From: Printing of China
To: Greg Storey
Dear greg@airbagindustries.com,
We are very glad to know you from Internet,
We are an advertisement making factory in Shenzhen of China,
We hope to detail our services to you, and look forward to mutual cooperation between us.
Thanks and best wishes,
Mr. Leo
AD Factory of Shenzhen
http://www.szcolor.com/
E-mail: hk@hkoffice.dns0755.net
Tel: +86-0755-2622 0610
Fax: +86-0755-8240 9179
Mobile: 136-9198-4046
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To: Printing of China
From: Greg Storey
Dear hk@hkoffice.dns0755.net,
I'm sorry but I do not know you from Internet, or from Adam for that matter, but I am pleased to meet you.
An advertising factory, you don't say. Boy-howdy!
Does J. Walter Thompson know about you? I bet they would love to know that China has turned the advertising business into a conveyer belt operation with red robots, cheap labor, and scores of Communist propaganda creative experience.
Golly, with that kind of firepower I guess the world will soon lay at your feet. And with that in mind I can assure you that I also look forward to mutual cooperation between us.
If I may humbly ask, Mr. Leo, lordship sir, when you take over the United States through your advertising factories and armies of Walmart employees and goods, can I have Texas?
I should think we can rename it Internet and finally know each other from there.
Sincerely,
Greg
Airbag Industries
http://www.airbagindustries.com
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Look out for a sea of red thong underwear at a Walmart near you.
Dear Mr. Leo,
May I have Oklahoma? Their state flag has some red in it, and I think I may be able to get you some good silky fabric for your thongs.
Sincerely, Mark
Mr. Leo emailed me too. I was going to post the message at Yellowlane. But you beat me to it. Looks like you're not the only one that Mr. Leo knows. Mr. Leo seems to know a lot of people.
Ah, the Internets is a great place to meets people.
Dear Mr. Leo,
I heard from Internet that you are switching to Intel processors to boost production at your advertising factories. Is this true?
Wow, thanks and best wishes. This guy really is in advertising.
Did you look at their website.
It's great.
Found at the bottom of their website: "No.429, Eight diagrams mountain range Industrialized Country"
Anyone have a clue as to what that's supposed to mean other than a great line for a poorly translated Sting song?
Is that Mr. Ted Leo? If so, sign me up. I love what he's done with manufacturing advertising for his band. I look forward to mutual cooperation with him.
I call Washington. I always have loved Seattle, but I'm really only taking it off your hands Mr. Leo because I know the people there are so rebellious, and you wouldn't want to worry about something like that.
I got one of those a few months ago....
"we are a stone factory in Japan and we are interested in your products after introduced through my friend . We would appreciate if you could send us a price list and Condition per email or Fax....."
although obviously fake, I have no idea why they would bother (doesn't seem like a normal 419 scam.)
Glad to know I'm not the only one. =)
If it is a scam, what are they aiming to gain?
I believe they are trying to scam mutual cooperation, but then again I don't speak Chinese.
THAT is friggin hilarious!
oooow.. zing!
Well lets just say that i dont think our marketing efforts, and clients will be stolen by the likes of "MR LEO"
Bwahahahaha, now that was good. I cracked up at the, "I can assure you that I also look forward to mutual cooperation between us."
Good Work Mr Internaut!
The trade is very convenient, If you are in Hong Kong!
Sorry Greg, the EU has been in negotiation with China for a while now, France is getting Texas (and Louisiana - again.)
You punny americans, beware! For the great China Dragon has awaken ... now, serious, let these guys (Mr. Leo or anyone else) a couple more years, and you'll be facing much more of this.
Mr. Leo - i'll take over the Carolinas.
Always wanted to make a trio ...
@Aegir - France has aknowledged to have way too much crap dealing with certain texans, so they decided to let Spain take care of Luisiana, sorry.
I want some of those Light Slices that Mr. Leo specializes in...
He sounds like a cheesy villain in a James Bond movie... Maybe Mr Leo can start with overhauling all the poorly written, er, translated Chinese restaurant menus in this country.
Oh, and I'll take Colorado.
You can have Washington, Jeff, but you need to give Point Roberts to Canada.
Does J. Walter Thompson know about you? I bet they would love to know that China has turned the advertising business into a conveyer belt operation with red robots, cheap labor, and scores of Communist propaganda creative experience.
Isn't that exactly whatt JWT *is*? Well, maybe not the commie thing.
At least you were polite.
I absolutely loved your response Greg. It takes alot for me to comment, but when I do, you know I loved it.
I wish I could expect a response. That would be interesting. :)
Has vegetable salty!
ah man thats good stuff right there
OK, guys let's see you write an idiomatically correct response in Mandarin before you start making fun of someone who at least attempts your language.
i agree sam, not all asians have bad grammer. at least they put an effort into learning foreign languages.
Wow, sam and alan, does sarcasm not translate? This is a company that is attempting to spam websites and you're worried about their feelings?
Greg, keep the funny coming.
I think both Sam and Alan understand the email is from a spammer. What makes the post funny? Greg is mocking the language skills of someone I would imagine speaks English as a second language -- impressive. Now, I like to make fun of foreigners as much as the next guy, and I hate spammers to boot, but getting a few laughs at someones expense because they don't speak English well doesn't seem like much of an accomplishment.
I don't care if English is his or her fifteenth language, it's still spam and therefore open season 24/7/365.
Oh come on, it's spam. Fair game!
Fantastic, I wish I got email like that! All I get is spam regarding certain "performance enhancing" drugs.
... and while the U.S. is being divided up, I'll take Florida :-)
Poncho, you can have Florida, I'll be glad to move to Ireland.
Holy crap, Greg! That's gotta be why my local Target has been saying it's not 10% redder and doesn't contain MSG!
Oh and don't you mean 24/7/364.25? ;)
Has anyone considered that it's not spam?
Okay, yes it is spam. It's an unsolicited e-mail, but Greg, what if I sent you an unsolicited e-mail saying that I had a printing company and wanted a new logo, and hoped to describe my company to you, and hoped that you would be able to make the logo for us?
Couldn't that be what the e-mail is saying (in poorly translated english)? After viewing the website, it is quite clear to me that "advertising factory" is intended to mean "poster factory". In chinese, the words for "advertisement" and "poster" are one and the same.
As for the "communist" or "red" comments - as a Chinese person myself, I take offense to that. Please know that not all Chinese people are communists, just like not all black people are drug dealers.
Francey, it was spam, get over it.
Okay, it was spam.
But if you posted one of the numerous nigerian spam e-mails here, and responded to it with racist comments, I am pretty certain that there would be an uproar.
Insult the spammers, just don't insult me. I'm not a spammer, and I find what you've written about Chinese people pretty insulting.
But if you posted one of the numerous nigerian spam e-mails here, and responded to it with racist comments, I am pretty certain that there would be an uproar.
Excuse me? If you see racism in this post then you're trying too hard. Go troll somewhere else.
It's not racist. It's just very offensive, and if you were considerate enough, you'd see that.
Actually, I would see how a lot of people could see it as racist.
Yi Ding, you want some of this? Fine! My dojo challenges your dojo to a big crazy fight.
"Dojo" is a Japanese word, not a Chinese one...
Have you ever heard of The Rape of Nanking? If you had, you would know that confusing a chinese person with a japanese person would be akin to confusing a jew with a nazi.
No I think confusing a Chinese person for a Japanese person would be more akin to confusing an American person for a Canadian.