My barrister died :(

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Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:11 pm

Here is a scan from your local Sunday Post. Hank, you are wonderful.

Laughing

Click -- Generous Hank and his company

Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:40 pm

^^^That account of Hanks' concern for B3ll0's widow moved me to tears.....of laughter. Good one NN.

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 1:55 am

~ Nurse Nasty,

Awesome! Laughing

Thank you so much NN

I just noticed though that the first time the barrister's name is spelled B3ll0 instead of b-e-l-l-o.

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 2:52 am

Yeah I copy and pasted that spelling from the forum. Don't worry, newspapers have typos. Plus it makes it funnier. Laughing

Okay worf - I fixed it.

Click for amended version of the newspaper story

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:46 am

The lad sure walked into this one... Once he reads the paper, there will be nothing but dollar signs in his eyes. Laughing

Good job so far NN and Worf.

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:12 pm

Frank apologizes:

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Dear Hank,

I am sorry for been rude or harsh towards you, i will like you to understand also that Barrister bello Mohammed is my close friend, not that i dont care about his family. The wife of barrister bello and the bank were calling me that is why i was worried about the whole matter. I am part Globex and i believe in globex. As for the form please try and feel it and send it back to the back. This is her email address

Have great day and God bless.

Regards,
Frank

The apology came just in time for me to send him the article:

Quote:

Frankie,

Don't worry, I know you are under a lot of stress. It must be awful, having you barrister up and die just like that.

I'm glad you're still part of the Globex team.

The newspaper article on the fun run came out today. I thought you and Mrs. Bello would like to see it.

Cheers,
Hank

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:31 pm

Awww, poor barrister... offer him my deepest condolences.

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:01 am

Worf - To give your Mrs.Bello extra incentive remember that paragraph in the newspaper story;

Quote:

'We're going to get Mrs.Bello to organise a fun run in Ghana, and the money she raises, I'll match it and double it."

You'll want lots of photos of that fun run with as many people holding signs thanking you and Globex. You want the pictures for media coverage. Wink

Trophy Videos · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:25 am

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I am part Globex and i believe in globex.

This is a nice siggy line. Laughing

There should be no problems organizing a fun run then, will there? Very Happy

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:38 am

The moments when you realise that a Lad is well and truly hooked... I still recall the joy when I read

Quote:

l really believe in your Father Odin, l will come to your country when this transaction is over, then l will follow you and worship your father Odin.

That was the Lad who gave me my only fully-fledged trophies to date.

But a fun run - truly inspired!

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:03 pm

NN - Yes, I can't wait for the next step Laughing

Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:35 pm

Frank and Mrs. Bello are appropriately grateful.

Quote:

Hello Hank,

Thank you for the suppot, I will forword this mail to Mrs. Bello. She will be very happy with this and I have told her that you asked for her mail that you will be sending her the money and she is very happy thanks again and God bless.

Frank.

Quote:

Mr. Hank,

I got your mail and I do thank you for your assistance to me and my family may God bless you all for this great help.

Your truly,
Mrs. Bello.

That's great that you feel that way Mrs. Bello, because you've got a fun run to start planning.

Trophy Videos · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 12:23 am

I hope she has lots of friends to pay off for participating in the fun run.
What's the minimum number needed for an "official fun run" these days at Globex? I'll have to check the Employee Morale Guide. Smile

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 12:28 am

At least 50, I'd say, for it to be a full-fledged fun run. Anything less would be a not-quite-so-fun run instead.

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:57 pm

Mr.Scorpio - Here are some pictures from the fun run. I apologise for the blurriness of them. I took them with my camera phone while I was jogging. I knew you wanted a few pictures of the giant Cocks... Ya know, the Roosters (our team Bucketball mascot) - I do wish we'd organised a professional photographer for the event. Would you ask Mrs. Bello if it's okay if we use these for our Gl0bex weekly newsletter?

Thanks

Trophy Videos · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:21 pm

^^

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:27 pm

Awesome! I was just about to write to Mrs. Bello, so I'll pass those along.

I'm not sure how to bring up what I want "her" to do yet. To be honest, this is usually where my baits fall apart Sad

. Any advice on how to bring up the Ghana fun run to "her" would be helpful.

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:30 pm

Okay,

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Dear Mrs. Bello,

I am so happy you love what we're doing here. Our fun run on the weekend collected over $9,000 (US) for you and your family. My people and the local media have really attached themselves to this little cause of ours. Also you may have noticed that in the newspaper that I said I would personally match any amount raised, so I have. I added another $9,000 from my account into your charity fund. I have had my account prime create a new account here at Globex. This account will remain open for donations for the next month or so.

Anyway, last night while in the shower I was thinking of you. I'd just lathered up the old fella when I had a brilliant idea. How would you like to make more money for your family?? I ran this idea past my media team and they loved it.

We've decided that you need to have your own fun run!!! Any money you raise from the run, I will match it and then double it!!! I could really use the publicity and you and your family could get quick a good fund started here. I will need for you to organise say 50 of your friends and family to do a fun run like we did. You run say 10kms with everyone and collect for your charity. Listen to me carefully. If you raise say $5000, I will match it and double it! Plus the other money I've raised here. After you've done your fun run, we'll total the money and I'll send it to you of course. Let me know what you think! It should be very easy on your end. You will just need to organise a day where the local community can come out and just enjoy the walk and raise money. You will have to tell me how much you raise. If you have any questions, please email me back. I want to get started on this before the idea gets stale and the money we've raised get collected by the tax department. I'm so excited about this. As soon as you've completed your fun run I will send you all the money I've collected. This is such a good idea! Let's do it!

Hope to hear from you soon,
Hank Scorpio
CEO, Globex

Trophy Videos · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:08 pm

^^Don't forget to include... "Videos must be received of the entire event from start to finish in order for us to claim it as tax deduction on our income taxes, and to release the proceeds of the account to you. So take lots of video footage, and also take lots of pictures, too. There will be an added bonus of 100 dollars per picture of the event, and 1,000 dollars per every hour of video footage. Please send the pictures through email, and record the video footage to DVD or CDR or upload to a website that we can access. Let us know how you want to handle the video files, upload or dvds. " Very Happy

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:13 pm

This is only the first email slaphappy. Don't want to ask for anything other than getting the fun run agreed too. Don't mention the pictures and/or videos until you've sorted it.

Then dump it on her that you want a few images for publicity purposes, hence mentioning the media team in the email. Baby steps mate. Wink

Trophy Videos · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:38 pm

NN, I know, I know... It's so hard to contain my excitement over the first annual fun run! And to think that they will do one too! Laughing

I'll try to be cool... Cool

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:42 pm

Thanks NN! beers!

I love the mention of the tax department. I was wondering what could be used to give them the reason to do this quickly.

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:48 pm

This is great, I've got to keep my eye on this particular bait!

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:00 am

Worf wrote:

I love the mention of the tax department.

That's the out. The longer you have to hold unclaimed charity funds the more you're taxed at the end of your fiscal quarter. Or, whatever bulldust you make up on the spot as to why you can't send the money.

If Mrs. Bello doesn't want to follow through, you could always add the element of suspicion by telling her that a friend of yours has just told you that Mrs. Bello is trying to scam you. Of course all manner of proof will be required to prove otherwise. A fun run for starters!

If all else fails, you just go broke.

You want death threats, you've decided to keep the money and spend it on a new luminescent pool paint.

Either way, this modality can be recycled, just like the newspaper article and the images.

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:11 am

SURELY with Globex being a company bent on World domination the tax department would be keeping an eye out for all sorts of "irregularities", any one of which could suspend the companies entire funds while those irregularities are investigated.

Charges could be laid (which could even lead to charges of the more explosive kind), people could even go to jail! and have their accounts frozen also.

Just my two cents.