A fantastic opportunity to own great art
I received an intriguing email yesterday from an interesting company in China:
Dear Sir/Madam I LIKE THE PERSONAL TOUCH. How are you? A LITTLE CONSTIPATED, BUT OTHERWISE FINE. THANK YOU FOR ASKING. This is May Shi from Xiamen (China) Sinoorigin Art Co.,Ltd. I'VE HEARD ABOUT YOU We can supply different style original oil paintings, commercial oil paintings and famous artist reproduction paintings, ect. IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A FEW FAMOUS ARTIST REPRODUCTION PAINTINGS. YOU REALLY CAN'T EVER HAVE TOO MANY. If your business include any paintings projects for home and hotel decoration, please kindly send me an inquiry, I’ll show you more files about our products. WELL, MAY SHI, AT MY HOTEL WE TEND TO GO FOR THE MINIMALIST APPROACH TO DECORATION. IT REQUIRES LESS DUSTING. We have great advantages in impressional landscape, impressinal figure, Pino, Van Gogh, Monet... PLEASE SEND ME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IMPRESSINAL FIGURE. I PRESENTLY ONLY HAVE NINE IMPRESSINAL FIGURE AND I'D LIKE TO BUY MORE. Hope to hear from you soon and thanks for your time. Wish you’ll win a great success in 2009. ME TOO. HOW DO I SIGN UP TO POSSIBLY WIN A SUCCESS? DO YOU NEED MY CREDIT CARD NUMBER FOR ME TO BE ENROLLED IN YOUR SUCCESS LOTTERY. PLEASE SEND ME MORE INFORMATION.
I'm looking for a nice oil painting of Betty Boop.
Posted by: Leon Arp | January 23, 2009 at 11:58 AM
lol. you are hilarious. This email is typical chinglish. More please!
Posted by: Toby | January 23, 2009 at 12:04 PM
I'm a big impressionist fan, I collect whatever I can and that looks good in my home.
Posted by: Victoria BC Travel Guide | January 24, 2009 at 07:00 PM
that was a little racist. As someone of Chinese descent, I didn't find your remarks funny, you are making fun of someone's language ability. They're just trying to get some business.
Posted by: Mary | January 25, 2009 at 10:09 PM