Mar 2, 2007

XENOPHOBIA : REASONABLE PRECAUTION :: DR. ABUTOU MUGABE : ?

Halfway down ETS' GRE registration page, there's a rather interesting blurb:

"For security reasons we are not currently accepting online registrations for Nigeria. [...] Credit cards will not be accepted for Nigerian registration fees. This includes anyone who is requesting a Nigerian test center or who has a Nigerian mailing address..."

I feel kinda bad for any poor Nigerians just trying to advance their education... but I also feel that it's kind of bleakly hilarious.

Interpreting English Literature, Standard Test:

O Rose, thou art sick.
The invisible worm,
That flies in the night
In the howling storm:

Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy:
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.



Interpreting English Literature, Nigerian Version:

DEAR SIR,

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WRITE TO YOU AFTER MY MUCH CONSIDERATION, MY NAME IS MR. INVISIBLE WORM THAT FLIES IN THE NIGHT. I AM EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL WEALTH TRANSFERRING AT FIRST LAGOS BANK OF THE HOWLING STORM. I AM SEEK A RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY BUSINESS PARTNER FOR MY LIFETIME INVESTMENT. I AM LOOKING FOR A BED OF CRIMSON JOY WHERE I CAN TRANSFER TWENTY FIVE MILLION ($25,000,000) AMERICAN DOLLARS (ALSO SOME DARK SECRET LOVE)...

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3 Comments:

Anonymous Liza said...

BWAHHAHAHAHAAAA...you rock, Jul, in case I hadn't mentioned it recently. GRE's, huh? Fun stuff. I found them to be pretty daggone easy compared to the SATs, but what do I know. If you get less than 90% on the analogies, I'll eat my hat.

3/03/2007 12:47 PM  
Blogger Molly said...

Oh, how I love you.

3/03/2007 2:29 PM  
Blogger Junket: said...

I find things funny all the time, but never laugh audibly- because, really, what good is laughing if there is no one with whom to laugh? Anyway, this one actually did it for me: Mr Invisible Worm that Flies In the Night? If I ever mass produce something- a book, a movie, a song- it'll be called just that, even if it has nothing to do with content, because it rocks that hard.

3/06/2007 11:31 AM  

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