Their laughter was like the stridulation of the ghosts of grasshoppers.
Yesterday I got a credit card application from a major bank with a variable rate of 12.99% to 20.99%. Such a deal. And what if I fall on hard times and lose my job? So, I wrote them a return letter:Dear major bank, Thank you for the opportunity to express how I really feel about your corporation. What I do appreciate, is that there is no stamp required for your return envelope. After tearing off all my personal information, so some dumpster diver doesn__ fill out your application for me, and find out he picked the wrong target; I just wanted to make one comment: Your practice of usury is despicable, along with crashing the global economy.Danny - I think I have my grandmother__ charm and wit. Too bad she__ not here to share it with. Maybe if every disgruntled person would use that free envelope and apply their creative talent, they might get the picture that we__e tired of this bullshit. Marcie, there are so many people you could visit and test your information extraction program on, so what are you people doing here? Is this just a practice run? Well, you wanted to know what I was thinking. And you wonder why I look to God for solutions. Wake me up when it__ over.Marcie - You are a crazy SOB. You want me to use my system to play Robin Hood.Danny - You__ make an excellent Robin Hood, make sure you get your merry band to sign on. Maybe that__ the reason we were connected by design. How much materialism do you really need? Some people take what they need from the orchard and other people pick the orchard clean.Marcie - You__e wondering what I__ thinking. I don__ want to mess your mind up with what I__ thinking, so let me simply say, I don__ approve of what some of these people have been doing for decades. Who do you think I am?Danny - Someone who frustrates me, don__ we have enough guessing games in life?Marcie - Marcie is a miracle worker, so what does that tell you? You do not even know what to make of me, someone who keeps coming back for you, someone who won__ let go of you.Danny - Why is it that there__ only a handful of words for truth and over 100 synonyms and derivatives for deception?Marcie - Are you surprised?Danny - It puts it in a different light when you start reading through the list. You may as well add amygdala hijacking.Marcie - Has Danny been bamboozled?Danny - You picked one with an unknown origin.Marcie - That is the best way to start a mind game.Danny - Okay, just for kicks, try saying synonym - cinnamon 10 times as fast as you can.From - "The Mind Game Company - The Players
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Yesterday I got a credit card application from a major bank with a variable rate of 12.99% to 20.99%. Such a deal. And what if I fall on hard times and lose my job? So, I wrote them a return letter:Dear major bank, Thank you for the opportunity to express how I really feel about your corporation. What I do appreciate, is that there is no stamp required for your return envelope. After tearing off all my personal information, so some dumpster diver doesn__ fill out your application for me, and find out he picked the wrong target; I just wanted to make one comment: Your practice of usury is despicable, along with crashing the global economy.Danny - I think I have my grandmother__ charm and wit. Too bad she__ not here to share it with. Maybe if every disgruntled person would use that free envelope and apply their creative talent, they might get the picture that we__e tired of this bullshit. Marcie, there are so many people you could visit and test your information extraction program on, so what are you people doing here? Is this just a practice run? Well, you wanted to know what I was thinking. And you wonder why I look to God for solutions. Wake me up when it__ over.Marcie - You are a crazy SOB. You want me to use my system to play Robin Hood.Danny - You__ make an excellent Robin Hood, make sure you get your merry band to sign on. Maybe that__ the reason we were connected by design. How much materialism do you really need? Some people take what they need from the orchard and other people pick the orchard clean.Marcie - You__e wondering what I__ thinking. I don__ want to mess your mind up with what I__ thinking, so let me simply say, I don__ approve of what some of these people have been doing for decades. Who do you think I am?Danny - Someone who frustrates me, don__ we have enough guessing games in life?Marcie - Marcie is a miracle worker, so what does that tell you? You do not even know what to make of me, someone who keeps coming back for you, someone who won__ let go of you.Danny - Why is it that there__ only a handful of words for truth and over 100 synonyms and derivatives for deception?Marcie - Are you surprised?Danny - It puts it in a different light when you start reading through the list. You may as well add amygdala hijacking.Marcie - Has Danny been bamboozled?Danny - You picked one with an unknown origin.Marcie - That is the best way to start a mind game.Danny - Okay, just for kicks, try saying synonym - cinnamon 10 times as fast as you can.From - "The Mind Game Company - The Players
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