Bizarre Spam

It’s not often I get a spam that’s completely bizarre, and makes little to no sense, but this most definitely fulfils those criteria…

Hey Angel,

Remember I told you about that e-mail I got the other day saying I could get my B/A, B/S/C, M/A, M/S/C, M/B/A, P/H/D, in 2 weeks without any study required and 100% verifiable ?

Well bro I gave it a shot and now 2 weeks later I have my BA and working on getting my Masters which I will have finished up in the next week and half!

I didn’t believe this either man, I was a bit skeptical when i first heard about it too , but the counselor made it clear it was ,.100% legit and the& op,portunity exists due to a legal loophole allowing some established colleges to award degre.es at their dis.cretion.

bro life cant get any better for me right now… I have jobs that wouldn’t of gave me a chance before calling me off the hook wanting me to come work for them, also the money i’m capable of making now is amazing!

Listen Angel,I’ve known you for over 10years man,I know you have been struggling with bills, and working 2 jobs including your wife is working full time now right ?

Well, Listen to an old friend for once , and do this one thing not just for me and my satisfac,tion of seeing you succeed , but just think how much happier you & your family will be when you are making the money you deserve at a job you actually like!

Take advantage of this opportunity right now man , the counselor told me the other day they aren’t accepting many more students for this offer so hurry and call this # 1-(2,0,6,) -984 -4134 it will be the best thing you ever did, trust me!

Just leave a brief message with the de.gree you’re interested and they will call back A.S,A,P.

Well bud, opport,unity only knocks once… and I opened the door. I’m on my way to being the successful man that I always knew I would be, just didn’t think it would be this fast and easy!

let me know how it goes

your friend, Head

The entire thing’s bizarre – and I should point out I’ve copied it 100%, weird punctuation and all. Weird stuff.

Overkill

The BBC website today carries a story about people being evicted from ‘London’s oldest squat’. To remove 150 squatters – some of whom have been in the properties for 30 years! – required the services of 200 riot police in twenty vans. Talk about overkill.

According to the story, the majority of the squatters left peacefully, although “some refused to move and barricaded themselves into the properties and one man threw a petrol bomb, before dropping his dog from a second-floor window”. (the dog was caught by the man’s friend, and was unharmed) So, from the sound of that, a couple of pieces of resistance – hardly warranting 200 police in full riot gear.

Talk about overkill.

What really gets me, though, is the mealy-mouthed weasel from Lambeth Council…

It is estimated unpaid rent on the properties over 30 years amounted to £4m, plus a further £400,000 in council tax.

Mary Lynch, of Lambeth Council, told BBC News: “We can’t justify letting people live in these houses rent free, council tax free, paying nothing towards the community when we have 12,000 people on our waiting list for houses.”

It plans to demolish the properties and replace them with new homes – at least 75% affordable housing – and a sports centre.

You can’t justify the people living there rent-free, but frankly what the fuck have you done about it? They’ve been in those properties for thirty sodding years, and the council hasn’t managed to come forward with court cases, evictions, bailiffs or anything in that time. Surely that comes down to the council being lax, and not keeping track of their own properties and methods?

And how come the squatters haven’t been able to claim that the properties are theirs, as they’ve been in residence for more than 12 years?

Timing

Sometimes timing is strange. For instance, it takes me roughly 20 minutes to walk from home to the rail station in the morning. The train leaves at 8.50 (ish). If I leave at 8.25, I’m always at least five minutes late when I get to the station, and thus miss my train. However, if I leave at 8.15, I’m there by 8.35 and freeze my arse off on the platform for quarter of an hour.

So – why do the times change like that? To be honest, I have no idea. I’d like to know though – it’s one of those annoying things. You think you’ll be there just perfectly on time, and you’re late. You give it a few more minutes so you know you won’t miss it, and get there in record time. Bizarre.