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by flashman 3189 days ago
My Gmail account was one of the first created. Here's a quick list of emails I've received intended for other people:

- Thailand holiday itineraries and airline tickets

- A PayPal money request for $1800

- Congratulations from someone's godfather that I am now able to play the opening riff of AC/DC's "Hells Bells"

- South African real estate quotes

- A bar mitzvah invitation

- A reply to a Thanksgiving invitation sent by someone else

- Inquiries about racehorse sponsorship

- South African Taser training course booking confirmation

- British Heart Foundation cycling team invitations from a BBC reporter

- Complaints from an Ebay purchaser that I'd sent them a Nutribullet with a broken blade

- Confirmation that my NJCAA hardship application had been granted

- Pictures of 5th graders riding trail bikes in Eagle Lake, Maine

- Solicitations from the Greater Palm Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce to run a stall at the 13th Annual Palm Harbor Parrot Head Party

- Sports tipping results

- House painting estimates

I'd be living a much more exciting life if all of these had been intended for me.

1 comments

You should decide to do some of these one day! Show up to a bar mitvah with gifts and stuff and when people ask who you are, you just show them the invitation. "I dunno man, they told me it was a party, so I showed up... Mazel tov!"