The result of my last poll here in the sidebar on the right about the clock changes for daylight saving time: a vast majority of 83% (of 24 participants) want to do away with the changes and keep summer time, so that it’s longer bright in the evening. In detail:
The next poll is already ready: Do you have an Advent wreath (or will you have one starting first Advent)?
That’s got to hurt when they cut someone out of a garden!
You know, in German, there’s a difference between “sie” (she, they) and “Sie” (you (as address)) as well as “ihren” (her, their) and “Ihren” (your) – so they said “Wanted: Christmas tree, 12–20 meters, very nicely grown fir or spruce. We will also cut you out of their garden” instead of “…Wie will also cut it out of your garden.”
I know, not half as funny if you have to explain it…
But I can understand that the firs and spruces want to be undisturbed and have intruders removed…
(From the “Pfaffenhofener Anzeiger”.)
This is post # 200 in this li’l blog o’ mine (don’t get confused by the number in the URL, that one also counts drafts, pages and uploads). I know, others might just raise a light smile, at best, at these numbers, but… so be it.
To let this post have some meaning, I’m gonna “answer” a few questions that I have been approached with through the search engines (and I’ve translated the German ones for you):
A spam mail that slipped through my filter today:
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN) WIRE/TELEX DEPARTMENT TINUBU SQUARE LAGOS NIGERIA. REPLY TO THIS EMAIL:[…] ATTENTION:SIR/MADAM, THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR OVER DUE INHERITANCE FUNDS HAS BEEN GAZETTED TO BE RELEASED, VIA KEY TESTED TELEX TRANSFER (KTT) DIRECT WIRE TRANSFER TO YOUR ACCOUNT,AS WE ARE PROCESSING THIS IMMEDIATE FUND RELEASE,WE RECEIVED AN ORDER TO EFFECT TRANSFER THAT YOU ARE AWARE BY YOUR PARTNER. BELOW IS THE BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATIONS SUBMITTED BY HIM MR. ALEX K[…] OF […]Denver, Colorado 80233 USA Phone-303-[…] FOR THE FUND TRANSFER OF $10.5MILLION USD IN YOUR FAVOR. BANK INFORMATION: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. […], Colorado 80233 USA Beneficiary: […] Co. Inc Account No: […] Routing No: […] Swift Code: […] WHY WE INCLUDED HIS DIRECT CONTACT PHONE NUMBER SO THAT YOU CAN PERSONALLY CONTACT HIM TO ENQUIRE AND CONFIRM TO US THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT TO AVOID WRONGFUL WIRE TRANSFER AS THE CBN,AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY WRONGFUL TRANSFER. AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THIS CONFIRMATION FROM YOU, WE WILL COMMENCE WITH ALL NECESSARY PROCEDURES IN OTHER TO REMIT THIS MONEY INTO A CERTIFIED ACCOUNT. THE CENTRAL BANK TELEX DEPT, DIRECTOR, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE (FMF) EXECUTIVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE FOR FOREIGN OVER DUE INHERITANCE FUND HAVE APPROVED AND ACCREDITED THIS REPUTABLE BANK WITH THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE/FOREIGN OPERATIONS, TO HANDLE AND TRANSFER ALL FOREIGN INHERITANCE FUNDS THIS LAST QUARTER PAYMENT OF THE YEAR ENDING 2007. HOWEVER, WE SHALL PROCEED TO ISSUE ALL PAYMENTS DETAILS TO THE SAID MR ALEX KUMMER , IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT 48HRS FROM THIS CRUCIAL NOTICE. WE ARE SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THE DELAY IN TRANSFERRING OF THIS FUND MUST HAVE CAUSED YOU. IF FIND ANYTHING CONFUSING, QUICKLY CONTACT ME BY PHONE, IF THE NEED ARISES. CONGRATULATIONS. DR JACKSON OKAFOR , CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN). CC: SENATE PRESIDENT CC: BOARD OF DIRECTORS [FPD] CC: ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF NIGERIA
I replaced some data with “[…]”.
For saving their dishonor: The text itself was formatted with sensible line breaks, but these criminal dimwits declared it as Content-Type: text/html, which led to this display in my Thunderbird…
Now they’re already announcing ad leaflets with small ads…:
Translation: “Please regard our current Adler leaflet which will be in your mailbox next Saturday.”
(From yesterday’s “Pfaffenhofener Anzeiger”.)
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