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Selected-By: Ian Davis
The Internet Oracle has pondered your question deeply.
Your question was:
> My Dear Oracle,
>
> My name is Mr. Emmanuel Obo, I am a senior partner (Attorney) in the
> firm of Obo Consults Inc: Private Investigators, Security Consultants
> and Financial Managers in Abuja, Nigeria. We are conducting a standard
> process investigation on behalf of our late client Jean-Baptiste Chet
> who made you his sole beneficiary. We wish to arrange transfer of his
> estate to you at the earliest opportunity.
>
> He left the following items in his will.
>
> 1) 40,000 metric tonnes of concrete
> 2) 24 carpet pythons (deceased)
> 3) 85,000 golf balls (used)
> 4) 18 mechanical calculators
> 5) US$48,000,000 (in coins)
> 6) 3,200 packets of instant ramen noodles
> 7) 31 oil lanterns (we are able to provide you with sufficient oil at
> cost)
> 8) The number 8
> 9) An itemized list of the above on punched cards
>
> You are at liberty to use your discretion to distribute these objects.
>
> If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process towards
> a conclusion.
>
> I await your response.
> Respectfully
> Emmanuel Obo
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And in response, thus spake the Oracle:
} My Dear Mr. Obo (or should I call you Manny?):
}
} I have in hand another letter, one in which I am promised matrimony. It
} appears to be from a Nigerian widow, a Mrs. Griselle Ojobijou, who
} claims once to have been substantially wealthy. She has money tied up
} in her late husband's estate. Apparently he was a wealthy banker who
} "acquired" assets entrusted to him.
}
} She would like US$48,000,000 in untraceable notes to rescue the estate
} (worth over US$500,000,000) from the inspector's office. Those coins
} would do quite well.
}
} Let me know if you are interested. If you are more or less unmarried
} this looks like a chance for a particularly lucrative union.
}
} Most Sincerely Yours,
} T. Internet Oracle
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