Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Can You Feel the List-serv Love?

For the past 3+ years I've lived in the metro DC area. As a Single Mormon, I'm definitely not alone and the biggest ward out here has a list-serv that serves as the pulse of the young single mormon community. Parties, items for sale (from cars or houses to cds), political debates etc. etc. etc. You name it, we've probably seen it on there. Occasionally you'll see some humorous interchages on the boards, half of them by people suspiciously named Ralph Wiggum, etc etc etc


Today I saw one of my favorite e-mail conversations in a while:

Hailey Price
Date: Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:14 pm
Subject: Toshiba Satellite 5105-S501 Laptop FOR SALE


Buy My Laptop
$1,100
Toshiba Satellite 5105-S501 Laptop
P4-1.7/512M/40G/32V/15"/DVD Drive/CD Writable
Bluetooth Stack
XP Home

Programs:
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook)
InterVideo WinDVD
Lotus Smart Suite
Norton 2003
Adobe Photoshop CS

From: Bryce.C.LaPierre.00@...
Date: Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:23 pm
Subject: Re: [colonial] Toshiba Satellite 5105-S501 Laptop FOR SALE

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15" Notebook with 15" XGA display, Celeron M 350 1.3GHz
400FSB processor, 256MB RAM, 40GB hard drive, DVD/CD-RW
combo drive, 802.11g wireless, and Windows XP Home for
$699.99. A pair of mail-in rebates, totaling $200, lower the
net price to $499.99. With free shipping, it's the lowest
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From: Hailey Price
Date: Tue Jun 28, 2005 5:17 pm
Subject: Re: [colonial] Toshiba Satellite 5105-S501 Laptop FOR SALE

Thanks, jack ass

Hailey may think again about posting on the List-serv without checking to see how much the Laptops are going in the area. And the response? Stellar.

4 comments:

Darlene Schacht said...

Hence the last name price I suppose.

Joy said...

maybe her name is a euphemism for "high Price"

HOO said...

Can you call someone a jackass on a ward listserv? She's got balls, I'll say that.

Nettie said...

Whoops, so much for that money-making venture.