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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Empirical Standards
posted by clake at 11:46 AM (0) comments

The official winner of Best English-language Sentence on the Internet for this week goes to, "By empirical standards, if gay sex is deviant, so is chastity of the mouth." Thank you, William Saletan of Slate.com, for contributing "chastity of the mouth" to that pool of phrases which I'll remember for the rest of my life.

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

The Japanese Office
posted by clake at 8:11 PM (0) comments

Most of the people I know who read this are fans of The Office (America) and some are also quite smitten with The Office (Britain). The final episode of SNL for the season featured Ricky Gervais introducing Steve Carell in the original Japanese version that inspired them both:

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Sunday, May 25, 2008

Post Toasties
posted by clake at 4:10 PM (0) comments

I haven't posted to The Clever Dad in a terribly long time. Meanwhile, this week I was unable to put up a new Randy the Cat, so I think I'll end up skipping a week. Oddly, this weekend brings a new post to the almost wholly abandoned blog, UFO Clearinghouse. What strange phenomena could bring about such an event?

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Saturday, May 10, 2008

Classic English Novels
posted by clake at 8:33 AM (0) comments

... and while the pixels are still drying from the late post of last week's comic, we see another new Randy the Cat. This one comes from our Classic Adaptations series.

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Friday, May 09, 2008

Alternative Timelines
posted by clake at 8:14 AM (0) comments

Last week's Randy the Cat has posted a miraculous six days late. This is the epilogue to Adventures in Space, but rest assured there are more Adventures in Space to come. Just like with Twin Peaks, Lost and Newhart, all loose ends will be tied up in a satisfactory way.

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Thursday, May 01, 2008

EMAIL B Y GOD'S OWN GRACE
posted by clake at 9:58 AM (0) comments

I just got this mess of a spam email in my work inbox. I couldn't even read all the way through it, yet I feel the need to post it here for all to see:
HELLO MY DEAR ,

I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THIS MAIL MUST GET AT YOU BY GOD'S GRACE, AS I DO NOT KNOW YOU IN PERSON

AND NOT QUITE SURE OF YOUR CURRENT TEL/FAX NUMBER FOR ME TO BE SURE, BUT I KNOW HOW I MANAGE TO

GET THIS MAIL ADDRESS WHICH I USED TO COMMUNICATE YOU.

HOWEVER, I AM SISTER MRS. JOYCE EZE A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN, LEADER OF THE CENTER FOR ALL WORKERS

ASSEMBLY GOSPEL AND WORKING WITH THE NATIONS APEX BANK; ACCOUNTING UNIT/TELEX DEPARTMENT CENTRAL

BANK OF NIGERIA .

MY AIM OF WRITING IS NOT TO KNOW YOU AS I HAVE NO INTEREST OF KNOWING YOU AND WOULD NOT LIKE TO

KNOW YOU UNLESS IF NEEDS BE. BUT I AM TELLING YOU THIS BASED ON MY BELIEVE AS A CHRISTIAN WHO

DOES NOT LIKE EVIL Of CHEATING AND WOULD NOT LIKE TO BE CALLED FOR EXPLANATION AS A RESULT OF

THIS INFORMATION I AM GIVING TO YOU . BUT I AM TELLING YOU THIS BASE ON MY BELIEVE AS A CHRISTIAN

WHO DOES NOT LIKE EVIL OR CHEATING AND WOULD NOT LIKE TO BE CALLED FOR EXPLANATION AS A RESULT OF

THIS INFORMATION I AM GIVING TO YOU BELOW. AS A CHRISTIAN, I BELIEVE THAT ANYMAN/WOMAN IS
MY BROTHER/SISTER ACCORDING TO MY BELIEVE AS A CHRISTIAN IRRESPECTIVE OF WHERE YOU MUST HAVE COME

FROM OR WORSHIP BECAUSE ALL OF US ARE ONE IN ONE LORD. THIS INFORMATION IS AS REGARDS TO YOUR

PAYMENT IN NIGERIA.

NOW AS I AM CONTACTING YOU, PAYMENTS ARE GOING ON TO THOSE THAT ARE AWARE OF THIS INFORMATION

BECAUSE THISINFORMATION WAS NOT GAZZETED TO THE PUBLIC AWARENESS.THESE EXERCISES HAVE STARTED FOR
SOMETIME NOW BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PRANKS SOME CORRUPT OFFICIALS IN THE CENTRAL BANK THAT

DIVERTED YOUR FUNDS TO A BANK IN SWITZERLAND . FROM THE INFORMATION,THE SECRETARY OF PROBE PANEL

AND VERIFICATION ON CONTRACT AND NEXT OF KIN MATTERS, THAT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE AND
SOME OTHER OFFICIALS SUMMED UP WITH TO DIVERT YOUR FUNDS.

THIS INFORMATION AS A RESULT OF MY RECENT DEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH AND I CALLED THEN TO QUESTION BUT

THEY TRIED TO BRIBE ME,BUT I REFUSED BECAUSE I AM A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN. I HAVE TO INFORM YOU

THAT YOUR! FUNDS INTEREST AT A TUNE OF USD$22.3MILLION WAS TRANSFERRED INTO A SWISS ACCOUNT

PROVIDED BY A FAKE LAWYER PORTRAYEDHIMSELF TO BE YOUR LAWYER.I MUST INFORM YOU THAT THE

OFFICERSINVOLVED ARE ALWAYS IN COMMUNICATION WITH YOU, SO YOU SHOULD STOP TALKING WITH THEM
AND DO NOT TELL THEM THAT YOU ARE WAITING FOR THE TRANSFER SINCE WE HAVE AN EVIDENCE AT

HAND,HEREBYADVISED YOU TO CONTACT THE AUTHORIZED C.B.N SECURITY AND FINANCE COMPANY IN TEMA GHANA

WHOM ARE IN CONTROL OF YOUR PAYMENT AND THE APPROVED LAWYER ATTACHED TO THE SECURITY AND FINANCE
COMPANY IN THE NAME OF MR.CLEMENT OBED AND EXPLAIN EVERYTHING TO HIM AS YOUR FILE WAS SENT TO HIM

ON THE 4TH APRIL 2007 AND WHEN CONTACTING THE LAWYER QUOTE YOUR FILE REFERENCE NUMBER A010-2007

HE IS THE FINAL STONE THAT BREAKS THE CAMELS BACK.

MY ADVICE TO YOU BASED ON THIS INFORMATION IS THAT YOU SHOULD BOLDLY CALL MR. CLEMENT OBED THE

LAWYER AT THE SECURITY AND FINANCE COMPANY ON HIS DIRECT EMAIL TELEPHONE NUMBER .HE IS THE PERSON

IN CHARGE OF ALL THE LEGAL CLEARANCES FOR THIS ON-GOING PAYMENT EXERCISE AND ASK HIM
THATTHE SHOULD HELP YOU IN MAKING SURE YOUR FUND IS PAID TO IMMEDIATELY AND DO THE CHANGES TO

MOVE YOUR FUNDS TO YOUR ORIGINAL ACCOUNT AND FOLLOW HIS DIRECTIVES.

HE MIGHT WANT TO KNOW HOW COME YOU GOT HIS DIRECT EMAIL, YOU CAN TELL HIM ANYTHING (PLEASE, DONÃ

QUOTE ME) BUT INSIST THAT HE SHOULD HELP YOU IN MAKING SURE YOUR PAYMENT IS DONE, AND FOR MORE

CLARIFICATION OR TO ENSURE HIM THAT YOU REALLY KNOWS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING QUOTE THE
FOLLOWING CODE NO: FGN/PMG/CBN-X342XTW2004 UNDER CATEGORY'C' I.E. YOUR CODE (PLEASE THIS

INFORMATION IS CLASSIFIED).

I BELIEVE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE WILL ASK YOU TO FORWARD YOUR PAYMENT INFORMATION AND

BANK CO-ORDINATES TO HIM FOR HIS PROCESSES AS HE WILL DIRECT YOU PROPERLY ON HOW TO FOLLOW UP FOR

YOUR FUND TO BE MADE TO YOU WITHOUT FURTHER STRESS. IF YOU CONTACT HIM I WILL KNOW BECAUSE
HE MUST CONTACT MY OFFICE FOR YOUR INFORMATION RE-CONFIRMATION RECORDS. SO GO AHEAD AND CALL HIM

NOW AND DON'TBE AFRAID OF HIM OR ANYBODY AS YOU ARE BLESSED, ANY PERSON APART FROM HIM IS

DEFINITELY A FRAUD.


REMAIN BLESSED IN THE LORD.

YOURS SINCERELY,

MRS. JOYCE EZE
Is this one spam email, or a freight train crashing into a room full of spammers?

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