Tremendulent!

So, I got this bizarre PM from ff.net the other day:

Subject: Ideas related to fan-fiction...

Hello there? You seem to be a fan-fiction writer, and well, I want to tell
you, I have several ideas related to fan-fiction, and I wonder if you would
like to discuss with me about these ideas. I just want to share these ideas
with someone, and perhaps you could give me some additional thoughts about
these ideas.

I also wonder if you take fan-fiction seriously, or if you don't really care
that much for it.

At first I thought it was from someone younger and interested in learning more about fanfic. Then I came across someone else's post that mentioned the same PM.

Then, I found THIS!.

Holy epic FAIL, Batman. I'm not particularly interested in a survey that's attempting to slot people into little predetermined sexual roles. A survey given by people who work for HOMELAND SECURITY. Thanks, but no thanks.

Has anyone else gotten this? Apparently the survey site has been closed down due to the sheer amount of outrage most of fandom displayed.

Okay. It was a bad week. Work was stressful and annoying. And the little five year old voice in my head that was saying 'Please, please can we write fic now? Please, please, please?' I had to keep saying 'No! Mommy has to work now and pay bills.' (Yeah, let's not look into my subconscious too closely.

But the following conversation I had on the phone with someone this week wins the WTF?! award. Some background info: My non-profit is currently organising an exhibition for sustainability, so I've been in marketing mode for awhile. And, I'm an American currently living in Wales.

Me: Hello, xxxx company. How can I help you?
English Guy: Yeah, hi. I was driving and saw one of your signs for your exhibition.
Me: Yes?
EG: Well, it was very badly placed. I had to park my car and walk 20 yards to look at it when it could have been put closer to the roundabout and there's no information on the sign at all. It just says the name of the show, the date and the town name. It was terribly, terribly inconvenient.
Me: Well, I'm very, very sorry. I'll have a talk with the people who placed the sign.
EG: I'm coming to the show, but it's certainly no thanks to anything you've done.
Me: Again, I'm very sorry. Can I give you our website address?
EG: I just have no idea where xx city is. No one has ever heard of it.
Me: Well, actually it's the town where the national agricultural show has been taking place for several years. It's in Wales.
EG: Well, I've never heard of it. No one in my office has ever heard of it and what an American is doing living in Wales, I just don't understand.
Me: *bzuh?*

The guy wins the award not only for his WTF-ery but also for the most bizarre non-sequitor I've ever heard.

I'm going to bed.

PS. I'm currently seeing Naomi Watts as Nurse Chapel. See my icon? She's even in scrubs!