The Lottery, Male Enhancement and Christian Singles in My Area

*Warning, this post may resemble some form of a rant. Maybe. Kind of. Ok, it is.

Technology can be a good thing for empty nesters. It does wonders for connecting us with those most precious to us- our children. Because, admit it now, we never stop being parents no matter how old our children are. We want to share in their day-to-day routines, their ups and downs, their accomplishments… their lives that they now live on their own. Their lives that we spent, in our case, over a quarter of a century preparing them to live.

When these precious babes of ours grow up and move away from home, technology steps in and shortens the distance just a bit. Through cell phones, email, facebook and Sype we can stay in constant touch with our babes and even see those lovely faces! And this is a good thing.

 But, as with many other things in this world, there are those who jump in the middle of our communication system and try to rip the joy right out of our pleasure.

They send out emails and attempt to contact us via Skype with promises of lottery wins or play on our sympathy and compassion for others by asking us to do them a huge favor.  

They arrive in my inbox announcing my bigger than life winnings of $500,000.00 from the UK or an alert of my being selected for a cash prize of $800,000.00 in British pounds or the ones from India promising me millions of dollars blahblahblah all I have to do is send them my full name, address, marital status, occupation, age, more blahblahblah. 

Right. And my middle name is I'mafreakingmoron. 

No, I'm not stupid enough to fall for any of this nonsense. But it is offensive. I have no appreciation for people who try to take advantage of others' ignorance. And there are ignorant people out there who do fall for this kind of thing because they don't believe that anyone would stoop to such low tactics in an effort to steal from others. 

When the idiots try to contact me via Skype, I go all kinds of crazy on them. Ok, I might get off on this a little, teensy bit. But, seriously, this kind of thing is ANNOYING as hell! 

Oh, and let's not forget the insurance scams, and the penis enlargement opportunities. Really? I don't even have a penis but, thanks so much for thinking of me. And then there are the ones that want to help me find a spouse by advertising singles in my area-and they must be legitimate since they claim to be offering Christian singles, right? Yeah. I've already got a spouse. He's the one of us that does have the penis. And the ones who want to give me a good deal on internet connections. Dumb asses. I already have internet service how else would I be able TO READ YOUR STUPID EMAIL? OH!OH! And the ones that send me a link thinking I truly am a totalfreakingmoron and will actually click on it?

And, of course, those anonymous comments on the blog that are filled with such meaningful sentiments like "I apologize that distracting, but I have some reason crookedly displayed in your browser.." Makes so much sense, doesn't it? AND the ones who are so taken by your bloggy brilliance that they invite you to just follow the link to see their pictures? Like I haven't already figured out what kind of photos those are going to be.

Are people really this desperate for money? Do they really think people are this stupid? Does it really not bother them that they try to take advantage of others? 

I find this invasion annoying. Intrusive. Meddlesome. Impertinent. Nosy. Pushy. Rude. Disrespectful. Offensive. Manipulative. Annoying...wait, I already mentioned that one.   

 

I feel much better. Thank you.

And now I'm off to email some of those singles to see if they are interested in insuring their enhanced penises. I'll need photographs, of course.


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