Monday, March 22, 2010

Email disclaimer

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Holden's Disclaimer

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4 comments:

Jarred said...

Too funny! Where do you find this stuff?

Yewtree said...

It was written by a friend of my dad's. I thought it was recycled internet humour, but it is an original apparently, so maybe I shouldn't have posted it.

Makarios said...

It's been around since at least 2001, actually. That's when I first came across it.

Steve Hayes said...

I like it. I think I'll make my own.