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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 9:19 am

At 11.45 pm (GMT) last night BBC Radio 4 broadcast the first episode of a new comedy series entitled "The Bob Servant Emails"

The series tells the story of Bob,a retired scotsman who wins a computer in a raffle at his local bowls club and when the only emails he receives are spam he decides to reply to a few and keep the fraudsters busy.

You can read about Bob by clicking the link below and listen to the first episode,"Lions,Gold and Confusion"on BBC iplayer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xzm0q

Happy listening.

Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:38 am

Cheers, I'll give that a listen later Smile

You must have the longest join-first post gap of anyone I know here!

Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:12 am

Yes I've been here a while but the fact that my first post was today is testament to the other members here.

Eater has been my baiting bible for nearly 4 years now but in all that time I've never had to ask a question because with enough searching and browsing of the forum I've always managed to find the answers or resources that I needed.

After listening to the first episode of the new BBC show last night though and nearly crying with laughter I decided it was time to hit the keyboard and hopefully make my first post a worthwhile one.

Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:28 pm

woodyuk wrote:

with enough searching and browsing of the forum I've always managed to find the answers or resources that I needed.

I like you.
I like you a lot. clapping

Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:41 pm

^^^ (be very scared!) ^^^

Glad to have you here, and please do feel free to post and chat here, not a bad crowd as crowds of vengeful vigilantes go Wink

Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:44 pm

A very funny guy (Bob Servant; not you MBL) Smile

Trophy Videos · Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 1:26 pm

Thanks for the link, woodyuk. That was funny stuff. Very Happy

Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:00 pm

Yes,Bob's quite a character but then any man who was tough enough to win the notorious Dundee Cheesburger Wars of the 1980s is certainly not going to stand any nonsense from the lads!

I can't help thinking though that there could be some mileage in the "getting paid in wild animals" modality and there could be some great trophy pictures to be had of your lad with the relevant animal holding a sign saying something like "this is your lion".

I'll see what my next eager lad thinks of the idea.

Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:14 pm

I have a new love in my life- Bob Servant.

Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:45 pm

What can I say ?

Brilliant............ Laughing

and Bookmarked !

Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 5:56 pm

woodyuk wrote:

I've never had to ask a question because with enough searching and browsing of the forum I've always managed to find the answers or resources that I needed.

A visitor who doesn't ask questions!?

We should have him stuffed...

Welcome and thanks for the very funny linky Smile

I just might have a go at that wild animal modality meself.

Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 6:10 pm

An excellent program.

Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:17 pm

Quote:

I just might have a go at that wild animal modality meself.

Yes,I think the get paid in wild animals modality could have real legs.

My main man Lou Smorals has been a bit quiet lately after being badly injured in a freak drinking accident involving himself and his faithfull secretary Faye McAdemy that left them both incapable of going back to the WU office to sort out an ongoing MTCN problem and so his current transaction with his kind benefactor seems to have come to an end.

This weekend could see him reincarnated though as the owner of a private zoo who is in big trouble with the tax man and so is quite happy to stump up a few thousand dollars in fees if he can receive his contract/inheritance/lotto funds in livestock rather than cash.

The potential for form filling and paperwork is astounding,I can see there being a need for animal passports,pedigree certificates,vet's certificates showing that the livestock is disease free etc,etc,etc.

I'll keep you all posted should anything develop.

Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:52 pm

Beware of lions talking with funny accents.

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:33 am

woodyuk wrote:

I've never had to ask a question because with enough searching and browsing of the forum I've always managed to find the answers or resources that I needed.

Hopefully you'll stick around, post up and share some of your knowledge/experience. I find I learn a little bit, good or bad, from every bait and from every baiter's input!

Personally, after all that time I'd probably have forgotten either my login or my password. Cheers!!

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:38 am

Nice post. For a change the BBC iPLayer worked in Australia and I had a great giggle. I'll be bookmarking as well...

Master Baiter Joined: 11 Oct 2010 Posts: 139

Brilliant

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:13 am

These programs were originally on Radio4 about a month ago, i remember listening to them in the daytime.

The one with the best L-O-L value was the Russian love lad who needed money to pay for her dying Granny's medical bills.

Bob made her get her Granny to write to him from her hospital bed to prove she existed, then he wrote back to the lad and accused her Granny of being a 'Grade 1' sicko who just made sexual advances to him from her deathbed. Laughing

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:09 am

Message from "Bob Servant"

'Robert Servant' wrote:

hi there, thanks and glad some of your members have enjoyed the radio show. bob is a fictional character (though the emails in the book and radio are real), you might have picked that up if not sorry to shatter the illusion! Neil

Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:29 am

Latest installment out now
Just had a listen.. Brilliant!! Very Happy

It's the Russian Grandmother next week...

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:34 pm

manbiteslion wrote:

You must have the longest join-first post gap of anyone I know here!

Im shure that I might fit into that somwhere Embarassed

Greetings all

Edit :missed out a letter , hey its late , Rolling Eyes

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:25 pm

danceswithcubes wrote:

Im shure that I might fit into that somwhere

Many many welcomes to you too!! What kept you so long?! Smile

Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:56 pm

Woodyuk and Danceswithcubes, you should welcome me to Eater. Very Happy

It's a remarkable day: to see SOOI liking someone. Shocked

Master of Master Baiters Joined: 26 Sep 2008 Posts: 689

something's wrong, I find myself in agreement with SOOI ... call a doctor NOW!

Welcome woodyuk Smile

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:09 am

Any-thing in the media that puts scamming and spamming in the spotlight
is a fantastic public service. Radio, TV, print media, etc....

The more coverage and publicity the better. Whatever it takes to get the
word out re: scam e-mails. The general public can't be made too aware.

And Bob Servant is funny too. 900 to get to Scotland is he coming by
*%#@*&# helicopter ??

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