I love Gmail

Everybody should get Gmail. This is especially true in cases of group e-mails, where some discussions result in 30 e-mails in a span of two minutes; sometimes we forget that we're flooding innocent mailboxes, because of how Gmail stacks the conversation. Oops.

I've been reading old e-mails (where we often post the things people say, not unlike those that you read of here), and I've literally laughed so much that it hurt. As much as I'd like to reproduce them all here, many of them involve compromising on certain identities and/or private jokes of complicated ancient origins. Regretfully, Yahoo Groups has eaten many of these messages up, and I only have those from when my Gmail account was birthed. Still, here are some oldies that crack me up even now. :)

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XL: "I have a question..."

(Something profound?)

XL: "If you step on a snail and crush his shell, will he die?"

J (rolling his eyes): "You think, leh?!"

XL: "Why?! Maybe he will regenerate a new shell?!"

J: "Why don't we try and cut off your finger and see if it will regenerate?!"

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XL: "Can a snail survive without his shell??"

J (deadpanned): "No, he has to go to HDB (Housing Development Board) to apply for a new house..."

XL (annoyed, but being perfectly serious): "Oei! I think I stepped on a snail the other day, leh. But there didn't seem to be anyone inside..."

J (blue in the face with laughter): "He went to send an e-mail to HDB to..."

XL: "OEI!!!"

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XL: "If the snail sees that someone is going to step on him, how come he doesn't EEEEEEEEEEVACUATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!" (She actually screamed this out really loudly in a public place.)

Everyone (frightened and embarrassed): "???"

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Garfield by Jim Davis