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Nick Thompson

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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.

Nick

Nicholas S. Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology

Clark University

http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/

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gepr

Re: Idle question

https://lmgtfy.com/?q=james+veitch

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.

--
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Gillian Densmore

Re: Idle question

Welll nick you did you hear about the pickey skelton shopper? You could say he has a bone to pick with you.

On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 11:30 AM uǝlƃ ☣ <[hidden email]> wrote:

https://lmgtfy.com/?q=james+veitch

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

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Gillian Densmore

Re: Idle question

And nick you know why pirates can speak so well? that's because they be a RRRRRRRR ticulate har har har har!

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 8:36 AM Gillian Densmore <[hidden email]> wrote:

Welll nick you did you hear about the pickey skelton shopper? You could say he has a bone to pick with you.

On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 11:30 AM uǝlƃ ☣ <[hidden email]> wrote:
https://lmgtfy.com/?q=james+veitch

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

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