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Ok. Our customers are completely nuts. THIS GUY SENT THE ENTIRE COPY OF THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS IN HIS REPLY! WTF. I don't know what to make of this.

ebtb, I know that this is not supposed to be done but I write a lot of history, just things that I remember and I thought that you might enjoy reading something like this instead of the mundane that you do. I'll just send one more. Enjoy!

Four score and seven years ago...

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From:

tx-cronopio.livejournal.com

He sent you the Gettysburg Address? WTF? I'm a historian and I don't do that!

At least the G Address is mercifully short... :)

From:

insaint.livejournal.com

... Is it me or did he totally pass the address as his own creation?

From:

zercool.livejournal.com

I can see the reply...

"Dear $Customer,

"I appreciate that you write a significant bit of history and I'm glad that your mental faculties are still strong enough to allow you to remember things. However, I'm fairly sure that the last item sent to me was written by Mr. Abraham Lincoln (dec), sixteenth president of the USA (1861-1865), and was given at the dedication of the Soldier's National Cemetery at the Gettysburg Battlefield, Nov. 19, 1863. The battle occurrred approximately four months earlier, July 1-3, 1863, and resulted in the death of many thousands of Americans.

"However, I fail to see what possible relevance this has to support. In the future, claims such as these will be prosecuted as plagiarism and copyright infringement. Good day."

From:

mouser.livejournal.com

That's a great way to get your message caught in the spam filter...

From:

ebtb.livejournal.com

Do I reply with a copy of the Magna Carta now or what?

From:

geekgrrl-ca.livejournal.com

Thats almost as bad as me sending the entire TOS when I worked for an ISP to people complainting about billing issues

then at the end I would quote the bit i was refering to.

From:

kallell.livejournal.com

Fuoor scure-a und sefee yeers egu oooor fezeers bruooght furt oon thees cunteenent a noo neshun, cunceeefed in Leeberty, und dedeeceted tu zee prupuseeshun thet ell mee ere-a creeted iqooel. Noo ve-a ere-a ingeged in a greet ceefil ver, testeeng vhezeer thet neshun, oor uny neshun, su cunceeefed und su dedeeceted, cun lung indoore-a. Ve-a ere-a met oon a greet bettle-a-feeeld ooff thet ver. Ve-a hefe-a cume-a tu dedeecete-a a purshun ooff thet feeeld, es a feenel resteeng plece-a fur thuse-a vhu here-a gefe-a zeeur leefes thet thet neshun meeght leefe-a. It is eltugezeer feetting und pruper thet ve-a shuoold du thees. Boot, in a lerger sense-a, ve-a cun nut dedeecete-ave-a cun nut cunsecrete-ave-a cun nut helloo—thees gruoond. Zee brefe-a mee, leefing und deed, vhu strooggled here-a, hefe-a cunsecreted it, fer ebufe-a oooor puur pooer tu edd oor detrect. Zee vurld veell leettle-a nute-a, nur lung remember vhet ve-a sey here-a, boot it cun nefer furget vhet zeey deed here-a. It is fur us zee leefing, rezeer, tu be-a dedeeceted here-a tu zee unffeenished vurk vheech zeey vhu fuooght here-a hefe-a thoos fer su nubly edfunced. It is rezeer fur us tu be-a here-a dedeeceted tu zee greet tesk remeeening beffure-a us — thet frum zeese-a hunured deed ve-a teke-a increesed defushun tu thet coose-a fur vheech zeey gefe-a zee lest fooll meesoore-a ooff defushun — thet ve-a here-a heeghly resulfe-a thet zeese-a deed shell nut hefe-a deeed in feeen — thet thees neshun, under Gud, shell hefe-a a noo burt ooff freedum — und thet gufernment ooff zee peuple-a, by zee peuple-a, fur zee peuple-a, shell nut pereesh frum zee iert. Bork Bork Bork!