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Noted in passing...

Amongst many other channels I idle in #twitter. This compact expression of anguish from earlier amused me:

[07:06.55] * `Assassin (~blank@71-8-56-51.dhcp.leds.al.charter.com) has joined #twitter
[07:07.12] <`Assassin> PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE MAKE TWITTER GO AWAY
[07:07.22] <`Assassin> It keeps following me all over the internet.
[07:07.39] <`Assassin> I can't browse without it hassling me to follow it.
[07:08.07] <`Assassin> I don't want to follow it. Leave me alone.
[07:08.18] * `Assassin (~blank@71-8-56-51.dhcp.leds.al.charter.com) has left #twitter ("Leaving")

That is all... (if you want to follow me, feel free - I'm @christopherw, and you can see my latest 140 character utterances to the right of this entry)

Good news everyone!

After almost ripping a velcro pad off one of my new gloves, I decided to fix them. But oh no, to do that I must sew! (and of course men are almost universally bad at this, unless they're tailors or actually paid attention in Home Ec. Neither applies to me.)

However, YouTube awaits! The last time I searched for sewing knot guides all I could find were people attempting to demonstrate as fast as humanly possible, but this time I found some good 'uns:

And now my gloves are fixed! Time to go put whip stitches in everything I own.

SED #8: Oxfam AND Tower Hamlets Council!

A double whammy for our eighth instalment. How exciting. Check out this delightful conjoinment of two equally useless disclaimers, tastefully done in Times New Roman:

Oxfam works with others to overcome poverty and suffering

Oxfam GB is a member of Oxfam International and a company limited by guarantee registered in England No. 612172.
Registered office: Oxfam House, John Smith Drive, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2JY.
A registered charity in England and Wales

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Not only did the last sentence not have any ending punctuation, three screens-worth of whitespace followed. Either someone unplugged the user's keyboard or the mailserver died of boredom whilst sending, exactly which we shall never know.

SED #7: Commidea

They mean well, but sadly Commidea has no idea when it comes to legalese. This disclaimer also had some lovely HTML formatting and centre justification which sadly didn't make the cut (and paste). Also MessageLabs just had to stick their oar in - they're solely responsible for a good proportion of the e-waste found in corporate email disclaimers, I've seen it in emails from county councils and even UK.gov! Anyway, enjoy.

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Commidea Limited Registered Number 2747866, Registered Office: 100 Eureka Park, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4AZ
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SED #6: All Branded CD & DVD Limited

This legalese nonsense was received via a generic dropbox earlier today. Classic single paragraph stuff.

PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL:
The information in this e-mail (which includes any files transmitted with it) is confidential to All Branded CD & DVD Limited. It is intended for the addressee only. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. It is not to be relied upon by any person other than the addressee except with our prior written approval. If no such approval is given, we will not accept any liability (in negligence or otherwise) arising from any third party acting, or refraining from acting, on such information. Unauthorized recipients are required to maintain confidentiality. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify us immediately, destroy any copies and delete it from your computer system. Any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. Copyright in this e-mail and any document created by us and sent as an attachment to this e-mail will be and remain vested in us and will not be transferred to you. We assert the right to be identified as the author of and to object to any misuse of the contents of this e-mail or such documents. Whilst we run anti-virus software on all internet e-mails we are not liable for any loss or damage. The recipient is advised to run their own anti-virus software. Nothing in this e-mail or any attachment shall be an acceptance of any offer previously made nor shall be itself an offer capable of acceptance to form a legally binding contract.