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that's not even funny (Score:1)

by avik (3911)

I usually laugh when I get a piece of mail from some computer, but this one almost makes me cry. Apparently, they think their letters are similar to leaves on the tree -- they can land on anyone's head -- doesn't matter who. To them, you're not even a number anymore... Very sad.
Well, they weren't using perl... (Score:2)

by nicholas (3034)

They cannot even have been using perl. At least with perl everyone would get a different, personalised wrong name [perl.org]
Meetings at OSCon (Score:2)

by ziggy (25)

I think you should accept their invitation:

Dear [shill],

I am actually quite interested in meeting with you at [event] in [location]. Unfortunately, I am quite busy. If you have time, maybe we could meet for dinner at [restaurant]?

Sincerely,

[publisher]
- Re:Meetings at OSCon (Score:1)
  
  by dha (24)
  
  s/dinner/[meal]/ s/Sincerely/[sentiment]/