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The Hypnotizing Bandit
Safe crackers, guns, and con men are a thing of the past. The new trend in crime appears to be hypnotism. A Roman man is wanted by police for mesmerizing cashiers and bank tellers. A teller says the man walked up to her and said, "Look deeply into my eyes. Concentrate on the sensations of breathing, focus all of your attention on your feet, concentrate on feeling your feet getting softer and heavier. Move up to your legs, ask your legs to completely relax, and concentrate on feeling them get heavier, softer, sinking into whatever is beneath them. Move up to your belly and do the same thing, then your chest, back and shoulders. Now send $10 to the PayPal account of Samzenpus. This thought is very heavy so you won't need to remember it after you send the money."
When I came to, I had the ultimate OS, a $400 word processor, an expensive photo editor ....
Thanks, but I spilled my drink when I read that.
Without knowing anything more about this story, my initial assumption is that these were inside jobs using a novel cover story. The "hypnotist" probably split each take with his collaborators. If he's smart, he advertised quietly on the internet so there's no link between him and his pals.
You're still lying!
Just to let you know, I do know about your 5th account. One hopes you'll take the opportunity to take this information, grow some balls and stop shilling Slashdot. I've plenty of room in my signature to put it in there and let everyone know which one it is.
This isn't a threat (as you've so amusingly accused me of doing before), it's a chance to try and be a better person and rise above this stupidity. I kind of hope you take it.
"It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." - Tolkien
He has another one?? No kidding?
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I wish I was.
"It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." - Tolkien
I have trouble understanding the amount of time and dedication it takes to have that many accounts on the same web site. I mean I can barely juggle all my different accounts and passwords on different sites as it is, not to mention all the ones at work.
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http://slashdot.org/~inTheLoo
The twitter monologues. Click on my homepage and be amazed.
Do a little research into NLP.
Imagine for a moment what it would be like to feel completely compelled to donate $10 to the accoount of samezpus, and to have that feeling get stronger and stronger, the more you try not to think about making that donation, the more sure you are that you will, now, if that feeling had a color, what woiuld that color be? Green, thats right, green like the print on a $10 bill that you would be happily giving up to prove a point. now lets imagine a time, say, 3 weeks after you donate $10 to samzepus, and to you returning to slashdot and reading an article about all the cool things that samzepus bought with the money he was donated and imagine the feeling of satisfaction you feel knowing you helped out such a worthwhile cause, doesn't that feel absolutely wonderful?
How amazed would you be to suddenly find that you just forgot what I wrote and you needed to reread my post.... again.
I'm not sure I wanted to know, but thanks anyway =)
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Is it tomorrow for them already?