November 09, 2003

The Importance of Hair

I pose this question because of a thrist for knowledge. I realize that only a dork would admit to wondering about such a thing, but I have been wondering about this for a while and the anonymity afforded by the world wide web allows me to make this inquiry.

There are some people in the world who are not bald. Does hair on the head afford the scalp any protection from cuts and scrapes?

I'll give you an example (and just because I refer to myself in the example doesn't mean that this has necessarily happened to me): The sliding shower doors are in a metal frame. Sometimes, I forget to duck enough and scrape the top of my head on the bottom of the frame. I scrape the top of my head. It bleeds. Would having hair on my head prevent this?

In Sunday news, we apparently won some kind of lottery.

From: AWED INTERNATIONAL LOTTO.BV [mailto:infoawed@netscape.net]
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 12:12 PM
Subject: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION !

AWED INTERNATIONAL LOTTO.BV PROMO/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
ADDRESS: KRUISLAAN 408, 1098 SJ, AMSTERDAM - THE NETHERLANDS.
REF: AIL/5689681-47/03
BATCH: 56/75937867/HM
ATTENTION:
RE / AWARD NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING ADVICE: ML
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 9TH November 2003 of winners of the SCIENTIFIC GAME PROMO LOTTERY; THE NETHERLANDS / INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS held on 8th November,2003. Your email address attached to ticket number 89-02897893, with serial number 95020 drew the lucky numbers 14-21-33-42-49-63, and consequently won the lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved of a lump sum pay out of US$500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) in credited to file REF NO. AIL/7585021-47/03. This is from total prize money of US$2,500,000.00 shared among the international winners in our 1st -5th categories. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form 25,000 company email addresses and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually. CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now in custody of a financial Security company insured in your FILE REFERENCE. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. This lottery program was promoted by our group of philanthropist headed by Mr. Bill Gates. We hope with part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes US$10,000,000 million Dollars International Lottery. To begin your claim, please contact your file/claim officer: MR. KONAN AMSTRONG, of AWED INTERNATIONAL LOTTO.BV (AMSTERDAM - THE NETHERLANDS). On TEL: 0031-.620-675-783 Please be informed that NON RESIDENCE of THE NETHERLANDS will be required to make a NON DEDUCTABLE advance payment of processing and legal documentation charges of 750.00 Euros to enable our legal department acquire Naturalization papers from the Court prior to award payment policy as required by the paying Financial Security Company. Please be aware that your Paying Authority will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by this processing Agent. For due processing and remittance of your winning prize to designated account of your choice, please treat as urgent. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 21st November 2003. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once again from our team of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is AUTOMATICALY DISQUALIFIED. Sincerely, Iris Hans (Mrs.) (Lottery Coordinator)

This is a pet peeve of mine. Does Iris Hans, the lottery coordinator, know the difference between "residents" and "residence?" I heard a newscaster say "incidences" instead of "incidents" -- Don't they teach in journalism school or communications school or high school that those are different words with different meanings?

Posted by Bill at November 9, 2003 05:03 PM
Comments

Can't help you on the hair thing, and checking with the Hunter would likely put him in a really bad mood. Congrats on the lottery win! If you'd rather, send me $2000 to my PO Box and I will take care of all the paperwork for you. *LOL*

Posted by: TW at November 9, 2003 06:00 PM

Hmmmm. I can't remember.

Posted by: Philip at November 9, 2003 07:33 PM

**Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account.**

Well look, ya went and screwed up the whole thing by posting it for public notice!! *wink*

BTW....I asked the bald child of me about the hair (jokingly) and he looked at me like I was from some other planet. Guess he didn't get the joke.

Posted by: kathy at November 9, 2003 07:53 PM

It does a little bit, but more importantly, it covers the goof.

Posted by: Joel at November 9, 2003 08:22 PM

I'm still not sure what a clicker is. Can we backtrack a post or two?

Posted by: Kathy Howe at November 9, 2003 10:44 PM

The man's dutch, so the finer points of the language of Shakespeare escape him. I expect the hair would cover the blood.

Posted by: Anji at November 10, 2003 04:02 AM

Please can I ask a favour bill? When you've got nothing better to write about please could you expain the law that is posing problems in the U.S. (so the BBC say), it's about pirates?

Thanks

Posted by: Anji at November 11, 2003 03:54 AM

Hey thanks! thanks for not posting yesterday.... it made playing catch up much easier.

-d

Posted by: d at November 11, 2003 06:09 AM

Hair actually helps to keep the body and head warm, to prevent heat release, and to secrete various smells to attract partners, though with cologne and perfume, it no longer matters. : )

Posted by: Jay at November 11, 2003 06:26 AM

RE AWED LOTTERIES. WHEN THEY MENTION BILL GATES AS BEING PART OF THEIR SCHEME , DOESNT THAT PUT THEM IN A LIABLES CATERGORY. I MEAN, COULDNT HE SUE THEM .

Posted by: isi keller at November 14, 2003 07:34 PM

I got the same letter 2004-06-25

Posted by: Olle at June 26, 2004 07:19 PM