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- Path: sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!xenitec!looking!funny-request
- Message-ID: <S4d0.2c9e@looking.on.ca>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 4:30:02 EST
- Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny
- From: interpol@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Drew Cheng)
- Subject: Sweepstakes from Hell
- Keywords: smirk
- Approved: funny@clarinet.com
- Lines: 28
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- I received some chintzy direct-marketing sweepstakes mailing today...
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- Anyway, after sorting through all the junk that they're trying to sell, I
- looked at the "personal letter" they sent to me:
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- "As of Friday, 9:45AM, your name was among _millions_ scanned and identified
- by our IBM computers as a first round _cash_ prize winner in our $1 million
- dollar sweepstakes."
-
- And, one line caught my eye:
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- "Note: no cost or purchase obligation [see sweepstakes rules], but please
- order two (2) or more items from enclosed cards when claiming prize."
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- Hmmm...if that wasn't bad enough, I read the sweepstakes rules with a
- magnifying glass, and I particularly like the following rule:
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- "(b) An additional $100,000.00 will be split equally amongst all individuals
- who respond in compliance with all instructions but in no event will you
- receive less than 36 cents."
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