Would You Respond?

I recently found an intersting email in my junk folder.

Dear Confidant,Permit me to share this opportunity with you, I am Mr.churchill landry ,a staff of a Bank here in Abidjan-Cote d'Ivoire,I am writing you following an oppurtunity in my office that will be of imense benefit to both of us. I am the personal accounts manager to the former Guinea-Bissau army chief(General Verissimo Correia Seabre, of blessed memeory.)IRefer you to this website for its detail please click(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3720218.stm)Now the bank has been waiting for his foreign business partner as he directedduring the time of deposit to come-up for the claim but since then no one hascome up for the claim.I personally know that no-one will come,because being his personal accountsmanager,he confided in that he used the trick to disguise him self beingsuspected of looting Government treasury.It may interest you to note that I know everything about this deposit and also know how to go about getting all the necassry approval for the funds transfer into any foreign account you may want, I seek your consent to present you as the foreign business partner to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. This will be disbursed or shared between you and I,I have every vital information related to this account back up any claim you may make. All I require is your honest Co-operation,Confidentiality and Trust to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will beexecuted under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breachof the law here, you can reply me through this email contact:Your swift response will be highly anticipated and appreciated.Best regardschurchill landry

This a extremely intersting email for a few reasons, the first thing i asked my self was could this be a "set up" from a government body, looking for "scammers"over the internet. I mean, if i responded would the fbi or cia knock on my door and arrest me for fraud {highly likely}

but..........if it was a legitimate "scammer" looking to launder money would i really be rewarded for my efforts?

Chances are it's too good to be true and i'm well aware for this scam to work the sender of the email would need my bank account details to transfer the money, so of course the email is now sitting in my junk folder where it belongs. You have to wonder how many people received the email, read it and thought "Hey this could work!" and i dare say some people would respond to it, just to tread the waters. the question is "Would you respond?"

Yeah . A Comment

Since starting a blog i have noticed an unusual liking of my posts by people trying to sell stuff.Is it a coincidence that a person with a rash vest shop stumbled on my blog ,enjoyed reading it and then added "By the way, i have a blog you might like to check out?" or a person with a sexually natured name agrees with my ideas and then "spur of the moment" adds

"Here's a site that you might enjoy"

Of course not,

Because i doubt these people even read a line of my blog, there mission would be to leave there unwanted comments on my blog in the hopes that when i do log into their site i say to myself "You know, i do need a new rash vest, or i do need to pay 30 dollars a month to meet singles."

I wonder how many sites mr rash vest man has graffitied with his free annoying advertising, and wonder still how many times his name has been cursed because of his deceitful ways? Who knows, the guy might be a multi millionaire ,selling crates of rash vests throughout the world, but i doubt it.

I must admit, it's exiting receiving the "comment" email, you see your blog adress and think "Cool, someone has stumbled on my site and left a message."Then you go to the message and realise you've been had.I should be thankful, there only has been three of such intrusions but i have a funny feeling there will be more "friendly strangers" enjoying my blogs heading and then leaving their contact site. Then it stuck me, two could play that game, and revenge would be sweet, lets say i left a message on their site, claiming they had won 200 dollars, and all they had to do to claim the prize was ring a phone number before a certain date and time.

The phone number would be a long distance call to mcdonalds in the phillipines, costing the pain in the ass a few dollars for his efforts.he would waste 2 dollars but more importantly, he would realise how painfully annoying it is to be given misleading information.

The Silly Old Lady_ A True Story

Caspian was just about to shut the doors of his shop for the day, When a nice little old lady wandered in "Darn it" he said to himself but allowed the lady to enter to store.

"Closing up were you?" she smiled as she placed her duffle bag onto the counter.

"Yeah, but that's o.k" caspian made his way to the back of the counter to serve her "What would you like today?"

"Well, actually i don't want to buy anything,"and she placed a small pamphlet onto the desk."I'd like to know if you think you have done enough to make it into gods heaven?"

Caspian looked down at the pamphlet and groaned to himself, a bible basher. It was already past closing time so he abruptly said "I don't believe in heaven" and walked back to the front of the counter and pointed towards the door "And we've closed for the day"

The little old lady opened the brochure and said, "God will open his heart to you and you will live for ever in heaven with him, you need to have faith in god because without him there is nothing."

Caspian had a few options, kick her out nicely, kick her out rudely, or have a debate with her. Usually he would usher them towards the door, but this time he decided to have a bit of fun.

"O.K ", he smiled. "What proof do you have of his existance?"

The little old lady scrambled into her bag and pulled out a worn copy of the bible.

"Everything you need to know is in here"

Caspian walked back to his side of the counter and picked up the bible."So you really believe the earth was created in seven days,that adam and eve were made by a ghost and snakes talk?"

Without hesitation she said "yes."

Caspian continued "and that one of each animal fitted and survived on noahs ark?"

"Yes"

"And that jesus could walk on water and cure deseases?"

The little old lady smiled and said "I see you've read the bible,"

Caspian pushed the bible back into her duffle bag and replied "Only because i was forced to at school, brainwashed at a young age into studying "God." similar what your trying to do to me now, push your beliefs onto me.If i came to your front door with my beliefs you would shun me away, so i think it's time you leave.

The little old lady picked up her pamphlet and walked toward the door.

"I have a great pity for you young man, your soul will be lost for ever."

"What ever"

Caspian swung the door shut behind her and smugishly waved her goodbye.He packed up his belongings, switched the lights of and left the building.As he walked toward his car the lady was waiting for him.

"I want you to have this" she held out her bible to him

"No thanks"

As he walked passed her she followed.

"Answer me this then,"Caspian turned to face her "where in the bible does it say anything about dinosaurs, i mean if the bible is the story of existance, how come theres nothing about prehistoric man and sabatooth tigers and things like that?"

The little old lady paused for a second and said "Dinosaurs never existed, If it's not in the bible then it's not fact."

Caspian let out an almighty laugh"What about all the bones they find,buried for millions of years?"

"Non believers have buried them recently to fool people like you,they are nothing but fake." The little old ladys cheeks turned a bright shade of red,as if she'd embarresed herself, but she new she couldn't turn back now."it's a conspircy against the church"

Caspian chucked to himself and walked away" Go home and have a good look at yourself lady, That's the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard,not only do you lie to other people, your lying to yourself."

Chaos Rules Supreme

Who pushed the button marked "utter chaos".It surely wasn't me.Like a chain reaction the happenings of recent months have blown most people away.Never before has their been so much turmoil in daily life.

But what if this is what was "meant"to be? In the future we will look back at this turning point and hopefully be grateful at our situations.The new people and friends in our lives may be better then the old, happiness may flow in abundance and we could just be on better paths because of the chaos at present.

A close friend believes in fate, and as a beleiver of the nostrodamus prophecies i totally agree, but the biggest problem with fate is that it can be bad as much as it can be good. Maybe we all should be grateful that broken relationships and an unforseen tradgedy is all that has crossed our paths.Fate could of dealt a far worse chain of events then the current situations.

On a recent pilgrimage south, stories were swapped to and fro with childhood friends, and came the realisation "shit happens". People are in relationships/out of relationships/having kids/not having kids/getting married/getting divorced/doing drugs/have given up drugs/have moved away/haven't left their parent homes ect. some people seemed happy, some people gaze across to the other side of the river and say to themselves "that grass looks greener over there". But with a schooner or a fruit tingle in their hand,the smile never left their faces, and it occured to me that they were happy to see me. Life only ends when you lay in the oak box, everything up till that time should be taken with both hands and made to good use, whether it be good or bad.

TODAYS MY BIRTHDAY

The 12th of October 1978, the day the world began,

The 12th of October 2005, the day the world begins,

27 years ago, a child came into this world kicking and screaming like an irate banshee.Through life, that child had minor ups and downs, nothing to write home about, because the choices he made were safe and secure.

Flying from his nest, the teenager migrated north to venture into the big world. Alone and bored, he invited people into his life for friendships.

Big descisions were made, descisions which would infuence the country boys future from then on in. Happy, loved and secure our friend rolled through the next few years with a spring in his step, spraining an ankle every now and then but the wounds always healed.

Then from above, lightning crashed, rain poured and the earth shattered into a billion ugly peices. Our friend survived, through the dust and jagged peices of existance he found his original inhabitance. It had been unharmed. His memories flowed through his mind like electricity through water, he had missed his home.

The friends, the family,the comfort,and he wondered to himself why he had left?

No one had forced him to migrate, the journey was a lonely one filled with alot of pain but also a lot questions. As he reflected on his choices a figure appeared before him. "Who are you" he queried

"I am you" the stranger answered.

"You can't be me. I'm me" our friend shook his head in disbelief.

The stranger pointed to the unspoilt soroundings"You left your home to find yourself, is the answer to your question.You have done that now, now it is time to return to your home"

A tear rolled down our friends cheek, splashing into the ground below. The stranger continued "as you can see, there is nothing left but your home, the whole world is gone now, the big world only existed because you chose to make it exist, I am fate and i intervened, you belong and always belonged here."

The man dropped to his knees, sobbing ."What have i done" he cried " I have turned my back on those who love me, i have befriended those who would hurt me.What have i done"

The stranger pulled our friend to his feet, "you may go home now, but first there are 3 people who are waiting for you there"

The mans two sons came running towards him.He bent down and swept them into his arms with a strenghth he hadn't had for years.He placed the boys down onto the ground and waited for the third person"

"What are you waiting for" The stranger inquired.

"The third person who is waiting for me, of course" Our boy,our teenager, our man replied

"You haven't met her yet, My friend. Now go and be happy.

The End

The Start................................