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Peanut Vs. Youtube

It was rather entertaining to discover this exchange between my little 8 year old and the world of Google.

Email 1:
Youtube to Peanut -
Welcome! You're now part of the largest community of video lovers on the planet. Our featured videos this week include ...(blah blah ad nauseum)

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Email 2:
Peanut's polite response
'Thanks for letting me know.'

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Email 3: Mail Delivery Subsystem to Peanut
Technical details of permanent failure:
Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the server for the recipient domain
The error that the other server returned was:
550-5.1.1 The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please try
550-5.1.1 double-checking the recipient's email address
(blah blah ad nauseum)

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Email 4:
Peanut (still fairly polite although faintly irritated) to Mail Delivery Subsystem
'No thank you very much'

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Email 5:
Mail Delivery Subsystem to Peanut
Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently
Technical details of permanent failure:
Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the server for the recipient domain
(blah blah Ad Nauseum)

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Email 6:
Peanut ( now convinced that she must discourage this inappropriate exchange with this stranger who might, after all, be a stalker of little kids)
''Now now now thats going to far for me a 37 year old knows this already now please don't send more mails as i won't be able to reply to them you know as we are selling this one and my old one has gone to be repaired.
Hope you understand''
A master-stroke of genius on her part. Posing to be an old, wise woman of the world. I hadn't laughed so hard in months.

(Crossposted on my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/yashodharalal)