If you are reading this blog, odds are you have an email address to go along with your internet access. And if you have email, odds are you’ve received junk email. Comedian James Veitch decided he was going to do more than merely receive these fantastic offers of riches or health or happiness; he was going to respond with a counter-offer.
I only wish I’d been brave enough to do the same. This is hilarious.*
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Veitch exemplified both those verses:
Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
or you yourself will be just like him.
Answer a fool according to his folly,
or he will be wise in his own eyes. (Proverbs 26:4-5.)
He is my new hero.
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*Content: at 7:40-7:53 is a very brief and slightly – just barely – off-color reference to an enhancement for men. It’s hilarious too. Fast forward over it if you like, and get to the second email exchange he recites. Who knew world leaders could be so friendly?
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Oh! I came across this video maybe a week or two ago and it really is hilarious. I can’t seem to get the link in your blog post to work, though; not sure if the problem is at your end or mine.
As for those verses in Proverbs, they remind me of something a friend once told me (perhaps in turn inspired by those verses, who knows?). He said, “debating with an internet troll is like playing chess against a pigeon: regardless of how well you play, the pigeon will still just knock over the pieces and make a mess on the board.”
Best description of an internet troll I’ve ever read, Emmy!
Another hilarious scam response: this fellow responded to the Nigerian scam email in the style of an H.P. Lovecraft story. It’s a long read but worth it for what happens at the end:
http://sicherheitskultur.at/David%20Ehi%20Reverse%20Scam.htm
Or you can just Google “Nigerian scam email” with “H.P. Lovecraft” and it should be the first hit. Anyway, I figure that if you can get the scammer telling you to leave him alone, you’re way ahead of the game . . . 😉
MA, that is about the best ever. Truly.