A long while back I received an email that came through my website contact form:
"hi there - I am trying to find biblical quotes for each subject at school. I am stuck on IT and computing!! Any ideas please? thanks very much"
I think I responded with something like, "Are you serious?" Never heard back from this person.
What say you? Was this a joke or not?
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