Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"
|    alt.fan.cecil-adams    |    Fans of legendary knowitall Cecil Adams    |    144,831 messages    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
|    Message 143,598 of 144,831    |
|    artyw2@yahoo.com to Questor    |
|    Re: Publishers Clearing House    |
|    20 Apr 21 06:46:06    |
      On Monday, April 19, 2021 at 2:32:39 PM UTC-5, Questor wrote:       > For a time a housemate was responding to the Publishers Clearing House       > entreaties. "It's only a stamp," they'd say. After a long period of never       > winning anything, and informed that their odds are worse than most lotteries,       > they gave up responding. The mailings continued for a while and then trickled       > to a stop. Until this spring, when they offered some free flower bulbs. My       > housemate bit, got the free bulbs, and now the letters are back in force.       >       > Prize Award Imminent       >       > Executive Selection Committee Notification       >       > Gold Circle Members Announcement       >       > I must commend the writers/designers of the envelopes for their creativity.       > Each entreaty seems a bit more compelling than the last, as if some grand       event       > is inevitably approaching, destined to sweep the reader atop it if only they       > would get on board. Each envelope somehow seems a bit more important.       > I have seen dozens of mailings from the Publishers Clearing House and they       are       > like snowflakes -- no two are ever the same.       >       > --       > A payphone was ringing, it just about blew my mind       > When I picked it up to say hello, this foot came through the line              You might enjoy this...       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIGSpavdQzQ              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]
(c) 1994, bbs@darkrealms.ca