A Friday, er, several
Do I feel that someone's been following me around taking notes? Okay, that Twitpic thing about decoding Britspeak does omit some classic instances of hedgehog-speak. Not to mention 'charming' and 'what a charmer'.
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Could one not weep with pleasure at these instances of official generosity and reparation?
Subject line: N/A
The United Nation and the Africa Union wish to compensate all Internet scam victims, on
this year 2011 program put together by the United Nation (UN) and Africa Union (AU) to
compensate you on your lost money on the Internet, if you have be scam on the net, kindly
contact us via Email ***@***.*** for your compensation money
And how about this? let no-one speak against our glorious leader again...
PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE
TREASURY AND MINISTER FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
Our ref: ATM/13470/IDR
Your ref:...Date: 20/05/2011
IMMEDIATE PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
I am The Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service British Government. This letter is to officially inform you that (ATM Card Number 7302 7168 0041 0640) has been accredited with your favor. Your Personal Identification Number is 1090.The VISA Card Value is £2,000,000.00 (Two Million, Great British Pounds Sterling).
This office will send to you an ATM/Visa CARD that you will use to withdraw your funds in any ATM MACHINE CENTER or Visa card outlet in the world with a maximum of £5000 GBP daily. Further more, You will be required to re-confirm the following information to enable;The Rt Hon William Hague MP First Secretary of State for British Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. Begin in processing of your VISA CARD.
(1)Full names:
(2)Address:
(3)Country:
(4)Nationality:
(5)Phone:
(6)Age:
(7)Occupation:
(8)Post Codes
Rt Hon William Hague MP.
First Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
NOTICE: You are warned to stop further communications with any other person(s) or office(s) different from the staff of the State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to avoid hitches in receiving your payment.
Regards,
The Rt Hon David Cameron MP
Prime Minister
Email: atmcustomer.ccc@w.cn
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And on a more serious note, an excellent piece by Joanna Bourke on rape and the myth of false accusation (don't go anywhere near the comments, which are predictable: honestly, 'innocent until proven guilty' doesn't mean that people aren't free to speculate about his guilt or innocence, duh).
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