We here at ArchaeoBlog welcome comments from you, our faithful readers, and occasionally we like to share some of the copious email we get to our Contact address. Thus, we have decided to take a sample of some of our fan mail, comments, and questions straight from the mail bag and respond to them here. Just to show that we indeed care deeply what our readers think.

First up:

From: "MIKE"
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PLEASE

Sir,
Compliment of the day and how is life general with
you? Of course it is my humble wish to solicit and
crave your indulgence to make this project request for
a joint business transaction which I hope will not
come to you as a surprise, hence I plead for your
pardon.
I am mike igbo, the manager of headquarter first
bank of Nig. Plc. Lagos. I have an urgent and
confidential business proposal for you. . .

Well, thanks Mike, we appreciate the offer. However, our bank manager -- Vinny the Weasel -- prefers to keep our account on deposit in Sal Miniccio's back room vault at the Pizza Emporium. But we'll forward your request to, oh, about a hundred of our friends.

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Subject: Real-time alert for hot stock feature

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We thank you, Trent, for that informative bit of information. This, too, we will forward to many of our friends and colleagues.

From: "Lileas Dotson"
RE: CIALLlS VAL1UM V'lAGRA

Hello,


them the twenty thousand pieces that are ultimately to come to yo
vigorously that the council was relieved by Captain Blood's own a
was no watch above the Spaniards' decks.
these islands. Palomas, which is some ten miles in length, is
favour. But sink me now if I'd rot myself in rum on account of
is that in this engagement with the fort M. de Rivarol, who's a
The commission must be cancelled.
man. The fact is he looked no more than the thirty-three years h
he had considered nothing. But he made a quick recovery. To my

in the presence of Mallard, the Commandant, and the other officer
Was it any one else's fault that you ran your ship La Foudre

account myself that were I capable of anything but deference to


Have a nice day.

Hello, Lileas. We are guessing this is an attempt to translate some bit of Linear A script, probably from the late 16th or early 15th century BC, judging by the subject matter. We find your grammatical interpretation interesting, but probably flawed in its overemphasis on the present participular avuncular mode, which Evans, in his later years, discussed but largely discarded. Still, we find your attempt intriguing and urge you to continue your valliant efforts.

And finally:

From: "pamella lawrence"
RE: Give your partner more pleasure

I've been using your product for 4 months now. I've increased my
length from 2"
to nearly 6" . Your product has saved my sex life." -Matt, FL

Poor bastard.

Well, that's all from the mailbag. We continue to enjoy hearing from you and urge all of our faithful readers to keep sending those cards and letters.