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[challenge entry] Somewhat less than instant messaging

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(kuboid, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 14:19, archived)
# i looked into sending a telegram yesterday
just to see if it was possible. It's about $20
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 14:22, archived)
# blimey
that's nearly as much as a strippergram
(I helped save b3ta! Slim has found god. He was down the back of the sofa., Fri 14 Nov 2003, 14:24, archived)
# it worries me
that you now how much strip-o-grams cost :)
(I helped save b3ta! packetslut, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 14:25, archived)
# well, I charge more than $20
because i'm classy
(I helped save b3ta! Slim has found god. He was down the back of the sofa., Fri 14 Nov 2003, 14:26, archived)
# is it worth $21
just for class?

we want smut!
(I helped save b3ta! Muns, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 14:27, archived)
# hmmm ...
but do you get hired?
(Zed Smith, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 14:28, archived)
# Cripes
Just $20? Do they deliver?
Edit: I happen to know up Newcastle way they cost at least £40, even for a fat one. Just don't ask me HOW I know
(I helped save b3ta! dotmund .co.uk, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 14:25, archived)
# that's usually
extra
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 14:26, archived)
# Arf
titter!
snurk!
(I helped save b3ta! dotmund .co.uk, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 14:27, archived)
# they come gift wrapped for an extra $10.
trust me, unwrapping presents is fun!
(I helped save b3ta! lazygamer VS tittybiscuits, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 14:27, archived)
# Of course
everything else is usually an anti-climax
(I helped save b3ta! dotmund .co.uk, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 14:30, archived)
# Isn't a wrapped stripogram
just a person fully clothed?
(I helped save b3ta! Baron von Twuntenstein, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 14:33, archived)
# we got a telex
in our office the other day. Some of our customers still use carrier pigeon
(I helped save b3ta! butchbint, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 14:25, archived)
# wow, you'd have thought they'd have moved on to some fancier
forms of communication
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 14:27, archived)
# it was a bank in Lebanon
so it's not quite so ridiculous, I suppose.
It makes me laugh when you see online forms asking you what country you're in and there are countries on the list where there are only 3 internet enabled computers and they're all probably owned by the security services.
(I helped save b3ta! butchbint, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 14:30, archived)
# I wonder how hard it is
to get a stripper in Lebanon?
(I helped save b3ta! dotmund .co.uk, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 14:31, archived)
# just get him/her
a one-way plane ticket :)
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Fri 14 Nov 2003, 14:38, archived)