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Bizarre Request

Apr 20, 2005
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We contacted you because we believe your accomplishments to be of significant reference value

I’m a post-grad in the second year of his PhD with no publications yet. Obviously they must know this. A publication this prestigious isn’t the result of just anyone being invited is it? I assume my role is to be the baseline.

For those of you who don’t want to pay $500 for a copy, here’s my entry. I’m not sure if it’ll make the final cut. Obviously with identity theft being such a problem one or two entries aren’t entirely accurate.

[Name] Salt, Alun Danger; [Occupation] Student; [Retired] Not Retired; [Gender] Male; [Vital Statistics] United Kingdom, Birthdate (will be published) Dec. 25, 1971; [Parents] [Marriage] Married My Work, Dec. 25, 1971 ; [Children] Long Hours; Low Pay; [Education] CSE Home Economics (Failed), Grange Hill, London, 1981 – 1987; [Professional Certifications] Driving Licence (Other), DVLA, 2004; [Career] Temp. Filing Clerk, Various Organisations, Various Places, United Kingdom, 1987-2004, (Not current); [Career-related] [Writings and creative works] Author, Biographical Form, What kind of eejit tells a post-grad student his accomplishments are of significant reference value?, 2005-2005, No award, but a reward, a small sense of juvenile glee, even though this entry will be cut.; [Achievements] Discovery, America, 2005, though I concede I may not be the first person to have discovered America.; [Civic and political activities] Civic, National, Concerned Citizen, The Electorate, United Kingdom, 1989-2006; [Military] [Awards, Honors, Grants] Award(s) Prizes, 1st Prize in a raffle, Awarded by Mark Thomas of “Comedy Product” fame., 2005; [Professional and club Membership] Life Member, Dennis the Menace Fan Club, Club; [Political affiliation] [Religion] I often pray for a tea break; [Avocations] Sky-diving; Caving; Lion-taming; Astronautics; Answering bizarre junk mail; [Home address] [Office address] (mailing address) (will not be published) Yup, you’re right there; —–

 
 
 

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