“Service Outage (a note from the USA)”--Dear World,

[underpants]

Dear World,
The United States of America, your quality supplier of ideals of liberty and democracy, would like to apologize for its 2001-2008 service outage.

The technical fault that led to this eight-year service interruption has been located. Replacement components were ordered Tuesday, November 4th, 2008, and have begun arriving. Early test of the new equipment indicate that it is functioning correctly and we expect it to be fully operational by mid-January.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the outage and we look forward to resuming full service and hopefully even improving it in years to come. Thank you for your patience and understanding,

The USA

http://www.rollingstone.com/nationalaffairs/index.php/2009/01/23/service-outage-a-note-from-the-usa/

[AsahinaKimi]

1. um.. question? *raises hand*

Does that mean there are any refunds coming? I would sure like one!^^

[struggle4progress]

2. Didn't you read your service contract? I think I have mine here. Let's see ...

between you and the United States Incorporated, a limited liability ... yadda yadda yadda ... under the laws of the State of Delaware ... yadda yadda yadda ... may, at our sole discretion ... damn! this is a lot of small print ... agree to handle all disputes by arbitration ... yadda yadda yadda ...

Nope. No refunds, apparently. Sorry.

[AsahinaKimi]

3. Guess I should have gone to Robinsons May..

OOOOPS! They went out of business!! O.O"

**runs screaming into the night..**