Flexible Friday #31 My Husband Is
So Lucky!
by Sherra on March 13, 2009
in Finding the Funny
I know what you’re thinking right now.
I have some psychic abilities that I don’t usually talk about.
You are thinking…
That you already knew that PhilBillPaul is LUCKY…
Because he’s married to ME.
Right?
Right?
Hey, next time I share my psychic ability, please don’t be so slow to respond.
Okay, on to the REAL reason PhilBillPaul is so lucky. Remember in January when he missed this golden opportunity that might have changed our life?
He got a second chance this week and sent me an email along with the forwarded message.
from philbillpaul@xxxxx.com
to sherralife@xxxxx.com
date Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:28 PM
subject Fwd: CONTACT FEDEX COURIER COMPANYWill you be home tomorrow? I am expecting a package.
—–Original Message—–
From: rose evans
To: philbillpaul@xxxxx.com
Sent: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:25 am
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX COURIER COMPANYGood Day ;
We have been waiting for you since to contact us for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $850,000 United States Dollars which my husband kept for but we did not hear from you since that time. Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to expire and Mr. Franklin Eric the Director Bank of Africa told me that before the draft will get to your hand that it will expire. So I told him to cash the $850,000 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till end of May 2009.
What you have to do now is to contact the FEDEX COURIER COMPANY as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your package to you because of the expiring date.For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charges and Insurance premium.
The only money you will send to the Courier Company to deliver your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is ($105.00 US) being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.Again, don’t be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $105.00 US Dollars. I would have paid that but they said no because they don’t know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage.You have to contact the FEDEX COURIER COMPANY now for the delivery of your Draft with this information bellow;
Contact Person: Dr. Jerry Mike
Email fedexprivate01@xxxx.fr
cell phone +229-9898-xxxxFinally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct telephone number to them.
Dont let them know that box contents money ok.SHIPMENT CODE AWB XXXX
PACKAGE REGISTERED CODE NO XXX442.
SECURITY CODE SCTC/2001XXX/567/
TRANSACTION CODE 233/XXXX/101/33028/
CERTIFICATE DEPOSIT CODE SCTC/BUN/xxxx/-78/01
Thanks and God bless you and your family.Yours Faithfully,
Mrs Rose Evans
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to be home on Thursday so he will have to work out a different delivery date.
Feel free to scroll back up and review the lines I highlighted in bold.
Because they are my very favorites lines.
Plus I love words and I always love to learn a new word. I’m the nerd who still does “Word Power” in Reader’s Digest every month. I don’t remember ever learning the word demurrage. I had to look it up.
de•mur•rage
–noun Commerce.
1. the detention in port of a vessel by the shipowner, as in loading or unloading, beyond the time allowed or agreed upon.
2. the similar undue detention of a railroad car, truck, etc.
3. a charge for such undue detention.
In addition to the fact that as soon as Phil can arrange the package delivery and our family financial struggles will be over, I’ve added a new word to my vocabulary.
Oh, and don’t even try to make arrangements for the package delivery, I jumbled the codes so you cannot call the FedEx Courier Company and try to steal our box full of money.
Lucky and smart. That’s us.
Anybody else have a lucky week?
My favorite part of the letter is that they can’t even string a sentence together properly but they know the word ‘demurrage’. Thanks for looking that up – saves us all a lot of trouble.
And for your information, I still do Word Power too. Word nerds rule!
Congratulations on your newly acquired wealth.
At the very least I expect to be invited for a dip in the new hot tub or to join you in your weekly massage. Did you, by chance, pass this notice of your “good fortune” on to Clark Howard? I’m sure he’d like to meet with you at a local Aldi store (where you could both get in your last bargain shopping trip) and film you opening your special package.
I’m sorry to burst your bubble, but I responded to the exact same e-mail BEFORE your husband did, and I am expecting MY big box of cash any time now. I assumed Mrs. Evans meant “3 month cruise” instead of “3 month course,” so I have no trouble accepting her generosity, since she obviously has enough! I’ll keep you posted…
@Kerri: I’ve looked back and can’t see a time I’ll ever use the word ‘demurrage’ but it’s nice to know that we’ll both be ready should the opportunity present itself!! Wait, I just realized I can use it right now…The demurrage could delay the delivery of our box of money indefinitely. So sad.
@julieann: When the box comes, I will have rolls and rolls of quarters for the Aldi carts. So much to look forward to. I’ll contact Clark when the box arrives.
@Karen: I have a feeling that we are both lucky and there are TWO big boxes of cash coming from the FedEx Courier Company. Let’s see who gets their box first and maybe we can coordinate a group celebration!