eBay spoof

how many of the populace are selling ipods on ebay? how many ebay sellers _don't_ read the the tediously frequent mails from ebay about spoofing? (did the mail predate the closing time of the auction:

there is absolutely no excuse for anyone who gets done over by this phishing/virus/whatever scam.

But people still do...look at the story below, not an eBay scam but a "boiler room" scam...

-- Paul

The message from snipped-for-privacy@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) contains these words:

Folk don't choose their IQ - neither their gullability.

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Rusty Hinge 2 typed

The word 'gullability' has been banned under an EU directive. It must now be spelt gullibility in all published documents.

It's not been banned, it means they catch enough fish not to go hungry.

Oily

It must

Not here on the Sussex campus. The word 'gullability' is particularly apt for the gulls that nest on the roofs here, and their ability to crap on passers-by walking below. I narrowly missed a pasting the other day. Felt it go past my ear and it *just* missed my shoulder and splatted on the ground just behind me.

In article , snipped-for-privacy@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk writes

In my youth, Burnham-on-Sea had a couple of fish+chip shops on the High St. (parallel to the sea front).

The locals, when exiting, knew not to look up, and to use haste. There were, however, often casualties amongst the tourists.

If you eat fish'n'chips on the Brighton seafront, chances are the local gulls will 'ave 'em off ya. I also recently saw a student robbed of a slice of pizza in a beautifully executed raid from behind by a marauding gull, here on campus. The shock on the student's face was a sight to behold.

When staying in a dire hotel in Folkstone I was on the 2nd floor so was puzzled to hear an insistent knocking at the *window*, when I checked it, there was a gull starting at me, banging away on the glass. I opened the window to shoo it away but it just stood there and then tried to come in. After trying to shoo it away again I closed the window and put up with it banging on the glass. When I went through to the bathroom it hopped onto the bathroom window sill and banged on that window instead. I half expected it to either pull a flick-knife and demand my wallet or try to sell me some lucky heather. It must have been banging away at the window for about half an hour before giving up. Persistent little buggers.

I wonder how long it will be before they get discarded paper clips and learn to pick locks!