Post by sceptic on Nov 11, 2004 12:26:41 GMT
Well, wonders will never cease. Just received a letter for my deceased mum from her with a photo (labelled: "Photo and identity non-contractual" - I preseume that means that the Photo given and the named person do not relate, and that "Rachel" does not actually exist as a person). The main tag lines are:
``A number of clairvoyants predict the future...more or less well! Yet since the 18th May, everything we knew about the divination of numbers and of future events has become obsolete.
``It is now possible to "read" up to 2 or 3 days in advance the winning Lotto numbers...''
The letter then goes on to give details of how the lottery numbers can be divined, by the contents of a sealed and descreet package consisting of:
-7 small coins specially designed for divining the Lotto numbers...
-A sheet of translucent paper with insulating properties...
-A document specifying how to place the coins on the sheet...
and then the next section asks (and I just love the reply):
How much does it cost ?
You must think that a procedure like this, whose powers have finally been statistically validated, must be worth the possible winnings, in other words it is "priceless", don't you?
Well in fact, that's not at all true! For a very simple reason that will (sic) understand straight away: if I wanted to win the Lotto, I would already have done so! When I was much younger, I won a lot of money...When I left...I already had one idea in my mind: to offer this certified discovery to a chosen person. [note the singular - thus my mother must be the "chosen person" and the only recipient of this offer] You can't please all of the people all of the time; but pleasing somebody whose name...
So why would I ask you for a lot of money, [aha, the question, almost, we're all wanting to ask: why any money?] when you of all people have very little of it, and I could win 100,000 times more on my own?
The price of this package called "Lottomedium" (7 small coins - one sheet of special translucent paper and 3 written lines to tell you how to proceed), [interesting: the previously mentioned "document" has become "3 lines"] is therefore purely symbolic... it is to "mark the event", in a sense: Just 14 pounds !
Symbolic my foot - if she was for real, she could have made her fortune with it and if "she" was so concious stricken she would have been very happy to give it to my mother, the chosen person, accepting a symbolic fraction of my mother's first winnings - which would have been the next lottery.
The order form then adds an extra 3 quid for P&P, making 17 in all. Well, I'm sold, must order a set...NOT!
Interstingly, the small print guarantee disclaimer specifying that results are dependant upon user's beliefs, comes under the heading of "DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION". In addition to this normal disclaimer, I do notice that it refers to the "Information and Freedom Law of 6 January 1978" which allows us right to access and correct personal data held about you. This is new to me, as I was of the understanding that the DPA (Data Protection Act) of 1984 was the instigation of this in the UK.
As always: IT PAYS TO READ THE (letter and the) SMALL PRINTER CAREFULLY
``A number of clairvoyants predict the future...more or less well! Yet since the 18th May, everything we knew about the divination of numbers and of future events has become obsolete.
``It is now possible to "read" up to 2 or 3 days in advance the winning Lotto numbers...''
The letter then goes on to give details of how the lottery numbers can be divined, by the contents of a sealed and descreet package consisting of:
-7 small coins specially designed for divining the Lotto numbers...
-A sheet of translucent paper with insulating properties...
-A document specifying how to place the coins on the sheet...
and then the next section asks (and I just love the reply):
How much does it cost ?
You must think that a procedure like this, whose powers have finally been statistically validated, must be worth the possible winnings, in other words it is "priceless", don't you?
Well in fact, that's not at all true! For a very simple reason that will (sic) understand straight away: if I wanted to win the Lotto, I would already have done so! When I was much younger, I won a lot of money...When I left...I already had one idea in my mind: to offer this certified discovery to a chosen person. [note the singular - thus my mother must be the "chosen person" and the only recipient of this offer] You can't please all of the people all of the time; but pleasing somebody whose name...
So why would I ask you for a lot of money, [aha, the question, almost, we're all wanting to ask: why any money?] when you of all people have very little of it, and I could win 100,000 times more on my own?
The price of this package called "Lottomedium" (7 small coins - one sheet of special translucent paper and 3 written lines to tell you how to proceed), [interesting: the previously mentioned "document" has become "3 lines"] is therefore purely symbolic... it is to "mark the event", in a sense: Just 14 pounds !
Symbolic my foot - if she was for real, she could have made her fortune with it and if "she" was so concious stricken she would have been very happy to give it to my mother, the chosen person, accepting a symbolic fraction of my mother's first winnings - which would have been the next lottery.
The order form then adds an extra 3 quid for P&P, making 17 in all. Well, I'm sold, must order a set...NOT!
Interstingly, the small print guarantee disclaimer specifying that results are dependant upon user's beliefs, comes under the heading of "DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION". In addition to this normal disclaimer, I do notice that it refers to the "Information and Freedom Law of 6 January 1978" which allows us right to access and correct personal data held about you. This is new to me, as I was of the understanding that the DPA (Data Protection Act) of 1984 was the instigation of this in the UK.
As always: IT PAYS TO READ THE (letter and the) SMALL PRINTER CAREFULLY