Monetary BRILLIANCE!

[dcentity2000]

A man who attempted to settle an overdue bill with a picture of a spider, leading to a surreal email exchange with his utility firm, has become an internet sensation.

The employee, named as Jane Gilles, rejected the drawing but agreed to return it in an email attachment. But Mr Thorne was not satisfied. “Are you sure this drawing of a spider is the one I sent you?” he wrote. “This spider only has seven legs and I do not feel I would have made such an elementary mistake when I drew it.”

But after withdrawing his allegation and conceding he may have sent a seven-legged spider, he added an extra leg to the picture and again offered it as payment. “I trust this will bring the matter to a conclusion.”

Telegraph Newspaper



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[bigtinkfun]

Brilliant! I wonder if the power company would accept one of my crude little drawings of bunnies as payment. After all bunnies are far more artistically appealing than spiders.

I read once, somewhere, that William Faulkner attempted to settle a small debt with a store owner by offering his autograph in exchange, pointing out that the merchant could turn around and sell it for much more. The store owner, not one for literature, turned him down and demanded cash.

 

[c4a]

I think that the spider with 7 legs should be worth much more than the one with 8. Plenty of people can draw an 8 legged one...but 7...much rarer. At least 2 months worth.