My heart melted today as I opened an email from– of all people, a Craigslist scammer!
“So what?” you may say. “I get those all the time.“
Well, I thought I’d point this particular one out because whoever wrote it, wrote it with style.Seriously, check it out:
Inside Of you–I’m dreamin’ of you. But if you change your mind you know that i’ll be here.
Hi there! my new friend! Where is my man? I am woman looking for one.
I came across your profile on CL website.
I am coming to your region in just few weeks and I need to find a male partner to show me the place.
I hope we can get to know each other and you could show me around.
Drop me few lines so we can stay in touch.
I will send my photograph when you reply. they’ve been fighting here for years, but now there’s killing on the streets. It makes no difference who you are .
JEEZ! How poetic! How touching! The opening lines alone (”if you change your mind you know that i’ll be here”)– what a way to reassure me and let me know I’ll never be far from a loving pen-pal.
I love how they put “I am coming to your region” to keep it ambiguous. And since when did Craigslist have ‘profiles’?“Where is my man? I am woman looking for one.” You can’t buy this kinda comedy. Gold.
And finally, in a last ditch effort to win my heart… “they’ve been fighting here for years, but now there’s killing on the streets.” Ahhhh, love and politics.
Just thought I’d share that with y’all. It made me chuckle. And that’s without me even responding to the scammer. And on an unrelated note, here’s a small taste of the stuff I encounter that REALLY gets me going:
One time, I accidentally an entire verb in my sentence.
Aren’t you pleased with the progress of humanity?
-ND
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