A good oldie : The case of the 500 miles email

As I am tidy­ing up my home direc­tory, I found this old gem that I saved to keep me amused on a rainy day, the blog is as good place to pub­lish it as any. ——- Sub­ject: The case of the 500-mile email. Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 14:57:40 –0800 From: Trey Har­ris <trey.sage.org> To: 0xdeadbeef@petting-zoo.net […]

Silly customer complaints received by Thomas Cook

Col­lected from var­i­ous sources —– “I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local store does not sell proper bis­cuits like cus­tard creams or gin­ger nuts.” “It’s lazy of the local shop­keep­ers to close in the after­noons. I often needed to buy things dur­ing ‘siesta’ time — this should be banned.” “On my […]

Immigration (Funny)

5  Chi­nese, Chu, Bu, Hu, Fu and Su decided to immi­grate to the US  . In order to get a visa, they had to adapt their names to Amer­i­can stan­dards. Chu became  Chuck Bu became Buck Hu became  Huck .… Fu and Su decided to stay in China CHINESE TO U.S.A 5  Chi­nese, Chu, […]