The Scam Which Caused a Painful Sting in My Mailbox (Brit punditess hoaxed; blames Bush)

The Guardian ^ | December 17, 2003 | Polly Toynbee

[quidnunc]

Her email is p.toynbee@guardian.co.uk

I may offer to sell that extremely useful bridge in Brooklyn; it will be worth a lot of money some day.

[dighton]

Profiles in Gullibility: A Contest!

[kuma]

"Think of the corruption that US and UK conservatives carelessly unleashed upon the former Soviet Union"

Those poor wittle commies.

[hellinahandcart]

We point fingers at Nigeria, this richest and best-educated country in Africa that should be a mighty power had it not been so catastrophically misgoverned, with legendary corruption. Yet what kind of global honesty is promoted, what model of good capitalism and good government? The US is about to hold another election that will be largely bought and sold by business and oil interests. Think of the corruption that US and UK conservatives carelessly unleashed upon the former Soviet Union in the name of extreme free market ideology.

That segue was as smooth as my cat's tongue.

[Oztrich Boy]

Geoge W Bush turned me into a newt!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

You must have gotten better.

[NYTexan]

May we assume you got better?

[Jonah Hex]

We better build a bridge out of him.... just to make sure.

[MEG33]

Better to keep quiet and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.

[Cicero]

Do you want Polly Toynbee to send you money for Newt Food?

[hellinahandcart]

I've got you bookmarked now.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

But does he weigh more then a duck?

[kaboom]

It's always nice of the author to reveal up front that they are a total idiot, and that any futher opinions are that of a moron.

Notice how there is no mention of the Islamic influence on these Nigerian scam artists.

[kitkat]

Well, of COURSE, all those Nigerian scams are all Bush's fault. Hey, EVERYTHING is Bush's fault. It rained here today. I have a phone call into the White House right now.

[savedbygrace]

For heaven's sake, she even said both her parents had died of the ebola flesh-eating virus.

Is ebola a flesh-eating virus?

[kitkat]

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Geoge W Bush turned me into a newt!***

Would you PLEASE stop flicking your tongue at me; I TOLD you NO!

[quidnunc]

savedbygrace wrote: Is ebola a flesh-eating virus?

Yes, it causes your innards to liquify and leak out of your body orifaces.

[savedbygrace]

Thanks. I was thinking it caused your blood vessels to break down.

[aculeus]

The US is about to hold another election that will be largely bought and sold by business and oil interests.

Nitwitism masquerading as intelligence.

[Arkinsaw]

Somehow a peabrain got a job in journalism. Imagine that.