The work I do here important, and I’ve always hoped that someday, if I worked hard enough, and produced enough clever articles and research, that I’d finally get invited into the exclusive club of climate cash that supposedly the rest of the skeptics are getting. I’ve felt left out, and I thought perhaps because my blog has a funny name that has nothing to do with climate was the reason I never got invited.
Well those days are over. My ship has just come in, and I’m now flush with the promise of cash from the biggest oil company in the world. Yes, that one, Exxon-Mobil.
I’m was so relieved when the notice came in email today.
I’m going to buy a new Tesla roadster, and get “WUWT” license plates to annoy my liberal friends. Then I’m going to buy Kenji a diamond studded dog collar and a barrel of those pupperoni snacks he likes so much, then take the wife and kids on a world wide tour.
Life is good thanks to Exxon-Mobil.
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George E. Smith says:
“So I always wondered just what the hell the ‘Ship of the Desert’ was.”
Camels are known as ships of the desert. They’re filled with Arabian sea men. ☺
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Anthony, don’t forget to give your new BFF’s your SSAN and passwords.
Congratulations. I can’t think of anyone who deserves a chunk of that EvilOil/Coal Denier Money™ more than you…except maybe me, dammit.
I could really use it, especially now that it appears I’m being cloned…
More Soylent Green! says:
October 12, 2011 at 9:54 am
I KNEW IT!
Big money from Big Oil!
Mr Watts,
I would like to take this opportunity to tell you that if you needed a “research assistant” I would be your man. Of course, I would do the grunt work of “finding the best liqour” in the interest of science of course to find out what types of liqours temperered the effects of “beach warming” the best and of course I would find you the best canine service available on a small island as well.
After all, it is not climate science if you are not sitting on a beach in some exotic Pacific Island and sipping Pina coladas now is it?
Matt says: October 12, 2011 at 10:02 am
A Tesla?! Why not a Humvee?! 😉
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I’m with Matt, Get a Hummer! On a side note: When Exxon asks you for your $500 to cover their expenses, Pay it ASAP, I heard Kevin Trenberth was runner up.
Sure it has! That ship is resting with the Titanic! 😉
Here’s another popular scam targetting those who are buying/selling $1000-$10,000 items over the internet.
Hi,
The tractor has 42 hours, hydrostatic trans, 1 Owner. It’s in perfect condition, no engine/electric problems, no accidents/liens/loans. Exterior with few scratches, never been repainted; I have all the tractor’s manuals, title, documents. I’m selling the tractor because my 36 year old child died 4 months ago in a car accident, a drunk driver hit him and his fiancee. He was with his fiance’s car coming to our home at his little brother birthday of 17 years old. This 2008 John Deere was his tractor and for obvious reasons I can’t keep it anymore and I want to sell it. The last price is $2,750.
Me and my wife travel a lot with our business and we want to make this deal through eBay’s Buyer Protection Program. I just need your full name, full shipping address, home/cell # so I can open a case (with no further obligation or fees). eBay will contact you with all the Transaction/shipping details you will need. We will take care of the shipping so don’t worry.
For more pictures here is a link to the car’s photo gallery:
http://img64.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=dsc01928un.jpg
Some options:
* John Deere 2305 with Yanmar 24 hp 3 cylinder diesel
* Only 41.1 hours
* MFWD (4 wheel drive, 4×4, or 4WD) with locking differential
* Hydrostatic transmission with infinite (2-range) forward and reverse; operated with two foot pedals and range-shift lever (automatic/no clutch)
* R4 tires for maximum traction and durability
* Power steering
* Mid and Rear PTO (many, many attachments available)
* 200CX Quick-detach Loader
* Materials Bucket (can be taken off in 30 seconds)
* John Deere 261 Grooming Mower (works well for tall grass or finish cut)
* Owners manuals included (for 2305, 200CX loader and 261 Grooming Mower)
Oil and Filter were changed at exactly 40.0 hours (with premium John Deere Oil and John Deere Filter). This tractor is ready to work.
We hope to hear soon from you.
Thank you for your interest!
Ack! A Tesla! Does it run on 4,000 D-cells or 12,000 AAA’s, I forget. It’s hell loading all of the batteries into the recharger; I keep getting the + nurple in wrong!
My friend’s Facebook account was hacked and the enterprising hacker contacted me on IM and wanted me to bail him out. The hacker said he was mugged in London and wanted me to send him US$1200 so he can fly back home to the US. As it turned out I was able to contact my friend by phone to confirm he wasn’t in London.
You lucky you… All I get in my emails are penile elongation and free Viagra pills offers.
LOL
Though you deserve it, they aren’t in favor of Skeptics when there is so much to be made from foolish Alarmists who want Cap & Trade and “Green” energy they already own.
You made me laugh though and I hope it happens but a Nobel is more likely.
I think your ship has hit a Sandburg. The Great Hunt for a payoff continues. Perhaps you’ll find it in Chicago.
Ray says:
October 12, 2011 at 10:44 am
You lucky you… All I get in my emails are penile elongation and free Viagra pills offers.
Ray you forgot to mention if they worked 🙂
I was recently awarded 1,500,000 British pounds as part of a settlements to compensate e-mail scam victims. Maybe you can join me on my island once I receive my moneys!
It reminds me of how I missed winning a new car because I had so little trust in my fellow man:
http://xkcd.com/570/
@ur momisugly Ray
Could you forward those emails to me?
bob
I recently received an email from Ban ki-Moon at the UN who wants to send me $2,200,000 as compensation for something (not sure what). All I have to do is contact his representative in Nigeria and she (Mrs Violet Okeke) will send me the cash straight away!
I am now jealous that you are getting far more from Exxon!
There’s a typo in the email. Those are supposed to be Zimbabwean dollars (about US$0.89 at the January 29, 2009 exchange rate).
I thought the sea level was rising, not falling!! It’s obviously dropped a lot where that ship is.
Scamming the scammers is popular. (419 refers to the section of the Nigerian criminal code dealing with fraud).
http://www.419eater.com/html/hall_of_shame.htm
The idea is get the scammer to send a photo of himself to you, as ridiculous as possible, which is then posted at the above site.
One person even convinced the 419er to send Nigerian wood carvings, free, before he would send the the money.
That ain’t squat compared with what I’ve got coming from a Nigerian bank account I never even knew I owned. As soon as I send all my vitals to Dr. Rasheed Oomgala, Imperial Director of the Third First National Bank of Nigeria, I’ll be rolling in the big bucks via electronic funds transfer. I’ve promised the good Doctor a 5%, $30 million, finders fee and I have his Lagos fax number, just in case anything goes wrong.
Here rjh, I got this one… simply AMAZING!!!
[SNIP: Sorry guys, but we are just not going there. -REP]
Awesome. All they ever tell me is that yet another person with my last name and a lot of money has died. I blame assassins from an extremist splinter group of the Illuminati
I was raised ( for better or worse ) to hold that, “Virtue is its own reward.”
By that standard, Mr. Watts, you are rich beyond comparison. You have performed an extremely valuable public service and both the country and your readers are greatly indebted to you.
Anthony, you deserve it… but it ain’t enough! I think you should ask for more.
That’s nothing!
I just got an email from a Nigerian prince.