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Africa is proving to be more expensive than we originally thought, so Jennifer and I have come up with an exciting offer that we will send to everyone in our contact list later this week. We had plenty of time to compose the letter while we were on a 10-hour bus ride from Bamako to Mopti.

It goes something like this:

DEAR ONE,

THIS LETTER IS TO ADVICE YOU OF A MESSAGE FROM THE ESTEEMED HIGH HOLY PRINCE AGIDOU FROM THE JOKO TRIBE IN THE REPUBLIC OF MALI. THE HOLY ONE CHOSEN JENNIFER CORSO AND LAURA BLAKE TO BE SECOND AND THIRD WIVES. IN HONOR OF PRIVILEGES, PRINCE AGUIDOU WISH MAKE GIFT OF 1.000.000 DOLLARS U.S. TO MAKE POSSIBLE THIS BESTOWMENT, PLEASE SEND 99 DOLLARS U.S. TO WESTERN UNION IN TIMBOUCTOU. TO COMPLETE TRANSACTION PLEASE ALSO POST M&M CANDY, PLAIN AND NOT PEANUT, AS THE PRINCE ALLERGIC. ALSO, PLEASE TO REMOVE ALL YELLOW M&MS DUE TO YELLOW COLOR BELONGS TO NEIGHBORING TRIBE THAT WE DON’T LIKE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MR. HA HA jOKHANYU
REPRESENTATIVE TO PRINCE AGUIDOU, REPUBLIC OF MAL