MMeM, Vol. 3 Issue 9 - ATM - Automatic Teller MISTAKE
Have you ever wondered, or dreamed I guess, why ATM machines NEVER make a mistake? I have. I mean seriously, you can't get a vending machine to take a crisp, never-before-handled-by-humans dollar bill sometimes. Yet, the ATM never seems to mess up.
I've dreamed about this often. In fact, every time I get money from an ATM I watch wonderously as the money comes out thinking, "This will be the day". "Today, I will get $120 instead of just $40".
Except it never does. Why not??? And, the twenties you get from ATMs are often pretty tattered and certainly not always crisp new ones.
Well today, there was a news story about a man in China that has been jailed for LIFE, for taking advantage of an ATM which would only deduct 1 yuan from his account for every 1,000 it spit out. I say, "Advantage Customer". Thus, Xu Ting withdrew 175,000 yuan in 171 transactions. It's my opinion that "Finders-Keepers" should take precedence here.
Nonetheless, shouldn't somebody call Amnesty International or someone over this injustice? What a travesty.
Well, for me, the dream still lives...
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MMeM, Vol. 3 Issue 6
Ok. As everyone knows, I'm a life long Die Hard Cub Fan. I used to blog under another moniker, "Cubfan Behind Enemy Lines" when I lived in Missouri. I'm going to spare the reader any further set up and jump right in.
Yesterday it was announced that the Cubs signed a new left handed hitting right fielder from Japan. You can read the press release here.
His name is...(drumroll please)...Kosuke Fukudome.
Now, as I see it, his last name could be a source of many pronunciation pitfalls. Basically, with the insertion of a well placed "c", simply saynig his last name is practically not allowed under current FCC regulations. Can't you see the phonetic spelling now?
Fuk-u-do-me. Or maybe you say it, "Fook-u-do-me". Great, now you sound like you're cursing in a crappy Japanese accent. Vulgar AND culturally insensitive!
Yikes. As if Cub fans don't have enough problems already.
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