Sometimes a telemarketer can be useful...for something other than landfill. In this case I even have to admire the creativity. About 7:30 tonight my phone rings and the caller ID gives a partial number of
001819. Ok, I'm curious so I pick up. Someone with a barely intelligible green card accent asks for "John", or so it sounds."Wrong number, there ain't no 'John' here, Mrs. Ayatolla."
"No, no, 'Charles' (now _that's_ a thick accent to twist my name into 'John'!), is this....and gives my number."
"Alright, just who IS this?!"
"I'm Indira Gandhi with the Government Grant Agency."
"Yeah, right, on a Sunday night. How stupid do you think I am?....well?.......hello?" Don't you love it when they hang up on you?
Like I said, that was a new one on me. I guess they ran out of people that voted for Bush and are working on those above 100 IQ now. But it got me to thinking. The government hands out grants for all kinds of weird reasons, maybe we can get in on it too. I know the space shot project I'm muddling through could use the economic boost, even $10k would be utterly fantastic. Certainly tater's Mercury-Little Joe project is going to need some marked monetary assistance. But I guess it's all in the wording. Hmmmm, let's see now....
"Feasibility study into homemade ICBM's that can carry Agent Orange to Washington accurately enough to cause the Bush Administration to enact martial law until such time as this threat of WMD's can be counteracted through further evolution of the species and politicians join the other Dodo's in oblivion."
That ought to be good for a cool million without even thinking about it!
All kidding aside, it couldn't hurt to look into it. Anyone got a suggestion where to look into this at?
Chuck