[meteorite-list] Meteorite offered (NOT an ad)

From: mexicodoug at aim.com <mexicodoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 17:37:26 -0400
Message-ID: <8CA89A1FF277ADA-824-23FE_at_webmail-md17.sysops.aol.com>

"Come on guys, I feel "duty bound" to respond to all requests within 24
hrs, so, the person with the most creative suggestion will win.....The
prestigious MICHAEL BLOOD - YOU GET NOTHING Award!"

Hello Michael,

As 24.5 hours have passed, I am lost in the kraal, and and even without
a hope for a response in search of the grail, that potentatingly
elutive "Presticogitation Michael Blood - can't! get! no! award" (to
the music of the Stones, you know the Meteoric Human Stones.)

Michael, can you tell me which door to go to for that one? I just
checked out the Spock-o-con and he said you post was humanely logical
and the rock he just described with one word, "fascinating".

So, I'd write to the enthusiastically meteorkind in the spirit of a
post I believe Ken Newton made two or three years ago. Maybe it wasn't
Ken, maybe it was my buddy Darren, either one is possible ...

That old post was in response to a Nigeria Scam where someone decided
to engage the perpor in the platonic manner, claiming they were from
some heavenly house of God who would gladly get the support of said
church to send the hopeful and soon to be reverse victim meteoritical
amounts of money, if the scammer could only cooperate in a small detail
or two. You see, in order to receive said money, the original scam-man
had to take pictures of himself with special crop-circle like symbols
tatooed on his naked body, as this was the way to offer oneself's
spirit and body. The claimed effects were great and the original perp
was claimed to have send very interesting photos which were proudly
posted as trophies on se perpetrators website. Sid trophies certainly
looked like a Nigerian scammer for someone who couldn't tell the
difference. Not to mention, the Nigerian had to send small
administrative amounts to cover postage to send religious induction
items and / or checks as electronic means were ruled out by this
God-fearing church of plenty.

Very humorous! What I am thinking is to apply this engaging
methodology to your Rosewell Grandpa descendent of the unSun, and
describe some interesting meteorite testing techniques that he can do
with his object and email you the results. Alas, my answer is
incomplete, so I will exit stage left, as I think Michael B could
probably design these clever meteorite tests better than I, to create
stunning visual effects for the engaging Romulan, or Rosewellian, or
whatever galactic trash that arrives here in a salmony upstream swim
against the Solar wind to spawn on Earth ... and I'll be looking for
them between the muffin and crook among the meteorite friends original
website...

So pardon, while I slip through door #1,
Best wishes and good Luck Michael :-)
Doug
PS, If you don't lthe above, here's one that requires less thought,
Just tell him to take it to Yoda, give hime the Meteorite Market web
link with that picture and put Yoda's email under Yoda's mug for all
meteorite inquiries. Then, Proud Tom's ghost writer can write all of
these answers and the meteorite world will once again be filled with
laughter this time at the expense of some purveyor of the finest
meteorite wrongs that are periodically sold by Christi's for
Millions...and we will all look for updates regularly to see Yoda's
advice on how to test these objects that incredibly and mysteriously
defy physics and rational thought among non-Yodans to be tested.



-----Original Message-----
From: Michael L Blood <mlblood at cox.net>
To: Meteorite List <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tue, 20 May 2008 3:12 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite offered (NOT an ad)



Hi List readers,
        Meteorite dealers have plenty to keep them busy. However,
I thought you might also enjoy hearing the occasionally hysterical
Requests we receive.
        The list member who comes up with the funniest, most creative
Response will be the winner. (see bottom of post).
         (Please note that almost daily people call with the
Meteorite their grandfather "saw land" in 1943 and they do NOT want
Us to screw them on price - they KNOW it is worth hundreds if not
Thousands of dollars PER GRAM)
        Then there are the guys who show up unannounced with a hunk of
Metal slag in the back of their pick up and imply they are going to
commit
Physical violence when you tell them it is not a meteorite and they are
Convinced you are trying to rip them off and you tell them over and over
You are not interested AT ANY PRICE, but they still act as though this
Is a despicable "bargaining" approach with which you are abusing them -
until you finally have to tell them to get it the hell out of here and
you
will call the police if they litter your property with it..... Then they
finally leave thinking YOU are crazy and don't know a thing about
meteorites.
         No, not these average, run of the mill solicitors -
occasionally you
get a fun one like the one below.
          Anyone got a spare $150K for one of these "recent type"
meteorites
just now arriving from the farthest reaches of the universe? After all,
it
is actually an Alien space craft made of materials unknown to man. AND,
I was actually provided an extremely blurry photo of a black blob (name
Withheld to protect the ignorant) (no, I don't make these things up):
---------
Yes, Michael I am interested in selling a rather unique and large
meteorite
I found in Arizona late 1998. It is one of three which were reported to
have
fallen over Arizona sometime in Feb. of 98. Two young boys found one the
next day, after the report came out in the newspaper. Someone was
offering
$150,000.00 to anyone finding one. They sold the one found to that
person. I
do not know who that was. They are said to be the most recent type,
coming
from the furthest part of the universe and just now reaching earth. It
probably weights in at approx. 4 lbs. I believe this one to be worth
much
more than what was offered. This one did not burst open on impact,
landing
in a very soft wash embankment. I also believe it to be exactly the same
kind as what the air force described to be an alien space craft which
crashed in roswell, New mexico in 1967, I believe. The description
given in
the Readers Digest was a description exactly as that of the one I have
found. Thye claimed it to be a black glass-like material containing a
silver
metal-like substance which has no elemental description known to exist
on
earth. What do think of that. They also reported finding aliens Hanger
51 or
13 or something like that. I feel we were lied to because of my find. I
am
interested in selling it but have no contacts as of yet and would
appreciate
any help you may be able to offer. I am going to try and send a photo
along
with this letter. (name and contact info)

---
        Now, the fun contest:
         I am incline to suggest he take it to the next Star Trek 
Convention
as by far the best place to sell it. However, I am open to other 
creative
suggestions from the list - perhaps we should warn him to keep it secret
Lest Home Security take it into custody and he would loose his precious?
         Come on guys, I feel "duty bound" to respond to all requests 
within
24 hrs, so, the person with the most creative suggestion will win.....
The prestigious MICHAEL BLOOD - YOU GET NOTHING Award!
        I retain all rights to choose the winner in any way I see fit.
Bribes will be accepted, people can post clever responses ON list (I can
Just hear the dogs barking already!) or off list if they are shy.
        Judging will be based on how much the recommendation is:
1) funny (66.6%)
2) original (33.3%)
        You can enter as many responses as you like!
         Don't hold back. Come up with something here folks - we 
shouldn't
Dump this off on the next Star Trek Convention.... Or should we? (Maybe
I should be the winner? - prove me WRONG!)
        Best wishes, Michael
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