The P-P-P-Powerbook.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 4:57 am

http://69.93.112.102/~pbook/

This is a hilarious "scamming the scammer" tale. It's long, but well worth the read.

Cecil · Post by **Cecil** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 4:58 am

Oops, that was me. Forgot to login.

Quester_X · Post by **Quester_X** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 5:45 am

That's Something Awful, right? I'd love to view their forums, but they're closed to outsiders... ah well.
You're right, that is very funny, and it serves the guy right. Don't mess with forum goons.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 7:45 am

THIS IS FANTASTIC!!!!!!!

Imagine how mad the asshole was when he paid the money--when he planned to steal from some poor guy.

--J.D.

Blue Monk · Post by **Blue Monk** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 9:08 am

This is absolutely great!!!!

I read the whole thing, laughing my ass off!!!!

I love all the civilian cloak and dagger.

I love it that the scammer gets hosed.

And I really love the P-P-P-P-Powerbook.

This absolutely made my day.

Never, ever screw with computer geeks.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 9:36 am

Too bad they cannot send his ass to jail.

Perhaps they can figure out who he is and get various ISPs to ban him . . . or somthing like that. . . . [He is a Mac user with no clue what he writes about, as is his custom.--Ed.]

--J.D.

Mr.Weasel · Post by **Mr.Weasel** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 6:21 am

Pretty good. Not laugh-my-ass-off funny, but the photos were damn fine and I loved the cargo ship filled with "bear kidneys from various bears, including (but not limited to) polar, grizzly, brown, Yogi, black, panda, and Care."

richardm · Post by **richardm** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 2:21 pm

Pretty good job, really... that photo of him hyperventilating into the paper bag cracked me up :D

Sundog · Post by **Sundog** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 2:50 pm

Classic. Thanks very much for posting this.

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 11:02 pm

Quester_X wrote:That's Something Awful, right? I'd love to view their forums, but they're closed to outsiders... ah well.
You're right, that is very funny, and it serves the guy right. Don't mess with forum goons.

Last time I checked, that forum was open to outsiders (read only). Plus I believe it's only $10 to register for life.

richardm · Post by **richardm** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:27 am

You can read the forums for free up to a point. I got to about page 17 in the original thread before it insisted I pay or go elsewhere. I paid. A great read for only $9.99 (and a wasted afternoon!)

Pirate_Lad · Post by **Pirate_Lad** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 6:00 am

Grammatron wrote:
Quester_X wrote:That's Something Awful, right? I'd love to view their forums, but they're closed to outsiders... ah well.
You're right, that is very funny, and it serves the guy right. Don't mess with forum goons.
Last time I checked, that forum was open to outsiders (read only). Plus I believe it's only $10 to register for life.

Grammatron is correct, the $10 is a one-time fee unless you do something stupid & get banned. If you don't want to get banned, be sure to read the rules before you post. There are over 30k registered members and for the most part, the place is free of clownshits.

The 9.99 registration fee is worth every single penny for comedy value alone. There are also other uh.."benefits" if you have a registered forums account. Just trust me and pay the registration fee. You'll be glad you did.