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26 June 2009 · 8:28 pm · Filed under QOTW

Epic snark from Tam, as fate would have it:

We here at Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, LLP would like to apologize for the error that occurred in our mailroom. It seems that a package intended for one “M. Jackson” was delivered to a “D. Carradine” by mistake. We sincerely hope that this hasn’t caused a loss of confidence in the normally excellent service provided by Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, LLP, and we look forward to your continued patronage in the future.

Thank you,
Mgmt.

I hit guffaw level before I finished the second proper noun, which I guess means I haven’t completely forgotten everything they tried to drill into me back in the Sixties.

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8 comments

  1. McGehee »

    26 June 2009 · 9:43 pm

    Whereas I had to look the names up, and was suitably rewarded. (That’s a hint, for those who may not have gotten it. It’s worth the effort.)

  2. Lisa Paul »

    26 June 2009 · 9:56 pm

    And you put this one in her just for the Literature majors.

  3. CGHill »

    26 June 2009 · 10:11 pm

    Wasn’t even my minor. We had to tackle this stuff in high school. Then again, that was a long, long time ago.

  4. Jeffro »

    27 June 2009 · 1:29 am

    I picked it up from some fantasy story in the late seventies – but the author escapes me.

    suitably

    Snork!

  5. fillyjonk »

    27 June 2009 · 7:31 am

    High school here as well. (I *think*. Might even have been earlier. They made us do a lot of mythology in junior high for some reason. Maybe they figured novels were too controversial.)

    I have to say though that that’s one of the cleverer jokes that’s come out of this whole sad thing.

  6. unimpressed »

    27 June 2009 · 2:59 pm

    Jeffro, I think it was a fantasy series (Incarnations of Immortality) starting with “On A Pale Horse” by Piers Anthony…..

  7. Jeffro »

    28 June 2009 · 11:43 am

    unimpressed – I’m sure you are right! I had a bunch of his books, some of which were pretty “out there.”

  8. sya »

    28 June 2009 · 8:58 pm

    I wouldn’t have gotten it if I hadn’t been a self-taught mythology junkie when I was quite young. None of my grade school teachers taught any mythology–except for the Latin teacher who had once or twice muttered something random about Jove and Juno.

    I discovered the whole Incarnations of Immortality series when I was twelve. Even then, I thought that was some strange stuff.

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