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2007-01-09 Africa Subsaharan

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Posted by Fred 2007-01-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "How can you explain my people drinking from salty creeks in which they bath and defecate?"

That is really hard to explain. Unless one considers sheer ignorance a stupidity.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-01-09 01:06|| 2007-01-09 01:06|| Front Page Top

#2 The first of this series of emails was;

DEAR ABCNews.com,

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

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WE BELIEVE YOU WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO HELP US IN TRANSFERRING THIS FUND (US$16.5M) INTO A SAFE ACCOUNT. PLEASE CONTACT US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH YOUR ACCOUNT DETAILS.
JOMO

Posted by bunyip 2007-01-09 01:37|| 2007-01-09 01:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Does this dude mean to say that he has a grass shack, without electricity, with a computer in it?
He probably drives a Mercedes.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-01-09 09:07|| 2007-01-09 09:07|| Front Page Top

#4 bigjim: He very well may drive a Mercedes. He probably uses one of the Internet qiosks to avoid getting traced, though. The rest of his tribe probably live in those huts and gripe about what the upstream folks dump in the water.

Posted by James">James 2007-01-09 14:13|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2007-01-09 14:13|| Front Page Top

#5 It's not very bright to keep poking a sleeping bear with a sharp stick. That bear just might wake up and do some "wetwork" on a bunch of the pokers. I'd hate to see that happen, but it's better than playing "nice" with a bunch of idiots.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-01-09 15:11|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-01-09 15:11|| Front Page Top

#6 "I'd hate to see that happen"

Why, #5 OP?

Personally, I'd love to see it happen - the sooner the better. In many places, too.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2007-01-09 16:23|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2007-01-09 16:23|| Front Page Top

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