[Dixielandjazz] NY's celebrations

[Norrie Thomson]

Bill
Remember - that to become a millionaire a jazz musician has to start as a
billionaire!

Norrie

Norrie Thomson
Edinburgh
Scotland
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
To: <dingle at baldwin-net.com>; <jnt at blueyonder.co.uk>; <kash at ran.es>;
<dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] NY's celebrations


> Listmates,
>
> Don Ingle says:
>
> >Aye, and a guid Hogmany tae y'sel.
> >Some of my fellow Yanks not blessed with Scots blood may wonder what
> >"Hogmany" is. I explain it as "Trick or Treat" for grown ups...instead of
> >going door to door to beg for candy, the canny Scots go about begging for
a
> >drink to celebrate the New Years with. My paternal line has doing this
for
> >years -- though some of us have extended it way past the Jan. 1 calendar
> >mark. A wee dram o' the usquebaugh is a grand way to start the New Year
off
> >for a' o' that.
> >So, to Norrie and all, a Happy Hogmany, and
> >Slainte!
>
> Thank you, Don, and I'm pleased to report that I will personally be
> celebrating a wonderful and joyous new year because of an e-mail I just
> received:
>
> -----> clip of e-mail
>
> MR. SHOLA ABIODUN
> ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT (N.N.P.C )
> LAGOS-NIGERIA
> E-MAIL: shabiodun at katamail.com
>
> URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL
>
> IT IS WITH TRUST AND CONFIDENCE THAT I MAKE THIS
> URGENT AND IMPORTANT BUSINESS PROPOSAL TO YOU. I AM A
> SENIOR ACCOUNTANT WITH THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM
> CORPORATION (NNPC) HERE IN LAGOS. I HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED
> BY MY COLLEAGUES TO SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN THE
> TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF US$30,000,000.00 (THIRTY
> MILLION U.S. DOLLARS ONLY). THIS MONEY AROSE FROM A
> DELIBERATE OVER INVOICING OF A PARTICULAR CONTRACT
> AWARDED BY MY CORPORATION IN 2000
>
> -----> end of e-mail
>
> So I will shortly be millions of dollars richer than most of you poor
slobs
> trying to figure out how to get extra gig pay on holidays.
>
> Respectfully submitted,
>
> Bill "How in hell did MR. SHOLA ABIODUN get my e-mail address?" Gunter
> jazzboard at hotmail.com
>
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