Chuckle, snort. That's pretty funny; never seen this one before. It'll be making the email rounds for years to come. It's new enough that, for example, snopes.com doesn't have a page debunking it (yet). I have to feel sorry for Washington Mutual Bank, who owns the not-random-enough 800 number included. Their agents will surely be baffled. --Michael Kleber kleber@brandeis.edu On Saturday, November 1, 2003, at 10:03 PM, Steve Gray wrote:
The World Council of Endangered Languages has an urgent need for speakers of the following languages, all in danger of extinction: Fubuwudschey, Bunegronk, Old Vittolubwek, Spefuffian, Minugharink, Plikurvisk, Jugbugozug, Quebzitical, Slubuferch, Lower Adefugunotie, Utyolikkikach, and Qyppuxifif. They most urgently need someone who knows Veftunichiklops, which is spoken only by only one woman who is 102 years old and deaf. If you speak at least one of these, please call 800-788-7000 immediately. There is a reward.
--Michael Kleber kleber@brandeis.edu