
...before the internet was invented.

[edit] this took me far too long!
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:34,
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[edit] this took me far too long!

consider yourself firmly woo-d
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:35,
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sorry to TJ but: does anyone know about banking laws? cause i've just looked at my account and found it has £14000 more than it should have!
Can i spend it? (please)
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:36,
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Can i spend it? (please)

You'll have to transfer it into my account. Only then will you be safe
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:36,
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and those little numbers on the back...
pls.
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:38,
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pls.

a friend of mine had a similar thing happen and he spent it and nearly got bollocked.
basically if you KNOWINGLY spend it knowing it shouldnt be there, then you're fucked. seeing as we all know you know its not yours, you're totally fucked if you spend it.
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:37,
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basically if you KNOWINGLY spend it knowing it shouldnt be there, then you're fucked. seeing as we all know you know its not yours, you're totally fucked if you spend it.

and skim off the profits.
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:39,
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and only 3000 of that can be cash, the rest has to be shares and stuff.
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:43,
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you could have a cash ISA for more instant access. I personally have a mini ISA which needs to mature for 5 years before i really touch it. Then I will buy a concorde so i can decoupage kittens to it.
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:45,
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Pretend that you don't know about it. Ask your bank to transfer all of your funds into a high-interest account without asking for a balance. Wait for someone to ask for it back. I know someone who received £776,000 instead of £76,000 as a pension lump sum. Kept it for over a year made £18,000 interest.
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:44,
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even though you have to repay money that isn't yours the bank has to treat it as an interest free loan so you pay it back at a nominal rate like a fiver a month.*
* I may be talking out my arse.
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:42,
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* I may be talking out my arse.

but only if you spend it unknowingly. If you knowingly spend it then you are committing fraud, and they can do you (up the arse, if they wish).
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:46,
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interest, I don't see anything wrong with that :) Just don't go thinking you have more money then you actually do.
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 16:51,
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Nope, confess now, otherwise when you have spent it you might have trouble paying it back. That money is not yours. (This is true, I'm not taking the piss)
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:38,
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that way, you haven't spent it, but it's not in your account for them to transfer out again.
if push comes to shove, you can give them the bankers draft back. if not, you'll have the money sitting on ice waiting for you.
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:42,
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if push comes to shove, you can give them the bankers draft back. if not, you'll have the money sitting on ice waiting for you.

but would be good investing it somewhere.....
I'd pretend you haven't seen it and spend away.
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:48,
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I'd pretend you haven't seen it and spend away.

Dropped a fake junk-mail cheque (of the "you-have won-our-magnificent-prize" variety) and, to his shock, it got accepted and put into his account. Very well-written account of it online somewhere (googling now...).
I'm told that if you report bank errors in your favour, the banks often give some sort of cash reward. Probably about 50p, but at least you're still in profit.
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 15:12,
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I'm told that if you report bank errors in your favour, the banks often give some sort of cash reward. Probably about 50p, but at least you're still in profit.

your recent post (to which i now reply) has left me puzzled.
still i'd like to apply for the job, whatever the job happens to be and look forward to pre greasing your loincloth.
yours sincerely,
me.
PS. my browser has decided to animate your post now. wyh!
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:37,
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still i'd like to apply for the job, whatever the job happens to be and look forward to pre greasing your loincloth.
yours sincerely,
me.
PS. my browser has decided to animate your post now. wyh!

semaphore is a method of communication, in wich you you 2 flags, and each letter of the alphabet can be represented by holding the flags in various positons
the wee fellas on the top deck spell out the word "badger" and the wee fellas on the bottom deck spell out the word "mushroom"
sadly, the vancancy has already be filled, but we will keep you etails on file and contact you as soon as a similar position becomes available
Yours, Admiral Magic Badger
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:42,
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the wee fellas on the top deck spell out the word "badger" and the wee fellas on the bottom deck spell out the word "mushroom"
sadly, the vancancy has already be filled, but we will keep you etails on file and contact you as soon as a similar position becomes available
Yours, Admiral Magic Badger

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"YES YOU CAN"
la la laaa laa la la la de dah
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:44,
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"YES YOU CAN"
la la laaa laa la la la de dah

Marvelous!
(Now put in a Sea Serpent for the Sssssssssssssssssnake ;o)
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:38,
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(Now put in a Sea Serpent for the Sssssssssssssssssnake ;o)

i love that, i wish it was mine so i could name it, has it a name?
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 19:03,
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A snake! Whatever that is in semaphore.
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:42,
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...it does say "Aagh, A Snake, Snake, A Snake, Oooooh, A Snake"
There are some tiny seamen lined up here showing me how to spell everything.
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:45,
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There are some tiny seamen lined up here showing me how to spell everything.

Sorry, I didn't watch it all the way cos I'm supposedly revising.
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:53,
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For the semaphore and the timing. Your time and effort was not wasted.

is wonderful.
Edit: I just noticed the "OOOOOO a snake" part. You are a god.
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:50,
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Edit: I just noticed the "OOOOOO a snake" part. You are a god.

tattyslop summat and this appears! Hoop-lar! © dubya
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:54,
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Abso-fucking-lutely hilarious.
(Although, I think you missed one Badger)
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 14:56,
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(Although, I think you missed one Badger)

...there's only 11 badgers, but I could very easily be wrong.
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 15:01,
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i thought you'd missed one, but if you listen to the song he breathes in on the first beat
EDIT: except the first time round when there are 12! But that's a minor detail not to detract from the masterpieceness of your pic!
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 15:06,
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EDIT: except the first time round when there are 12! But that's a minor detail not to detract from the masterpieceness of your pic!

very easily have a frontpage to. Woosome and highly deserved :D
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 15:12,
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Quite possibly the best thing my eyes have ever turned into minute electrochemical signals for my brain!
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 15:19,
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But I can't get over the fact that there should be another badger in there...
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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 17:14,
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That is so hatstand you have forced me to delurk and award you the order of the Dancing Woo.

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Thu 22 Jan 2004, 17:14,
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