so a scammer e-mailed me...

[numbnuts240]

i have some wheels up for sale on craigslist. i get an e-mail yesterday asking about them

Interested,reply if still available .

the name made me lol.

I still have them it all.

excuse my retarded sentence, i was trying to reply and talk to someone at the same time. then i get this one just now

> I'd love to pay your asking price. On the contrary,I would make
> payment by money order as its the only way I can pay you at the
> moment(I am actually out of the States on a business trip). I will
> make arrangement for pick-up after payment have been received by you.
> I dont mind adding a little extra 20 dollars for inconveniences.
> Please keep it in my favor.
> Kindly reply with your full name,cell phone number,and address where
> payment should be sent.You can stop other offers and consider it sold
> to me.
> Expecting to hear from you soon.
> Regards
> Tony
> P.S Advice if there is any defect

so i sent this

here's an idea, take that $250, and go hang out at the shadiest bar you can find tonight. pick up a hooker and proceed to have relations with her in exchange for the $250. why, you ask? because i'm not stupid and you certainly aren't going to f*** me. enjoy the syphilis, d!ck-lick.

i feel better now.

[AppleBonker]

Clearly a scam. If that were really Anthony Hopkins he probably would've signed his name "Sir Anthony Hopkins". At least make it believable.

[ADDirishboy]

I had tons of those kinda emails when I put my Mirage on CL. Responded like you did to the first few, then got bored and stopped acknowledging them.

[numbnuts240]

it's been a while since i could talk smack to someone, so i went with it.

[Poyzinous]

you should have added, PS: I just sold them for $300, douchecake.

[infinitgkid]

I know a guy by the name of Anthony Hopkins.

He was caught fondling another man in the dorms one time during my freshman year.

[breadbox]

"Kindly reply with your full name,cell phone number,and address where
> payment should be sent."

lol. This doesn't sound automated at all.

[MellowZ32]

I had tons of those kinda emails when I put my Mirage on CL. Responded like you did to the first few, then got bored and stopped acknowledging them.

I hate selling items on CL, I always get those retarded kids asking if I wanna sell my car for his allowance or they "really want my car" but they have to ask the parents!
then you get those scammers.

[Encryptshun]

The Silence of the Scams

"Sell me your wheels, or I'll eat your liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."

[Dattebayo]

Ever notice how he says "chianti" wrong in the movie? It really bothers me that a distinguished person such as Dr. Lechter would butcher that word so brutally.

Also, apparently fava beans make you horny, but too much can make you ill.

[numbnuts240]

Ever notice how he says "chianti" wrong in the movie? It really bothers me that a distinguished person such as Dr. Lechter would butcher that word so brutally.

Main Entry: Chi·an·ti
Pronunciation: \kē-ˈän-tē, -ˈan-\
Function: noun
Etymology: Italian, from the Chianti region, Italy
Date: 1833

: a dry usually red wine from the Tuscany region of Italy; also : a similar wine made elsewhere

you were saying....

[Dattebayo]

He uses a hard "a" in the middle. The umlaut clearly suggests a softer sound. Blame my English minor...

[Encryptshun]

Dave is absolutely right. I blame it on the character having no one distinct accent.

But back to Tita's scam story.

[AppleBonker]

Lars Umlaut?

[Dattebayo]

Dave is absolutely right.

GOOD LORD

But back to Tita's scam story.

ON WITH THE MERRIMENT

[numbnuts240]

the umlaut is there to separate the 'a' sound from the 'i' sound. it's like cooperate. there's an umlaut on that second 'o' so it's pronounced co-op-erate, not coop-erate. nahmean?

[Dattebayo]

it's pronounced ~kee-aun-tee AFAIK. That's consistent with an umlaut over the a so not really.

Tho really, an umlaut over an a or an o sound basically the same, so he's still not saying it right.

[numbnuts240]

tomaytoe-tomahtoe, caribBEan-CAribbean. it's not incorrect, just how he said it. i didn't remember how it was pronounced, i thought he said it "she-ante" until i watched a clip, then i would have slapped his people nomming a**.

[numbnuts240]

so anyways, i got another e-mail. from someone in baltimore. he asked where he can pick up the wheels. should have told him alaska.

[Dattebayo]

it's not incorrect, just how he said it.

Yes, yes. And tyler's not really gay, he just like teh pen15 alot.

[Dattebayo]

so anyways, i got another e-mail. from someone in baltimore. he asked where he can pick up the wheels. should have told him alaska.

You should ask him to send a pic of himself first.

[Encryptshun]

so anyways, i got another e-mail. from someone in baltimore. he asked where he can pick up the wheels. should have told him alaska.

Funny, because Lechter was from Baltimore (at least in the movie).

Should have told him "Look deep within YOUR self. Go seek out Miss Mofet, and old patient of mine M-O-F-E-T." Then spiderman the guy when he gets there.

[numbnuts240]

spiderman him? i've soopaman'd a few hos in my time, but i'm unfamiliar with the spidey move...

[Encryptshun]

HInt: it's what Multiple Miggs does to Starling. Think "Thwip!"

[BusyBadger]

Ever notice how he says "chianti" wrong in the movie? It really bothers me that a distinguished person such as Dr. Lechter would butcher that word so brutally.

You should correct him, I'm sure he'd have you over for dinner as a way of thanking you.

It bothers me that they substitute chianti in the movie when it's the more flavourful and alcoholic amarone in the book. My guess is that most moviegoers would have little idea what amarone was, even given the context.