I'm going to be rich!!

Hey, check out this email I got today:

Dear sir,
 

I am Mr.Edward Sing, Executive Officer (CEO) of Hong Kong Import & Export Co, Ltd.Our company  deal on Raw Materials eg cocoa,rubber,Cassava,non-metallic minerals such as Calcite, Barytes,Manganese Dioxide,Dolomite Mica China Clay,Mangnese Dioxide,Ferrous (Iron) etc and some ancient art works,we export them into Canada,America and Europe.We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our costumers in Canada/America and Europe Presently,we are been owed up to $90,000 and the company in question has agreed to begin installmental payment.If you are willing to assist, you would be paid 10% of the total sum you collect on behalf of my company in any transaction that is passed through you to our company,All you have to do is send to us your full name,detailed mailing address,tel and fax numbers.Once you have done this,I would instruct the company to send the check to you which you would deposit into your account.When the check clears you would then pay the balance, you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of payment which we will pay for your services as our representative.

North West Comedy Awards

Last Friday night saw the North West Comedy awards here in Manchester. A truly glitzy affair of glamour, comedians and c-grade celebrities. (Apparently Joan Rivers was there, but I didn't see her.) The night was hosted by Bradley Walsh, with highlights including a tribute to the recently departed and under appreciated Hovis Presley. Johnny Vegas was genuinely humbled when accepting the 'Les Dawson award for services to North West Comedy'. I was at the bar with him earlier in the evening, when the ridiculously slow service was beginning to take its toll. He offered to put on a celebrity hissy fit to see if it would help the cause. (It didn't, sadly.)


My final memory of the evening was of sitting opposite a well-known soap star who was possibly even more drunk than me. He was chatting up a young lady, and insisting that she would make an absolutely fantastic actress...