Hi Mike

I enjoyed your begging site. It's one of the better ones.

However, I'm concerned at the blatant libel contained on the home page. It claims that your site is the most interesting "cyber-panhandling" site your visitors will ever see. I'm not sure what "panhandling" is, probably some Americanism for scrounging from the public. That's not my concern. My criticism is that I was most offended by the implication that my own site http://members.lycos.co.uk/lazybeggar is less interesting than yours.

Although I am British, and hence, reluctant - indeed embarrassed - to complain, I would never pass up the opportunity to make money from someone as unfortunate as I am.

Because I am unemployed, I am eligible for Legal Aid. You, I understand, are not. "Do the math," as you say over there.

There are, however, a few ways you can avoid litigation. These are:
Apologise profusely and say how impossible it would have been for your country to win the Iraq war without the British.
Place a link to my site on yours, with a grovelling, sycophantic review.
If you make a million dollars from your site, send it to me.
And finally, laugh at the unfathomable cultural references you find on lazybeggar (see how you like it).

If that's okay. Sorry. Bye. Sorry.

Lazybeggar a.k.a. Laconic
(By the way, my site is definitely not family friendly)

ah, finally. Someone with my sense of humor. It's a shame you're British though. Good luck with that, really.

I'll post your link...