While the majority of the replies I've gotten on Craigslist were the usual boring, two-line responses one expects, I have managed to find someone who seems interesting and dependable. So, the search for the third roommate looks like it's over. Of course, I haven't gotten the check or the lease signed, so I won't hold my breath.

However, there were a pair of responses that I found highly amusing. One was from a 24-year old male living an Anchorage, AK, and a 28-year old female living in Lyon, France. What was really interesting is that despite the amazing differences that must be between them due to language and culture and geography, they seem so similar! Even their grammar is alike!

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Needless to say, neither of these emails represent the person who will be living with us. But I am highly amused that someone would send both emails, and not expect to be found out.

Apparently, the World Government is so dangerous that email spam is the only effective way to warn us. I just received this email, apparently sent BY MYSELF! (i.e. spam)

Subject: World government is coming

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Sigh. I read a while back that now that a Democrat is back in office, we'd start hearing about the paranoid militia movement again. I guess I heard right. Still, kind of creepy that I got this as an email sent to myself, from myself.

For over a year now, I've been getting emails addressed to my Gmail account about church services, missionary work, vacations, photos, meetings, and thank yous. All of whom originate with members of a church in Utah. I have repeatedly told them that they're looking for the other guy with my name, and according to Facebook, there are a lot of us.

Last night was the most interesting. I received a bunch of emails from Facebook, eBay, and other sites about someone trying to register accounts with my email address, except @googlemail.com instead of @gmail.com. Naturally, I deleted them, checked my accounts to make sure they were safe, and moved on.

And this morning, I got an invitation to a pot luck after church. I told them I wouldn't be attending. :)

Does anyone else have this problem? Is there a better solution than emailing the poor confused souls and messing with their heads?