Sometimes it takes a wet blanket

Hardly an hour goes by I don't get some kind of forwarded junk in my email box, a guy I know is notorious about this. A few days ago he sent me something that claimed that if you were being forced at gunpoint to withdraw money from an ATM, punching your PIN with the numbers in reverse order would still dispense the cash and would also summon the police!

This had all the earmarks of an urban legend, which I quickly confirmed it was and notified him, against my better judgment (People hate to be called on their BS).
Of course now he's irked at me for that. He called me a "wet blanket" to which *I wish* I had replied, "Sometimes it takes a wet blanket to smother the fires of stupidity".

He still insists that this reverse pin thing is in effect at some ATM's somewhere. I offered to go to a local ATM and give him 5 to 1 odds on a bet that it would simply say something like "invalid PIN". My plan was to actually punch in my PIN number as usual, very slowly as if I am not used to doing it "backwards". Then I was going to yell "you win the bet but I'm out of here!!!" over my shoulder and speed off, leaving him standing there waiting for the police. Oh well, those things never go as planned.

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Anonymous said…
Loved your cure for the reverse pin number. I have a friend who sends me this crap and I am going to do it to her. Giggling madly as I run away.
Cheers
Dallas
5/27/2007
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