[Dixielandjazz] A good offer

[Daniel Augustine]

     I suspect that this message is apocryphal, but who knows?
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> > A message from Ndugood who loves JAZZ music
> >
> > Dear Friends, my name is Ndugood. I am a wealthy Nigerian prince  
> who loves the jazz of music. I am seeking your help to move  
> $200,000,000 from my checking account here in Nigeria to the United  
> States.
> >     I too love the jazz of music and am planning to flee to  
> America to open many jazz clubs at which I would like you to  
> perform. You will receive $42,000 a night, plus a meal. My new  
> "Tribal Village Vanguard" clubs will be of great success and you  
> will become rich like the rest of  American jazz musicians. I have  
> already applied for building code exemptions to allow thatched  
> stages and the spearing of live animals.
> >     But I desperately need your help. My tribe, the Swindlisi, a  
> peaceful jazz-loving people, has been horribly oppressed by the  
> ruling military junta, which despises the jazz of music. My father,  
> an exiled king and booking agent, was recently imprisoned under the  
> Draconian "three gigs you're out" law. And now I must flee my  
> beloved country with all of my  improbable wealth. But I need help  
> in moving it. I have so much money that it will not fit in the  
> allotted two checked bags and one carry-on. I am therefor want to  
> transer the money through your ATM system. (The Nigerian ATM system  
> cannot exchange international currencies; it only converts  
> "antelope to money").
> >     So please to just provide me with your full name and address,  
> social security number, bank account and PIN numbers. And you will  
> become incredibly (literally) rich from playing many jazz gigs.  
> (Note: normal Nigerian Musician's Union rules apply: three hour  
> performances, two 15 minute breaks allowed, musicians to provide  
> their own mosquito nets, one open fire per bandstand, one free meal  
> plus anything you kill).
> >     Act now. The first ten musicians to respond will receive a  
> free copy of the Nigeria's Greatest Jazz Hits CD, by our beloved  
> 'Disoriented' Gillespie Band, which contains the hits:
> >             The Night Has A Thousand Flies
> >             Goodbye Shrunken Head
> >             Here's That Rainy Season
> >             Just Tribesmen (Lovers No More)
> >             Take the 'A' Trail
> >             When I Fall In Quicksand
> >             Half-Nelson Mandella
> >             Blue Monkey
> >             Leopard Skins and Moonbeams
> >             Blue Mombossa
> >             Almost Like Being In Lagos
> >             Sunny Side of the Goatpath
> >             I Didn't Know What Century It Was
> >
> > Thank you for your many help. Your inordinately wealthy Nigerian  
> brother, Prince Ndugood