Sneaky Tweet Peek at End of Year Superlatives

Now that the e-world”s safe and sound and there”s nothing left for us, doomsday chroniclers, to write about, I”ve decided to take up my second career path of choice: stand-up comedy.

Having watched Woody Allen recount his hilarious Moose exploits, and having discovered I”ve got sooo much in common with him (we BOTH wear glasses…there!), I set about creating a repertoire for myself. You know, so that I”m well prepared for the show that”s bound to set me orbiting Comedy Planet.

Draft 1: Scam walks into a bar and tells the bartender: “Mother”s maiden name!”. Bartender answers: “Iron”.

(not that good, huh?)

Draft 2: Scam walks into a bar. Bartender says: “We don”t serve PINs here”. Scam says: “Haystacks, maybe?”.

I”ll go ahead and assume you”ll be ROTFL-ing for the next couple of minutes…at least. No chance? Oh, well…guess I could use a little bit of practice to get my sense of spontaneous humor back into shape. Help”s already on the way:

 

The Internet is undoubtedly swarming with opportunities for breakthrough discoveries (from 300 page single-space volumes on Why Santa has a beard to slideshows on how to build your own mall in an ant farm) so I wouldn”t blame anyone for clicking this promising link. One click that takes you to:

 

A nice Twitter login lookalike. Just look at its wonder of a URL.

Just as in the Moose story, take the page to a party, drive with it writhing on your fender, let it come second in costume contests (with winners dressed up as phishing pages)….just don”t give it your e-mail address or your Twitter credentials. Things won”t be much fun afterwards.

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