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  • 30-01-2009 11:15am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭


    ChecK aTTachmEnt


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 196 ✭✭rferguson


    Jay D wrote: »
    ChecK aTTachmEnt

    im afraid it was posted last week :rolleyes::D

    but funny none the less


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 740 ✭✭✭junior_apollo


    rferguson wrote: »
    im afraid it was posted last week :rolleyes::D

    but funny none the less

    Yup - got it two weeks ago in the usual around work emails... good laugh alright.. hoping for some more in near future...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭Jay D


    damn damn damn!!! I hate it when I think I got it first and then found out that I wasn't. It makes you think that you had something and then it was snapped from your grasp, I wonder now what challenge will await me next, will it entail hardship, forced labor or maybe even joy and delight, the future is a mystery, the night is near, so now I go and bite my ear.

    The End


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,119 ✭✭✭Wagon


    He's a legend. Thanks for posting!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,624 ✭✭✭Dancor


    I never seen that..Hillarious


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭Homer


    His latest work!!!

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    From: David Thorne
    Date: Thursday 21 May 2009 10.16am
    To: Helen Bailey
    Subject: Pets in the building

    Dear Helen,

    Thankyou for your letter concerning pets in my apartment. I understand that having dogs in the apartment is a violation of the agreement due to the comfort and wellbeing of my neighbours and I am currently soundproofing my apartment with egg cartons as I realise my dogs can cause quite a bit of noise. Especially during feeding time when I release live rabbits.

    Regards, David.



    From: Helen Bailey
    Date: Thursday 21 May 2009 11.18am
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Re: Pets in the building

    Hello David

    I have received your email and wish to remind you that the strata agreement states that no animals are allowed in the building regardless of if your apartment is soundproof. How many dogs do you have at the premises?

    Helen



    From: David Thorne
    Date: Thursday 21 May 2009 1.52pm
    To: Helen Bailey
    Subject: Re: Re: Pets in the building

    Dear Helen,

    Currently I only have eight dogs but one is expecting puppies and I am very excited by this. I am hoping for a litter of at least ten as this is the number required to participate in dog sled racing. I have read every Jack London novel in preparation and have constructed my own sled from timber I borrowed from the construction site across the road during the night. I have devised a plan which I feel will ensure me taking first place in the next national dog sled championships. For the first year of the puppies life I intend to say the word mush then chase them violently around the apartment while yelling and hitting saucepan lids together. I have estimated that the soundproofing of my apartment should block out at least sixty percent of the noise and the dogs will learn to associate the word mush with great fear so when I yell it on race day, the panic and released adrenaline will spur them on to being winners. I am so confident of this being a foolproof plan that I intend to sell all my furniture the day before the race and bet the proceeds on coming first place.

    Regards, David.



    From: Helen Bailey
    Date: Friday 22 May 2009 9.43am
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Pets in the building

    David, I am unsure what to make of your email. Do you have pets in the apartment or not?

    Helen



    From: David Thorne
    Date: Friday 22 May 2009 11.27am
    To: Helen Bailey
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Pets in the building

    Dear Helen,

    No. I have a goldfish but due to the air conditioner in my apartment being stuck on a constant two degrees celcius, the water in its bowl is iced over and he has not moved for a while so I do not think he is capable of disturbing the neighbours. The ducks in the bathroom are not mine. The noise which my neighbours possibly mistook for a dog in the apartment is just the looping tape I have of dogs barking which I play at high volume while I am at work to deter potential burglars from breaking in and stealing my tupperware. I need it to keep food fresh. Once I ate leftover chinese that had been kept in an unsealed container and I experienced complete awareness. The next night I tried eating it again but only experienced chest pains and diarrhoea.

    Regards, David.



    From: Helen Bailey
    Date: Friday 22 May 2009 1.46pm
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Pets in the building

    Hello David

    You cannot play sounds of dogs or any noise at a volume that disturbs others. I am sure you can appreciate that these rules are for the benefit of all residents of the building. Fish are fine. You cannot have ducks in the apartment though. If it was small birds that would be ok.

    Helen



    From: David Thorne
    Date: Friday 22 May 2009 2.18pm
    To: Helen Bailey
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Pets in the building

    Dear Helen,

    They are very small ducks.

    Regards, David.



    From: Helen Bailey
    Date: Friday 22 May 2009 4.06pm
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Pets in the building

    David, under section 4 of the strata residency agreement it states that you cannot have pets. You agreed to these rules when you signed the forms. These rules are set out to benefit everyone in the building including yourself. Do you have a telephone number I can call you on to discuss?

    Helen



    From: David Thorne
    Date: Friday 22 May 2009 5.02pm
    To: Helen Bailey
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Pets in the building

    Dear Helen,

    The ducks will no doubt be flying south for the winter soon so it will not be an issue. It is probably for the best as they are not getting along very well with my seventeen cats anyway. .

    Regards, David.



    From: Helen Bailey
    Date: Monday 25 May 2009 9.22am
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Pets in the building

    David, I am just going to write on the forms that we have investigated and you do not have any pets.

    Helen


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,088 ✭✭✭byrner88


    In this one David answers all his e-mails with the what Magic 8-Ball tells him:

    From: Simon
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 9.38am
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: No Subject

    Have you got a typeface called Garamond Semibold? I have the Garamond and bold and italic but not the semibold. I am doing a poster for Cathy and I reckon garamond would look good.


    From: David Thorne
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 10.02am
    To: Simon
    Subject: Re: No Subject

    As I see it, yes.


    From: Simon
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 10.43am
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Garamond

    Which one? Yes you have the typeface or that it would look good on a poster?


    From: David Thorne
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 10.52am
    To: Simon
    Subject: Re: Garamond

    Concentrate and ask again.


    From: Simon
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 11.14am
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Re: Re: Garamond

    What the ****? I need the typeface Garamond. Have you got it or not?


    From: David Thorne
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 11.18am
    To: Simon
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Garamond

    You may rely on it.


    From: Simon
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 11.29am
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Garamond

    Send me the typeface dickhead.

    From: Mark Pierce
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 2.08pm
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Hey

    Hey. Are you at work?


    From: David Thorne
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 2.25pm
    To: Mark Pierce
    Subject: Re: Hey

    Signs point to yes.


    From: Mark Pierce
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 2.53pm
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Re: Re: Hey

    What? Can you drop over on your way home from work and help me lift a piece of glass up onto a table? It is too heavy to lift.


    From: David Thorne
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 3.22pm
    To: Mark Pierce
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Hey

    My sources say no.


    From: Mark Pierce
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 3.49pm
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Hey

    Are you serious? I tried lifting it a bit at a time and sliding books under it but I need heaps more books. Can you come for a quick drive now?


    From: David Thorne
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 4.02pm
    To: Mark Pierce
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Hey

    Ask again later.


    From: Mark Pierce
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 4.57pm
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: ?

    Are you going to help me on the way back from work or not?


    From: David Thorne
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 5.16pm
    To: Mark Pierce
    Subject: Re: ?

    It is decidedly so.


    From: Mark Pierce
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 5.24pm
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Re: Re: ?

    Good. **** you are annoying sometimes.

    From: Justine Murphy
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 8.14pm
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Tree frogs ppt

    Hi David, you forgot to send the attachment on your last email. Can you send it again please?
    Justine


    From: David Thorne
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 8.51pm
    To: Justine Murphy
    Subject: Re: Tree frogs ppt

    You may rely on it.


    From: Justine Murphy
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 9.15pm
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Re: Re: Tree frogs ppt

    Ok. Can you resend it to me then please?


    From: David Thorne
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 9.26pm
    To: Justine Murphy
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Tree frogs ppt

    Without a doubt.


    From: Justine Murphy
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 9.44pm
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Tree frogs ppt

    ???? Did you attach it?


    From: David Thorne
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 9.51pm
    To: Justine Murphy
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Tree frogs ppt

    Don't count on it.


    From: Justine Murphy
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 10.27pm
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: ?

    Are you ****ing with me? Just attachment it ass hat.

    From: Simon
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 11.28pm
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: No Subject

    Are you online?


    From: David Thorne
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 11.37pm
    To: Simon
    Subject: Re: No Subject

    Concentrate and ask again.


    From: Simon
    Date: Wednesday 4 Feb 2009 11.41pm
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Re: Re: No Subject

    **** you.












    From: Jeff Peters
    Date: Wednesday 8 April 2009 10.22am
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Membership Renewal

    Dear David

    This is a friendly reminder to let you know your gym membership expired last week. Your membership is important to us and we would like to take this opportunity to show our appreciation by offering you a 20% discount on your membership renewal. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

    All the best, Jeff Peters


    From: David Thorne
    Date: Wednesday 8 April 2009 1.37pm
    To: Jeff Peters
    Subject: Re: Membership Renewal

    Dear Jeff,

    Thankyou for your friendly reminder and the kind offer to reduce my membership by twenty percent. I own a calculator but I could not work out how to do percentages on it so have estimated that I save around $372.10 off the normal price of $420.00 - Please confirm that this is correct and I will renew my membership immediately. Also, do I get a Fitness First sports bag with towel and drinking bottle included in the price? I own my own legwarmers and headband.

    Regards, David.



    From: Jeff Peters
    Date: Thursday 9 April 2009 10.01am
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due

    Hello David

    How did you come to that amount? Our half year membership fees are actually $460 but with the 20% discount as an existing member your renewing membership fee would be only $368 for the six months saving you almost $100 off the normal price. We are not Fitness First so do not have those bags.

    Cheers, Jeff


    From: David Thorne
    Date: Thursday 9 April 2009 10.18am
    To: Jeff Peters
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due

    Dear Jeff

    Do I get free shipping with that?

    Regards, David.



    From: Jeff Peters
    Date: Thursday 9 April 2009 12.48pm
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due

    Free shipping with what? The $368 covers your membership fees for six months.


    From: David Thorne
    Date: Thursday 9 April 2009 2.26pm
    To: Jeff Peters
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due

    Dear Jeff

    By the power of Greyskull that is a lot of money but I admit to being in desperate need of increasing my body strength. My ten year old child often turns the taps off in the bathroom very tightly and I have to go several days without washing. I feel bad constantly having to ask the lady from next door to come over and loosen them for me, what with her arthritis and limited wheelchair access to my apartment. To be honest, I originally joined your gym with full intentions of attending every few days but after waiting in vain for someone to offer me steroids, I began to suspect this was not going to happen and the realisation that I may have to exercise instead was, quite frankly, horrifying. My aversion to work, along with the fact one of your employees, Justin, was rather rude, telling me to 'lift this', ''push that' dulled my initial enthusiasm of becoming muscular and I stopped attending.

    Regards, David.



    From: Jeff Peters
    Date: Friday 10 April 2009 9.17am
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due

    Hello David

    Not sure how to take your email, nobody here would offer you steroids, it is illegal and none of our staff would do this. Justin is one of our most experienced trainers and if you found him rude while he was trying to be helpful and just doing his job then there are plenty of other gyms you could look at joining instead.

    Cheers, Jeff


    From: David Thorne
    Date: Friday 10 April 2009 10.02am
    To: Jeff Peters
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due

    Dear Jeff

    Yes, I have noticed that there are many gyms in my area. I assume the low qualification requirements of fitness trainers means that there is an over supply of these buffed but essentially otherwise purposeless professionals. I knew a guy in high school who couldn't talk very well and collected sticks, he used to call the teacher 'mum' and during recess we would give him money to dance. Then sell him sticks to get our money back. He went on to become a fitness instructor so I view gyms as kind of like those factories that provide a community service by employing people with down syndrome to lick stamps and pack boxes. Except with more Spandex obviously.

    Regards, David.



    From: Jeff Peters
    Date: Friday 10 April 2009 10.32am
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due

    Go **** yourself.



    From: David Thorne
    Date: Friday 10 April 2009 11.38am
    To: Jeff Peters
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due

    Dear Jeff

    I was, at first, quite surprised at your response; one minute you are inviting me to renew my membership and asking me for money, the next insulting me. After doing a little research however, I have learnt that mood swings are an expected side effect of steroid abuse. As another side effect is a reduction in the size of your penis, this gives you understandable cause to be an angry person. I have also learnt that Spandex contains carcinogenic properties so this does not bode well for yourself and your shiny friends. If I woke up one morning and my penis was a quarter of the size AND I had testicular cancer, I would probably take my anger out on those around me as well. There are probably support groups or websites that could help you manage your problem more effectively and picture based books available on the subject for people with limited reading skills. When I am angry I like to Listen to music by Linkin Park. The added angst and desire to cut myself works similarly to the way firefighters fight forest fires by burning off sections, effectively canceling each other out and I find myself at peace. I understand that you guys usually listen to Pet Shop Boys or Frankie Goes to Hollywood so this may be worth a try.

    Regards, David.



    From: Jeff Peters
    Date: Friday 10 April 2009 1.04pm
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due

    DO NOT EMAIL ME AGAIN



    From: David Thorne
    Date: Friday 10 April 2009 1.15pm
    To: Jeff Peters
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due

    Ok.



    From: Jeff Peters
    Date: Friday 10 April 2009 1.25pm
    To: David Thorne
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due

    Is that you being a smartarse or agreeing not to email me again?



    From: David Thorne
    Date: Friday 10 April 2009 1.32pm
    To: Jeff Peters
    Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Membership Renewal Due

    The middle one.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,487 ✭✭✭banquo


    Missed it last week. Glad for the re-run.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,487 ✭✭✭banquo


    Read them all now. Was in tears at the pets one.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,824 ✭✭✭ShooterSF


    Anyone know if these are genuine or just scripted comedy?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,183 ✭✭✭Fey!


    The gym one is special!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭Funky


    oh man, they are too good


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