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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26022 Posts |
 Posted - 12/17/2005 : 18:46:43
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Hey, folks. Last night, while tidying up my piles of old bills and letters, I ran across this thing again. I used to work for a company which did quite a lot of business selling microwave video transmitters and receivers. One day, nearly twelve years ago (in January, 1994), the president of the company received the following letter, which was hand-written:Dear Sir,
I am looking for a device similar to a minature [sic] voice transmitter/receiver that, instead of transmitting/receiving the human voice, it transmitts[sic]/receives human thoughts. I've heard this device is currently on the market, and is designed to be ingested. Once the device has served its practical purpose, it is eliminated from the digestive tract by ingesting a chemical mixture.
If you have this device, know of a company that manufactures such a device, or any other information that may be helpful in my pursuit, please notify me at the address listed below.
Also, please send me a current catalog, or an order form for a catalog listing your products. Needless to say, I don't think she got any response from us.
"On the market?!?" Which market would that be?
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- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
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ronnywhite
SFN Regular
501 Posts |
Posted - 12/17/2005 : 19:54:03 [Permalink]
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| The president of the company??? Assuming (1) it wasn't the new (very short-term) president of the company, and that they remained in business under such direction thereafter (avoided bankrupcy), (2) it wasn't a joke or prank by someone else, and maybe (3) this person wasn't some kind of slightly-unstable "mastermind" with various wacked-out beliefs but was otherwise absolutely brilliant (so not a big deal was made of them,) and perhaps (4) while sorting your papers, you didn't accidentally flip your calender ahead to April 1... then it seems awful hard to believe. But then again, the greatest (US) president in history (according to some self-proclaimed expert sources, like George W. Will) managed this feat with astrological guidance, so wudda' I know??? |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26022 Posts |
Posted - 12/17/2005 : 20:49:08 [Permalink]
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| Nonono, Ron, the president of the company received that letter from some nutjob out there in the world. I've got a photocopy of the letter. |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too. |
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ronnywhite
SFN Regular
501 Posts |
Posted - 12/17/2005 : 22:01:12 [Permalink]
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| Sorry... OK, I'll repeat to myself three times, "I will hereafter read all posts carefully and respond when focusing and fully-awake"... been getting very bad about that during the last week. RE dissolvable mind-reading device... I'm going to WalMart tonight, I'll check the shelves. |
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dv82matt
SFN Regular
760 Posts |
Posted - 12/17/2005 : 22:23:34 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.
Needless to say, I don't think she got any response from us.
Why not? Were you out of stock?
Hey don't blame me, somebody had to say it.  |
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2005 : 00:26:13 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by dv82matt
quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.
Needless to say, I don't think she got any response from us.
Why not? Were you out of stock?
Seriously. I would have sold her tic-tacs for $200 a pop.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 12/18/2005 : 02:40:25 [Permalink]
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Sounds like a pretty good grift to me. This gal doesn't know where the thing is, or really even what it is, but will go to some lengths to find it. What and where ever it might be. 
Ah but were I a more dishonest person..... They make it so easy!
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 12/18/2005 : 05:37:53 [Permalink]
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quote:
Dear Sir,
I am looking for a device similar to a minature [sic] voice transmitter/receiver that, instead of transmitting/receiving the human voice, it transmitts[sic[i]]/receives human thoughts. I've heard this device is currently on the market, and is designed to be ingested. Once the device has served its practical purpose, it is eliminated from the digestive tract by ingesting a chemical mixture...
Oh, I've got one of those. Well...you know. You know what I'm thinking right? Why am I even writing this? (Well actually I'm sleeping now 'cause I wrote this before you read it. You're reading it now and I've gone to bed.) That's why you can't hear my thoughts, unless you read them. This is confusing. I'll ingest the mixture now to turn it off. (The mixture is called a martini.)  |
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