From the "These People Aren't Astronauts" file

[unixronin]

So I glance in my spam quarantine, and there, at the bottom of the current list of three trapped messages, is spam from '"Wheeler Severin" <MerrieEitaro@bncollege.com>', subject "Late Payment: $264230"

Now, let's ignore for the moment the minor problem that "Wheeler Severin" and "MerrieEitaro" sort of, like, don't plausibly match up.  Not remotely.  That's a minor detail.  I ask you, really now:  How many people are there in the WORLD who are likely to believe that they somehow missed making a payment of over a quarter of a million dollars this month to someone they've never heard of?

"Say, honey, did you charge another executive jet on the AmEx card this month?"

"Oh, yes, Lear had it on sale!  You're going to love the seat upholstery, it's just darling!"

[sigh]  "OK, but I'm going to get rid of the green Gulfstream III this time, OK?  Otherwise I'll have to call the contractor and have him come build another hangar, and it'll ruin the view from the back nine holes.  We never fly in the green one anyway, because you always say it clashes with your hair."

Comments

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I read about that. Jeez, talk about lame excuses.