Monday, October 17, 2011

Put us to the test

From: Smartsurance
Sent: 20 September 2011
To: Allen Johnson
Subject: Put us to the test













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From: Allen Johnson
Sent: 17 October 2011
To: Smartsurance
Subject: Put us to the test


Dear SmartSurance

Thanks for this all-too-enticing insurance sales pitch. It is ironic that you ask me “how much could you save?”

Now, as a lover of good insurance as well as saving as many shekels that I can possibly muster - My family and I must still be able to survive right?

As it is, we’re already saving loads by washing our toilet paper, grating our rice etc. Sometimes, I even go Number 2 on our front lawn so that thieves will think we have big aggressive dogs, and be deterred…

I have a very large “Book of Quotes” at home. It includes some insightful words from the likes of Bill Clinton, Winston Churchill, and that crazy Oscar Wilde dude…

None of what they say in that book though relates to saving money or insurance though? I’m disturbed by this, because if it wasn’t a trending topic in their day, what are the odds of it being so today?

“Don’t quote me on that”, by the way! (Ha ha, a little bit of insurance jargon fun…)

Oh, I forgot to mention that I prefer asset insurance to life insurance….I recently acquired the late Dr Jack Kevorkian’s suicide machine on E-Bay, tweaked a few settings, and “killed” myself for 24hrs so that I could see what money my next of kin would get. Let me tell you, they almost screwed me…Luckily that stupid machine auto-revived me at the programmed point and I was able to stalk out of the mortuary straight to those scum at “Live To Die!”….

Anyway, please let me know on the asset insurance? And one last thing, taxidermy is a part time hobby of mine….would you cover 2 stuffed male buffalo, and one dwarf albino sea-horse?

Regards

Allen


Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Is your company's data disaster-proof?

From: Big Promotions
Sent: 04 October 2011
To: Allen Johnson
Subject: Is your company's data disaster-proof?










Hi Colleague,

Many companies and organizations have some kind of backup plan for their files. The question is, does yours? Even if you currently back up data to a server, an external hard drive, or tape, your data may be at risk in the event of disaster unless it's safely and securely stored off-site.

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The Vault-IT Team




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From: Allen Johnson
Sent: 05 October 2011
To: bigpromotions
Subject: Fwd: FW: Is your company's data disaster-proof?

To whom it may concern

You have managed to engage my attention entirely with your dynamic diagram,this picture is not worth 1000 words, it is worth at least, the very least, 1046 words!

Especially the subtle way you have masculated the “back-up server”. It looks like the champion of 1999’s “Robot Wars”!

“Back-up” is an essential component of daily life, I recall being about 11 years old and my friend and I used to play “TJ Hooker” in the back yard, I was TJ and he was Romano (on account of him having the darker hair), and I would radio him, calling for “back-up” because two thugs were hailing bullets down on me whilst I was crouched down behind my trusty Ford Pinto police cruiser…

Anyway, this all looks awesome – I fully endorse ‘Vault-It’ for my Data back up!

p.s. I especially like the way you refer to me as ‘colleague’, and how you speak of ‘military grade encryption’ – feels like an episode of “Fringe”!

I have designed a (somewhat crude) logo that perhaps you can make use of for the “Data Vault It” system, you have already gathered that I am a fan of images over words in my first sentence, so have a look and let me know what you reckon!!

Regards “Colleague”!


Allen
























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