What's Up?: July 2010

21 Questions On Facebook! :)

21 Questions on Facebook Fun application, if one can manage to get enough decent questions. I haven't done this much skipping since I was a kid. Questions people have answered about me, that I can also answer. Do you think that Capri is 'smarter than the average bear'? Yes

Hahaha! Thanks!

Do you think that Capri is funny? Yes

*Grins* Thanks!

Would you travel the world with Capri? Yes

Cool, when can we start? :) *Grins* Seriously, though, thanks!

Do you think that Capri would help an elderly woman cross the street? Yes

Definitely, and thanks!

Do you think that Capri has ever lied to you? No

*Smile* You're right. Thanks. :)

Do you think that Capri has ever stolen from work? No

No kidding! That'll never happen! :)

Do you think that Capri has ever smoked? No

You're right. Yuck-o!

Do you think that Capri can throw a football with a spiral? No

You're right. I can't. I only do the basic throw anyone else can do.

Do you think that Capri has ever gone to a strip club? No

You're absolutely right, DEFINITELY NOT! BLECKH!

Do you think Capri is cool? Yes

Hehe! Thanks! So are you!

Do you think that Capri has ever pranked call someone? No

Uh - well...Not since I was a little kid, and even then it was more to find out which 3-digit code within the city here would get what kind of ring. They all sounded different back then so calling a 282 number rang on the caller's end differently from a 286 ring.

Do you think that you can beat Capri in a fight? Yes

Hah! Most likely. I haven't play-fought since I was a teenager.

Do you think that Capri could key a car for revenge? No

You're right, I can't, and wouldn't anyway.

Thanks for all the cool answers, whoever you all are! :)

Questions I've answered

Q: Do You Think Maurine is fun to be around?
A: Yes.

Q: Is Andrea/Tannis fun to be around?
A: Yes.

Q: Do You Think Jessica needs a stylist?
A: No.

Q: Do you think Christine has a good work ethic?
A: Yes.

Skipped a bunch of stupid questions that ask about crushes and simply don't even apply to me or my contacts.

I mean, really!

"Does (insert contact have a nice body?" "Do you think (insert contact still wet the bed in sixth grade?" "Do you think (contact) has bad breath?" "Do you think (contact) is a jealous significant other?" "Does (contact) have a nice butt?"

Oh, grow up!

"Do you think (contact) is cute?"

I don't think anybody's cute - my mind just doesn't run that way, okay?

"Would you go skinny-dipping with (contact?)"

EWWWWWW, NO! Besides the fact I wouldn't even do that alone unless you want to count taking a bath or shower, he and I are related!

"Do you think (contact) has ever mooned someone?

Blech!

"Have you ever had a crush on (contact?)?

EWWW, NO! Besides that we haven't actually met in person, we're both freaking girls!

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Missing Cat Viral Email Exchange

Missing Missy email exchange

It's a supposedly hilarious exchange between Shannon Walkley and graphics designer David Thorne over Shannon's lost cat, Missy, and was started in June 2010. It is going around like wildfire now, and unbelievably, people are just peeing themselves laughing over it.
http://867-53oh9.blogspot.com/2010/07/you-have-to-read-this-chain-email.html

David Thorne created a viral about an argument over a lost cat, titled
Missing Missy
http://www.27bslash6.com/missy.html

The site title where you'll find this thing is "yeah thats not what I'm looking for at all." (should be "that's")

Before the letters actually begin, David Thorne says:

"I am extremely emotional over this and was up all night in tears.
I am not a big fan of cats. I do not hate them, I just have no interest in them whatsoever. If I visit your house, I do not want to pat your cat, sit on the couch where it has been or have you make me a sandwich after patting it. I didn't want that sandwich anyway. The Maxwell house coffee was bad enough and when you smelt the milk to see if it was still ok, despite being a week past its use by date, I saw your nose touch the carton.

I actually rescued a cat once. I was walking across a bridge, over a river that was in flood, when I heard mewing and saw a frantic cat being pulled along. I picked up a fairly hefty branch and threw it over the rail to where the cat was. I did not see it after that but I am pretty sure it would have climbed on and ridden the branch over the next set of rapids and waterfall to safety."

Then comes the email exchange back and forth, but some versions of the chain have left out part of the exchange that is on the site.

Chain:
From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.32am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Awww
Dear Shannon,
I don't have a cat. I once agreed to look after a friend's cat for a week but after he dropped it off at my apartment and explained the concept of kitty litter. I have attached the amended version of your poster as per your detailed instructions.
Regards, David.

Me: The original reads like this:

"From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.32am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Awww

Dear Shannon,

I don't have a cat. I once agreed to look after a friend's cat for a week but after he dropped it off at my apartment and explained the concept of kitty litter, I kept the cat in a closed cardboard box in the shed and forgot about it. If I wanted to feed something and clean faeces, I wouldn't have put my mother in that home after her stroke. A week later, when my friend came to collect his cat, I pretended that I was not home and mailed the box to him. Apparently I failed to put enough stamps on the package and he had to collect it from the post office and pay eighteen dollars. He still goes on about that sometimes, people need to learn to let go.

I have attached the amended version of your poster as per your detailed instructions.

Regards, David."

It gets no grin from me, and I hope no one sends it to me! Just putting that out there. If you think it's hilarious, whatever, kindly keep it to yourself, because you never know who else has already gotten it a zillion times, and I don't care to, thanks.

More about this chain originator:

David Thorne

Email: david@27bslash6.com

Home page:
http://www.27bslash6.com/

Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/27b6/115252951818144

Twitter:
http://twitter.com/27bslash6

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Hehe! I Love When That Happens!

Abby (chinchilla) had another cuddly moment tonight, and as soon as I opened the cage door and stuck my arms inside, she hopped on, no hesitation whatsoever. Ah, it doesn't happen every night, not by a long shot, but when it does, oh, do I enjoy our cuddles! Mostly she'll just come and sniff my hand, or lick it, or sit up and rest her front paws on my hand and just sit there to get a scritch, and sometimes she'll lick or nibble lightly, though nibbling gets too rough for me very quickly - I don't like being pinched, even if it's lovebites. :) But tonight was a hold and cuddle night. I gave her a treat as I always do when she has one of her super friendly moments, and she always holds so nicely, like a calm kitten. I've always called her a real gem of a chinchilla, and that remains true. She's one of a kind! http://MissCapri.posterous.com

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Scammers Trying To Pull The Christian Act - Not Cool!

I hope you've all heard of the Nigerian scam, or the advanced-fee, account transaction scam. The one that tells you some king died and left you with all his money, all you have to do to claim it is wire some money from your account into some fake account. Or, when playing on people's greed doesn't work, they pull the sympathy card. Somebody's in serious trouble somewhere and can't access their funds, and they need you to save the day by wiring them money from your account and then you get a large return or some such nonsense.

The latest mutation of these schemes, targets Christians in particular, pulling every emotional trick they can, and pushing what they hope are the right emotional buttons to swindle Christians into giving up their money, their bank account information, and other personal information that when in the wrong hands can and does sometimes lead to identity theft, which really ruins lives.

Well, here's one Christian who is not buying their tall tales or their religious pretenses.

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Subject: You Are God Sent,Reply Immediately.

Me: Uh, from a Christian standpoint, such as mine, everyone is God-sent simply by being born. So yeah, I exist, you don't in this particular persona, I'm pretty sure of that. You may not like my reply, however immediate it is...

Sender: Mrs Sam Sogoba sam_sogobaa@sify.com

Me: Erm, *twitch* I hope your name is Samantha and you call yourself Sam for short. I do not take nicely to the Chauvinistic idea that a married woman becomes the man's property and loses her identity! If I got married, I would not call myself Mrs. (hubby'sname) I would be Mrs. Capri somebody, got that?

Recipient: undisclosed recipients: ;

Me: No kidding. You wouldn't be any relation to that little freak Grace Greca Koffih spammer would you?

Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:20:37 +0000 (GMT)

Spammer: Dear God Sent, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â

Me: Right, you obviously don't know my name...

Spammer: I am Mrs. Joy Sam Sogoba,

Me: Joy Sam? What were your parents thinking!?

Spammer: I am 58 years old, I am suffering from a long time cancer of the breast, from all indication ,my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that I can"t work or do any stressful thing, according to my doctors, they have advised me that I may not live forÂ more thenÂ one month, because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.

Me: A likely story. If the Sudanese spammer who couldn't type worth a darn couldn't cobble together enough of a tear-jerk story, why not follow the tradition of the sick person hoax chain letter and toss the big C word into the story, that oughta REALLY get people giving up their money, their identities, and their very lives for you, not to mention crying you oceans of tears! Not gonna happen here,, lady!

Spammer: I was brought up from a motherless babies home in Rome

Me: Stop trying to write poetry, you royally suck at it. They call "motherless babies' homes" 'orphanages. So, not only do you have cancer, but you were an orphan as well, you think spreading on the soppy sap will make your story ring any truer and squeeze any tears and most importantly, money out of me, to line your fat coffers with more ill-gotten loot? Think again!

Spammer: and I was married to my late husband for twenty years without a child,

Me: Okay, I get it, you had a fruitless life. Orphaned, childless, husband kicked the bucket. Still no tears. Get on with it will you?

Spammer: we were true Christians and my late husband was also brought up from a motherless babies home in Rome.

Me: "Were" true Christians, well you aren't one now, or you wouldn't be trying to milk everyone for sympathy to get them to hand over all their money and who knows what else. So now the story isn't sad enough, but you tell me your late hubby was an orphan as well? And tossing around the word "Christian" is really going to get me to believe you and open my heart and most importantly, my wallet to you. Uh, NO!

Spammer: Since his death I decided not to re-marry, I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum of $6.5 million dollars to the ECO-BANK Burkina Faso West Africa when i was in missionary work for more thenÂ five years over there. Â

Me: Liar, liar, skirt on fire! If you were a missionary, you wouldn't be trying to bilk people out of their money and using an over-done pity story to do it.

Spammer: Presently, I am using my laptop in the hospital at Frankfurt Germany where I have been undergoing treatment for my sickness.

Me: My oh but my goodness you sure get around!

Spammer: I lost my ability, even to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only one month to live.

Me: Um, like, you sort of - like, kind of - like, told me that already, yknow! Just sayin!
You're not too disabled to commit fraud... Still no tears...

Spammer: From my condition now, I decided to donate this fund for the work of God.

Me: Ooooooh, oooooooh, like OMGZOMGZOMG! Gotta do something, after all, "us poor little gullible schmucks" (according to you, at the other end of the modem, receiving your codswallop story and message SURELY want to help you do the work of God! Wrong! You're not working for God! You are trying to rob people, and you are using pity and playing on Christians sense of wanting to do God's work, against them! SHAME ON YOU!

Spammer: I want 70% of this money to be invested/donated to any motherless babiesâ€™ home of your choice because it is where I came from,

Me: Not gonna happen. I don't have a lot of money to throw around and you certainly aren't going to give me 7% of any fund, because it doesn't exist! I wouldn't even give you my spare change!

Spammer: poor homes, the deaf homes, and churches etc.

Me: Look, you have the resources, you don't need me, heck, I'd be in need of these funds before you would, so don't bother me with this jibberish that doesn't even make sense.

Spammer: All I seek for, is a God fearing person like you, who will carry out my last wishes

Me: "last" wishes? Hah! That's a hot one! I'll bet you're just getting warmed up, wishing for all the gazillions you hope to get from kind-hearted Christians who may not yet be on to your fraudulent scheme!

Spammer: and before I emailed you today i prayed and the holy spirit gave me the confidence to send you this email.

Me: BULLCRAP! Whatever confidence you got, sure as heck didn't come from the Holy Spirit! And I can guess what you prayed, too.:

"Dear Unholy Fraud! Don't let me down now! Let me be successful in making every Christian I can manage to email, very, very sorry for me, and believing in me completely! Let them open their hearts, and then their wallets so that I may get all their money, and then their important information such as bank account numbers, names etc. so that I can keep tabs on them and send them more bogus stories so they give me all their money until they're broke, and then I'll laugh and dance my way to all the banks in the world because I'll be filthy rich! Dear Fraud, please make me rich!"

Spammer: I took this decision, before I rest in peace because my time will soon be up.

Me: Yadda yadda yadda, blah blah blah, you already cried out this sob story several times within this one letter alone. Still, not a single tear for you from me!

Spammer: As soon as I receive your reply, I shall give you the contact of my bank in Burkina Faso and my contact person who use to give me information of anything from the bank.

Me: Right, I don't want your bogus information, your bogus bank number or bogus contact. I won't open my account, believing you will deposit any money into it, because you would take my own money and run!

Spammer: My contact person, is one of the staff in the bank there. He will direct/advise you and given you any secret information on how you will get the fund to your bank account.

Me: Oh, so you're just the front for this international fraud&theft ring, you're not the mastermind, your bank contact person is? Well, as to advising, I have some for you and all of your sorry pals, VAMOOSE! In case you don't know, that means GO AWAY!

Spammer: Note:You will activate the account before the bank will transfer the fund to your bank account because the fund must have been dormant since then. Â

Me: Note - I will do no such thing, because I'm not falling for that crooked scheme!

Spammer: All I need from you is

Me: Besides being told in no uncertain terms to take a long walk off a short plank - woops, that's right, you can't walk... Anyway, do you never shut up?

Spammer: a confidential assurance that as soon as this fund is received by you ,it will be used for the said purpose.

Me: The word is "sed" not "said" and no, won't happen, because that isn't your true plan, and you're not getting one red cent from me!

Spammer: I am not afraid of death

Me: You might be if you swindled the wrong victim...

Spammer: hence that same God who made me fatherless and motherless since I was born

Me: So your life has and will continue to suck. If you keep this up, you're going to cry enough to require an ark... And still, no tears from me...

Spammer: knows what I will be and where I am going to.

Me: As if you really believe in and care about that, what a liar...

Spammer: I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord.

Me: Yknow, I really can't believe that, nor can I tell you where you are destined since it isn't my job to work that out. Stop trying to exploit Christianity and Christians to perpetuate fraud! You are detestable!

Spammer: Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace.

Me: Even the devil can quote scriptures and try to use them to suit his own ends! So don't give me any more of your phony twisted religious exploitive crap! God will not fight for you to help you rob innocent, honest people who never did you any harm!

Spammer: My God must help you to get this money as I told you above amen,

Me: Your god is not my God. My God is the real one, your god has a very different name, it's called Greed!

Spammer: because you are the only one that my mind convinced me to contact.

Me: Well, that's at least a little more honest, your mind made you do it. Anyway, so I'm the one and only, yet you sent this to a list of "undisclosed recipients" Riiiiiiiight...

Spammer: Please send me your Full name,Age,Occupation, Full Address, Your Tele phone Number and your International passport or any official ID Card like driving lenience.

Me: My first name is None. My last name is Business. My full name is None Of Your Business
I'm 0/105-years old.
I'm a retiree student ditch-digger working on computers in a high-rise right in the center of the Alaskan Australian jungle desert.
I live on 1234 Smart Street, Spambustation, Hoaxton.
my phone number is: area code 544 (that spells "lie") 000-0000...
we don't have drivers "leniences" here.

Spammer: I shall forward all those informationâ€™s

Me: I just bet you would, if you had that info...

Spammer: to my bankÂ in Burkina Faso/my contact person in the bank there and I will let them know that youâ€™re my next of kin.

Me: Thank goodness that isn't true! I wouldn't want to be related to you! Anyway, sure, forward a big "Bugger off!" to your bank contact person as well if you like.

Spammer: I must instruct them to transfer the fund to your bank account as soon as you contact them. Â Waiting for your urgent reply. Mrs Joy Sam Sogoba Â

Me: And I must instruct you to forget it. You'll never get a thing from me other than a rough sendoff!

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Nigerian/Sudanese/Senegal Spammers Get No Love.

I got a Nigerian spamm email in my personal inbox and decided to use BSpamFree's email to tell them off, and in addition to blocking them at my main address, maybe this would redirect them to the BSpamFree address instead. What follows are the exchanges. This spammer should've taken the hint after being told in no uncertain terms to get lost.

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From: Grace Koffih grecakoffih@yahoo.com
Reply-to: gracekoffih@hotmail.com

Me: Who?

To: undisclosed recipients:

Me: Oh yay...

Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 10:02 AM
Subject: Hello,

Me: Um okay, who the heck are you?

Spammer: Hello,

Me: Am I supposed to know you?

Spammer: How is everything with you, I picked interest on you when i saw your email.

Me: I never emailed you...

Spammer: I really want to have a good friendship with you.

Me: Why? You haven't said anything yet that even makes sense and you sent this bulkmail. The "undisclosed recipient" thing sort of gives that away. So which one of the undiscloseds do you really want to be friends with? Which email was so interesting to you? That leaves me out since I never sent you anything.

Spammer: Beside i have something very vital to disclose with you, but I found it difficult to express myself here, since it's a public site.

Me: What public site? You sent this to my private inbox and to a host of others. So disclose away. What is it that's so terribly vital? Or do I even want to know? Should I care?

Spammer: I will be very happy, If you can get back to me, through my e-mail Is So we can get to know each other better,and i well give you my pictures and also tell you more about me ok

grace.

Me: What is this pile of swill? I don't want your pictures.

Subject: Re: Hello my swweeth eart.þþþþþ

Me: Urgh! I'm nobody's "sweetheart" get that through your thick head!

Sender: Grace Koffih <gracekoffih@hotmail.com>
Recipient: <grace@bspamfree.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:49:24 +0000

Me: Yeah, you didn't get the hint yet?

Spammer: Hello Sweethart,

Me: Like I said, I'm not your sweetheart!

Spammer: Thank you very much for your mail, and the hand of friendship,

Me: You're thanking me for telling you to get lost and you think that is a hand of friendship? Chick, you have some problems!

Spammer: I appreciate that you put the time to write, even if you have not seen me, I believe this friendship will be built on trust and love.

Me: Keep dreaming, because I don't want your friendship, and there's no way I'll ever trust you. But you can trust me to tell you to take a hike!

Spammer: I am. Greca koffih, 23 year old medical student,

Me: But you said your name was "Grace" in your last email. What changed? You can't even make up your own mind what your name is. Anyway, so when you're not studying, you spend your spare time sending sickly sweet emails to total strangers?

Spammer: my father blessed with a memory of the name later.

Me: Huh? That was totally garbled.

Spammer: koffih Abuu.

Me: So what's up with this? Is Koffih your first or last name?

Spammer: who was Deputy Director General of CNPC oil refinery company in Khartoum in Sudan,

Me: Just because there really is such a company doesn't make anything else you say, true.
http://www.cnpc.com.cn/eng/cnpcworldwide/africa/Sudan/

Spammer: was killed along with my favorite Mom.

Me: Uh, your favorite mom? Oh, I get it, your father was a polygamist. They still practice that exploitation of the female gender in Sudan.

Spammer: Please helps me in what I have to say.

Me: You get no help from me.

Spammer: I know it must be sacred and surprised with my proposal,

Me: Sacred? Nothing about this email is sacred. Or surprising, for that matter. I'm thinking Nigerian scam...

Spammer: but please believe in me as a truly lonely heart, with much difficulty,

Me: Yeah, whatever, there's nothing I can do about that.

Spammer: but my condition is forced to do this.

Me: And you're just going to tell me all about it, I'm sure... *Rolling eyes*

Spammer: I depride of their legitimate origin, because of my refugee status. As a refugee here, and do not have any right or privilege to any thing be it money or something.

Me: Right, you still haven't moved me to tears yet.

Spammer: This is the law of Senegal.

Me: Wait, I thought you were in the Sudan.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107951.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan

Spammer: I chose to contact you after my prayers.

Me: Yeah, I'll just bet...

Spammer: In short, I would like to reveal much about you

Me: You'd like to reveal much about me? That should be enough warning right there for anyone to keep away from you...

Spammer: if you will help me move to your country to a substance that I inherited from my parent.

Me: You get no help from me! I thought I already told you that. Besides, you don't know where I live, and I'm pretty sure your dad and his harem and 5,000 kids didn't visit here let alone leave a substance here for you to inherit...

Spammer: I have a substantial amount of $ 5.7M (five million seven hundred thousand U.S. dollars).

Me: As I thought, an account transaction scam. Well, since you're sitting on that sizable pile, you sure don't need my help.

Spammer: He deposit this money and using my name and the closest relatives of money.I am unbale take money because of my refugee status here in Senegal.

Me: Who's this 'he' anyway? And like I'd believe this bilje...

Spammer: I would like to assist my money back when they are transferred shall be in your account will take less than total cash and send to me, it will be used for my travel documents and ticket to come to your country.

Me: You get no money from me, liar, and I definitely don't want the likes of you moving here!

Spammer: I kept this secret because I do not want to hurt in any way, the only person who knows this is one of the venerable sister here who is just like my mother.

Me: Oh, is this where I'm supposed to well up with tears and open my bank account wide for you? Not going to happen, chick, scram!

Spammer: Please keep it to yourself and do not tell anyone as I believe that these people who killed my father are still after me.

Me: Yeah right, you want me to just hand over all my money and keep my mouth shut about it so no one would find out you're a fraud. Forget it, I'm going to show this on a public site!

Spammer: Because I was afraid of losing their lives and receive money if people know about it.

Me: Hornswoggle!

Spammer: Attached here is my photo and you also have yours too.

Me: Guess what? You failed. This email account is set not to receive attachments. And I never gave you my photo...

Spammer: I am waiting to see your mail to my email.

Me: Hope you like getting called a liar and a fraud, then...

Spammer: here is my baby number you can call me OK.

Me: I don't see a number, and wouldn't call you anyway...

Spammer: Thank you and God bless.

Me: Don't give me this "God bless" stuff! And you're not welcome.

Spammer: Sweet and embraced Kisssssssssssssssss

Me: EWWWWWW, GET AWAY! YUCK!

Spammer: Your Lonely Friend Greca.,.

Me: And if you're waiting for me to be your friend, you'll stay lonely forever...

No love...

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It hasn't written since. Hahahaha!

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