[TAG] Re: 419 spam

[Benjamin A. Okopnik]

On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 12:02:16PM +0100, Jimmy O'Regan wrote:
> On Mar 14, 2005 5:05 PM, Benjamin A. Okopnik <ben at linuxgazette.net> wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 11:18:07AM +0100, Didier Heyden wrote:
> > 
> > > As excuses, many changes in my situation, the most crucial one
> > > being that this old friend of mine turned out to be the woman of my life
> > > (BTW: congratulations, Ben!); so I spend much less time these days in
> > > front of my Linux boxen
> > 
> > [grin] Yeah, I know what you mean. That's all right; my honey is quite
> > geeky as well, and we both have our "must spend time with my digital
> > spouse" moments.
> 
> Did I send my congratulations? If not, erm... congratulations. 

Thanks, Jimmy! We're looking at your email here side by side, both of us
grinning and grateful for your congrats.
 
> I've been through a patch of weirdness recently that was almost the
> opposite of Didier's situation - a new-ish friend turned out to not be
> the woman of my life after all, and I'm now going through an
> acrimonious break-up with a girl I never dated :)

Whoops. Um... acrimonious? Over _no_ connection between you two? Sounds
like something that Gilbert and Sullivan wrote. :)

> Trust me, eh?

What, that it sucks to be arguing over something that didn't exist in
the first place? Sure. :)


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