This website – 27b/6.com – is the funniest thing I’ve seen on the Internet in a long, long time. It’s the brainchild of an Australian writer named David Thorne, who has a wonderful gift for satirical humor. His site is basically a collection of highly sarcastic and witty stories, some of which include actual email exchanges he has had with various people (e.g. bill collectors, his son’s teacher, etc.). This is one of the only sites that I have read that has actually caused me to buckle over with laughter. It is so very good.
The link I’ve posted above takes you straight to an email exchange that Thorne had with his chiropractor, who is seeking payment for a bill that is past due. The bill is for $233.95, which Thorne attempts to settle with a drawing of a spider:
Quite naturally, Thorne values the drawing at exactly $233.95. Obviously, the chiropractor will have none of it and a fun little email exchange ensues. Really good stuff.
Once you’re finished with the spider story, you can spend the good part of an afternoon perusing the list of other stories he has listed on the left side of the page. Among my favorites are “I Wish I Had A Monkey”, “Simon’s Pie Charts”, and “Blockbuster Late Fees”.
I highly recommend this site. In fact, I give it the vaunted Eddy Guarantee. For me, it’s become the blogging version of Arrested Development.
It’s what got me through the last classweek! That and margaritas.
there were at least four of us who spent the better part of two days of class reading that site!