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Skidoosh
The following is one of the most amusing spam emails I've received in a long
time:
> From: "Alisha Roberts" <selfdefense@XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>
> To: <
[email protected]>
> Subject: "I Was In Hell" Serial Robber Terrified After Entering Detroit
> Family's House
> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 04:10:15 -0500
>
> What a serial robber thought was just another break in, turned out to be
> the most frightening thing he had ever experienced.
>
> Police found him crippled on the living room floor, seven feet away from
> his gun, screaming in excruciating pain "He's not human!".
>
> The scene was incredibly awkward, as the person he was pointing at was a
> little boy in Teddy Bear pajamas, no older than 10 years, surrounded by his
> worried parents and grandparents.
>
> When an officer interrogated the family they said that Jimmy -the little
> boy- had learned a self-defense move [2]after watching this video with his
> grandfather.
>
> The two-finger trick, called the "Death Touch", was invented by a Chinese
> Kung Fu Master and it allows anyone, no matter their physical strength or
> condition, to bring down an attacker just by poking him in a vulnerable
> spot.
>
> "We saw the video a couple of times and practiced a little bit. I'm shocked
> Jimmy almost killed an 180 pound man just by touching him…and he did it in
> the dark!"
>
It reminds me of the Count Dante ads [1] one would find in comic books back
in the 70s, promising to teach 點脈 [2]. I guess with the death of the comic
book industry [3] they have to advertise elsewhere …
[1]
https://prommanow.com/2019/07/03/the-incredibly-fake-true-story-of-count-dante/
[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_of_Death
[3]
https://d-rezzed.clownfishtv.com/comic-book-industry-decline-dying-forbes/
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