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Check arrived

Submitted by fabulacious on 11 December 2008 - 10:31am.

today, thanks a lot. HA, in your face recession, I get my money elsewhere now! One thing caught my attention though. Whenever I do my missionary work and try to convince friends and internet folks to convert to the beautiful belief of Dekeism I misspell the man's name. I forget that extra C in McClelland. Always. It is kind of annoying as Google's each-time-suggestion "Results 1 - 10 of about 1,680 for Deke McLelland Did you mean: McClelland?" reveals to the seeker my obvious ignorance.

Now today I get that letter. All shiny with stars and stripes stamps and stuff and the most beautiful Christmas style address sticker ever. Then, it pierces my eye:

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Now what? I don't know what's right and what's wrong anymore. Or is it completely random after all? Please Deke, tell us your real name!

Avec the big C

Submitted by deke on 11 December 2008 - 10:41pm.

Those address labels came from one of the charities I donate to. My bookkeeper uses them whether they're spelled right or not. But I don't care, as long as you spell Dique right.

Hope your missionary work is going well. ;-)

Congrats on the goodies!

Submitted by Petra on 11 December 2008 - 2:14pm.

Weird about the name, though. Makes you wonder if his real name isn't something like 'Squeak McLolly".

Nothing surprises me anymore. ;-)

Yeah

Submitted by fabulacious on 11 December 2008 - 8:51pm.

isn't he mysterious? I guess that makes him even hotter...

PS "Squeak McLolly" - rofl

We have a winner!

Submitted by deke on 20 November 2008 - 5:07am.

fab has won. For three reasons:

--fab was the only one who took up the challenge. People, do you know what General Motors could do with $124.99? GMC, why did you not submit an entry?!

--fab put in the effort. I admit, this was a challenging exercise,. But this detailed description rose to the challenge! I love it!

--fab innovated. This isn't quite how I approached the project. But I'm intrigued to find out if any step might have made the technique better.

BTW, fab, where are you? Will a check work? Or do you need cash? B/c I suddenly have a lot of Nigerian money. (Some King died and left me his inheritance. I've spent $12,750 in transfer fees, so it's looking good.)

The rest of you, more contests to follow. Stiff upper lips. Happiness = risk – loss + gain.

+ the joy of having tried.

Splendid

Submitted by fabulacious on 20 November 2008 - 7:49am.

thanks a ton! I'll go with the Nigerian cash please, seems more reliable than a dollar check these days. This man sure doesn't look like a scammer to me.

Anyways, if - unexpectedly - something should go wrong with the heritage, I'll take the check. I've never tried to cash a foreign one (I live in Germany), but if the fees turn out to be exorbitant I'll keep it for my grandchildren to tell the story of how this fine contest was won for lack of competition. Colleen, do you still have my contact info?

Thanks again and best wishes
Fabian

Bank cheque

Submitted by Petra on 20 November 2008 - 1:16pm.

If Deke sends you an international bank cheque/money order, then you shouldn't have any fees to pay. They just give you whatever the cheque is worth on that day. That way, you wouldn't have to bank on a man with 10 kilos of butter on his head.

Well done, Fabian. :-)

That would be perfect

Submitted by fabulacious on 21 November 2008 - 1:34am.

I'm completely clueless about international money stuff, thanks for the hint Petra. Though I think it's bread on his head, but what difference does that make? None whatsoever of course.

cheers
fab

I'm gonna miss the deadline...

Submitted by Petra on 18 November 2008 - 3:21pm.

Lyn (my elderly friend with Alzheimer's who lives with us) doesn't know who I am today. Last night I thought she was a bit more discombobulated than usual, and today she is in a panic about where she is and who I am. Poor old girl. Poor old me, too - I'm drained and in need of some respite care.

Anyway, I'm going to miss deadline - so if you have no other entries, then congratulations to fab for a job extremely well done. :)

I'd still like to tackle it, because I like the challenge - but if it's okay, I'll post mine (when it's finished) after deadline, just to see what you think of it and let me know what I missed or where I went wrong, etc. It's all good learning.

In the meantime, I'm going to take Lyn to the Alzheimer's society to see if we can get some more help - and maybe some respite care to give me a break.

Meh. Gotta go - sounds like she's finished in the bathroom.

Hope I die before I get [too] old. Sad. :-(

I'm so sorry

Submitted by deke on 20 November 2008 - 4:49am.

You can post any old thing any old time. You have bigger things to take care of.

You, for example.

Life is hard. Living is harder. Dying is hardest. (Let's all hold hands and never grow old.)

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