As I said, regardless of whether it was intended as a joke or not, they're accepting real money, not joke money - that means that they have to deliver on their end. They have to "rewind" the DVD. Since it's impossible to rewind a DVD (or make the DVD player run backwards via a web app, even) they're committing fraud.

The law is pretty specific about these things, and Uncle Sam has like, NO sense of humour whatsoever.

Joke? No

Fraud? Yes

Kinda reminds me of when, while in the Navy, we'd send recruits out looking for left handed monkey wrenches and buckets of compressed air. We never ran short of guys who would go look.

Or when I worked at McDonalds, we'd always send the n00bs into the back room - "We're out of hot dog buns! Quick! Go get me some!"

And the poor bastards would be in the back for an hour looking for the hot dog buns. Great way to get them out from underfoot during lunch rush.

I think it I had somehow found myself working at McDonalds, I'd be happy to humor my supervisor by hanging out in the back during the lunch rush "looking for hotdog buns" too.

Probably taking advantage of the stickers I see on some of the dvd's at blockbusters asking to "Please re-wind"

Well I can't think of a self-selection process that would yield a more gullible group of people than to ask for volunteers to give up most of their civil liberties in exchange for very little money and the reward of serving their country. This isn't to say that I'm not extremely glad that people volunteer for the enlisted ranks of the US military; I'm just astonished they do.

The site is full of spoofs and jokes. Yes, it's a joke. Yes, they are accepting real money. But for all we know, the guy is refunding people.

Email him and find out:

[email protected]

Or, have fun with it and pose as a person who wants to get a "bulk" discount.

PT Barnum would be proud.

One question. What if they found some hot dog buns?

if ur employees actualy asked you "will we lose our jobs if we dont find any?" what would be your reply, pretty damn funny if you said yes

Nah, you'd just have employees going to the 7-11 next door to buy some.

In a related story, Comcast is considering acquisition of Applied Gravitronics, Ltd.

I need to market my idiot detector that has been in years of R&D.

Which means that Disney will now have to include this feature with all their discs, should Comcast's buyout succeed.

Just be thankful that those "gullible group of people" are giving up most of their civil liberties so that YOU can have your civil liberties.

I tried it, but it doesn't work with Macs, I guess I'll have to play them backwards.

Ah, it warms my heart to find another slacker in the neighborhood.

You...are...an idiot! It's a joke! That money was probably donated by their friends or other people JUST LIKE YOU who donated as a gag.

Whether or not someone paid them as a joke (I don't think that a joke is worth a dollar to me) it's still fraud. As I said, the U.S. legal system has no sense of humour about these things.

Seantn: personal insults are not tolerated around here. Being a senior member you should realize that. Please make sure it doesn't happen again.

Well, as a former enlisted man in the US Navy I never felt like I, or any of my fellow enlisted, were gullible in making our decision to serve our country. Besides, the pay isn't all that bad. I'm not sure how many civil liberties I gave up either, unless you want to count the forced hair style. Once boot camp was over I pretty much lived my life the same way I do now, without the trips overseas. I also got to travel all over Europe and got paid to do it, so I feel I got the good end of the deal.

Anyway, back on topic, I thought it was a pretty funny joke.

you know if you get a big plastic bag and a stick and go stand in the middle of a large field and start beating the bag while yelling "SNIPE, SNIPE, SNIPE" ...uh, never mind.

WAY TO RESURRECT A DEAD THREAD

I thought I was posting in the newer thread exactly like this. oh well.