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14-03-2008 9:13pm

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theirishrover

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Last week i was trying to get some serious stuff sorted out with a very somber man, the kinda guy who you cant picture laughing and that smells of old book. well i was all going untill

him: very good. and what is your email adress

me:ehem...

him:sorry what was that?

me: ......bringmecaptainhook@host.com

him:......could you spell that for me?

if looks could kill! anyone else had a similar experience or am i all by my lonesome?

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#2 14-03-2008 9:18pm

Dudess

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Yeah I've just drafted a CV for a mate and one of her referees is in Australia so she's only contactible via her personal email address - a really "silly" one. It doesn't look too great on the CV...

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#3 14-03-2008 9:25pm

Sherifu

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least it wasn't sheep@shagger.com

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#4 14-03-2008 9:30pm

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theirishrover wrote: »

me: [EMAIL="......bringmecaptainhook@host.com"]......bringmecaptainhook@host.com[/EMAIL]?

well does he not reliase most email names are taken and it was a last resort(or was it )

Still funny though;)

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#5 14-03-2008 9:42pm

javaboy

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Sherifu wrote: »

least it wasn't sheep@shagger.com

You're gonna get spammed to bits for posting your email address now.

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#6 14-03-2008 10:11pm

randylonghorn

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Sherifu wrote: »

least it wasn't sheep@shagger.com

Ah, so you're the resident sheep in that place ... I was wondering who they had conned into doing it!

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#7 14-03-2008 10:12pm

theirishrover

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heh, totally a last resort. i mean, whats a guy supposed to do when bringmepeterpan@host.com is taken? i took the only logical course of action

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#8 14-03-2008 10:14pm

Feral Mutant

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theirishrover wrote: »

bringmecaptainhook@host.com

Could be worse

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#9 14-03-2008 10:17pm

Karoma

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Try explaining getthatratoffmywilly@...
Still, I haven't used one of them on a C.V. as many people do. >.<

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#10 15-03-2008 5:40am

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you could of course be very boring and have user53@192.168.54.75

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