckloads of donated yard sale stuff...
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