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Comments on: Afghanistan succumbs to killer virus hoax

Reminds me of 

Posted Wednesday 18th April 2007 17:48 GMT

that deadly joke from Monthy Python ...

...or possibly... 

Posted Thursday 19th April 2007 09:49 GMT

Stephen King's new bestseller "Cell"?

...maybe even... 

Posted Thursday 19th April 2007 13:43 GMT

'The Ring'

- which features a video which if watched condemns you to die 7 days later.

Americans were no better ten years ago. Can you say, "Good Times?" 

Posted Thursday 19th April 2007 13:50 GMT

Such (short) memories....

Hit back when you can! 

Posted Thursday 19th April 2007 13:50 GMT

For some time now I've been deliberately chatting politely to those Indian idiots who phone out of the blue and offer me a free mobile phone. You know, the sometimes barely comprehensible nutters, they usually ring in the late afternoon or evening and demand to know if I have a mobile and how much do I spend per month/week...

I've been introducing into the conversation a brief reference to a story on BBC radio 4 about a 'killer virus' in Indian call centres, and asking if the person ringing has noticed many of their colleagues away sick currently.

It beats just shouting a F**K OFF and putting the phone down, and I DO hope its getting through to them :-)

P.

Good Times 

Posted Thursday 19th April 2007 15:01 GMT

Good Times was supposed to kill your computer, not kill you. From the way this story is written it suggests people don't think their phone will get a deadly virus, but that they themselves will.

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