Fun With Junk Mail

[shanmonster]

Growing up, one of my sillier hobbies was filling out junk mail freebies and mailing them out. I received my first credit card this way. My Dad laughed, made me cut it up, and sent a funny letter to the credit card company telling them off for giving a credit card to a nine-year old.

But the following is my favourite result of this pastime. It happened while I was in high school. A woman called up on the phone and said, "Hello. Can I speak to Dumpling Grey, please?"

"Regarding?" I asked.

"She has won a full scholarship to the ------ School of Music. May I please speak with her?"

"Er, if you really want to."

The woman sounded confused. "If I ... want to?"

"Yes. Dumpling is my cat."

I guess they don't give scholarships to cats, because she hung up after a flustered apology. Pity. Perhaps the whole experience was prescient to this news story: Online school that gave cat an MBA is sued.

Comments

[thatnickguy.livejournal.com]

That reminds me of the owner of Strange Adventures in Halifax. Instead of his real name, he has his dog's name listed in the phone book.

So whenever he gets a call from a telemarketer or something and they ask for *insert dog's name I can't remember at 4 AM*, he just makes up some lame excuse or hangs up. =)

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Cal does that? Hilarious!

[phil-in-a-box.livejournal.com]

Please please please tell me what school of music offered your cat a scholarship. (I doubt it was mine, but I have to know anyway. ^_^)

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I really don't remember. It was a mail-order school, I think--the sort that sells diplomas through studying at home.