[LordOpie]

so I belong to a few on a passive basis, not looking, but hey, I'll tap dance...

So I got an email, basic hello, I replied, yada yada, here's her re: to my re: (aka her 2nd email)...

My Dear
How are you over there?.
As for me,i am fine here in Daker Senegal.
My name is Miss Amanda Achi, from ivory coast in
west Africa presently residing in the refugee
camp here in Dakar due to the civil war going
on in my country.
My late father Dr Mustafa Achi , was the personal
advicer to the former head of state before the rebels
attacked my house one early morning killing my mother
and my father.
It is only my brother and me that is alive now and we
managed to make our way to near by country Senegal
where we are living now.
I would like to know more about you.
Your likes and dislikes,your hobbies and what you are
doing presently.
I will tell you more about myself in my next mail.
I attach here my picture for you, though i am not all that photogenic,i hope you would'nt mind.
I wait to hear from you soonest.
Miss Amanda Achi.

my reply...

heya, just in case this isn't a scam and you're being sincere... the next guy you write, quote something from his profile and actually comment on it. This will at least let him know that he's not talking to software generating responses. If it is a scam, I'm curious as to where it's going, so feel free to try to take advantage of me, should be fun.

If it's not a scam... how'd you survive the rebels? Maybe I've just seen too many movies, but I figure rebels would just kill everyone that could oppose them. Also, what kind of refuge camp are you in that you've got internet access? Again, it could just be my stupid american movie influenced thinking, but I always thought refuge camps were all kinds of suck?

Yours truly,
steve

HAPPY FRIDAY!

 

[jamesjbigler]

I saw that there is a cycling specific online dating site in a Wired article I was reading this morning.

http://www.cyclingsingles.com/

 

[TN]

is she hot?

 

[reflux]

awesome.

 

[LordOpie]

is she hot?

yeah, she looks good for a refuge/political hostage, with internet access. She's black, so by definition, she's got a nice rump. Rumpa bump bump.

 

[BurlyShirley]

See if she has any money that she needs to move into an account of yours.

 

[DVNT]

nice reply. i really wonder how many people do fall for that wire transfer b.s. Must be a lot because there are so many stoopit fockers out there.

 

[stosh]

you're a pimp...

 

[stosh]

dude, post the pic!

 

[surfinguru]

really man,

 

[DLo]

What service you on so I can look you up?

 

[LordOpie]

 

[Batman]

That's a big hand....

 

[LordOpie]

That's a big hand....

Yeah, I put big hands required in my profile.

 

[math2014]

Hahahaha lord you are trully a lord.... so you are moving to ivory coast now?

 

[Transcend]

Hahahaha lord you are trully a lord.... so you are moving to ivory coast now?

of course not, his new love wants to get a visa and move to the USA!

 

[DßR]

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

hahaaha, thats a scam!!!!!!

I know a guy here in Lima who owns one of those things. they charge like 25 bucks a regular girl (desperate souls who want to get married with US-ers just to flee the country), and get a few hot local girls pictures to make up stuff, and get their clients in the US with ads in porn magazines.

and then for the "meet each other trip" they charge like 2000 bucks, and for the marriage like 10k.

what a ripoff.

 

[Ciaran]

See if she has any money that she needs to move into an account of yours.

BWAHAHAHAHA! Dude, you stole my thunder. I was gonna say that.

 

[LordOpie]

hahaaha, thats a scam!!!!!!

I know a guy here in Lima who owns one of those things. they charge like 25 bucks a regular girl (desperate souls who want to get married with US-ers just to flee the country), and get a few hot local girls pictures to make up stuff, and get their clients in the US with ads in porn magazines.

and then for the "meet each other trip" they charge like 2000 bucks, and for the marriage like 10k.

what a ripoff.

so, what's a reasonable price?

IF the two people fell in love, then $12,000 is rather cheap... assuming the company actually got the girl married off and got her the legal right/citizenship necessary for her to stay.

 

[Toshi]

so, what's a reasonable price?

IF the two people fell in love, then $12,000 is rather cheap... assuming the company actually got the girl married off and got her the legal right/citizenship necessary for her to stay.

i recognize that you're just trying to stir the pot :nuts: but i think that such outfits should not be allowed to exist. my objections don't come from the financial aspect of it so much as that they are promoting relationships that are almost certainly destined to fail (or at least not be healthy). when two people start out from such ridiculously different positions of relative power, affluence, not to mention the language barrier in the u.s. -- and don't give me any guff here about "dating across class" in america or other such nonsense as this is clearly of an entirely different order of magnitude -- then problems surely will surface. perhaps it's the ideal service for a man looking for a subservient bedmate but that's not "love" in my book.

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

so, what's a reasonable price?

IF the two people fell in love, then $12,000 is rather cheap... assuming the company actually got the girl married off and got her the legal right/citizenship necessary for her to stay.

its not only the money what makes it a scam.

 

[Toshi]

here's a good read from a .gov site http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/repsstudies/Mobappa.htm

 

[JRB]

Opie - you do need help bro.

A couple of months back a bunch of peeps from Houston and from a little hick town between here and there went to the pokey for hooking up fake marriages to gain peeps entry to the US. They got the ol :nuts: deal. How could I have missed this???

 

[LordOpie]

i recognize that you're just trying to stir the pot :nuts: ...

the reason I wasn't trolling is cuz I know a few peeps who did stuff like this and it worked out well. One guy in particular picked himself up a bride from the phillipines... the town leaders/responsible parties made the guy visit several times, spend time there, getting to know him and he them and her. She didn't sound subservient. She seemed rather educated. And there had been a number of successful matches.

exceptions to the rule? perhaps.

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

the reason I wasn't trolling is cuz I know a few peeps who did stuff like this and it worked out well. One guy in particular picked himself up a bride from the phillipines... the town leaders/responsible parties made the guy visit several times, spend time there, getting to know him and he them and her. She didn't sound subservient. She seemed rather educated. And there had been a number of successful matches.

exceptions to the rule? perhaps.

wait, what is for you an "exception to the rule". the case of your friend?? or those gone bad???

 

[LordOpie]

Opie - you do need help bro.

A couple of months back a bunch of peeps from Houston and from a little hick town between here and there went to the pokey for hooking up fake marriages to gain peeps entry to the US. They got the ol :nuts: deal. How could I have missed this???

i know...

i'm not advocating illegal/fake marriages.

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

i know...

i'm not advocating illegal/fake marriages.

whats the difference??
one is a fake marriage in which both know its a fake marriage.
the other is a fake marriage in which both know its a fake marriage, but think the other doesnt know.

 

[LordOpie]

wait, what is for you an "exception to the rule". the case of your friend?? or those gone bad???

man, since you quit your PhD program, you sure got dumb in a hurry.

Still love ya baby.

I suppose the successful ones are the exception? But they do happen.

 

[LordOpie]

whats the difference??
one is a fake marriage in which both know its a fake marriage.
the other is a fake marriage in which both know its a fake marriage, but think the other doesnt know.

sounds like you're talking about marriage in general :devil:

 

[DVNT]

whats the difference??
one is a fake marriage in which both know its a fake marriage.
the other is a fake marriage in which both know its a fake marriage, but think the other doesnt know.

Oh that was funny movie, what was is called again.

It's got that guy that's really famous, and that one hot girl....

oh...man... can't remember.

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

man, since you quit your PhD program, you sure got dumb in a hurry.

Still love ya baby.

I suppose the successful ones are the exception? But they do happen.

phd??? wtf???

while it may seem i should already be in a phd programs because of the numerb of years and number of schools i´ve been to, am not.

am 21 years old!!, i aint no dr howser (sp?).

i just finished high school when i was 16 and since then i´ve been around a lot. am stil an undergrad.

 

[JRB]

phd??? wtf???

while it may seem i should already be in a phd programs because of the numerb of years and number of schools i´ve been to, am not.

am 21 years old!!, i aint no dr howser (sp?).

i just finished high school when i was 16 and since then i´ve been around a lot. am stil an undergrad.

That means nothing. The Montashu is like 15 and the next Einstein and Jan Ullrich.

 

[LordOpie]

loco's the next Ron Jermey

 

[JRB]

loco's the next Ron Jermey