My Attempt To Prevent A Man From Having To Shave Off Body Hair

I get a lot of e-mails that have nothing to do with my day-to-day job. Most of these e-mails are saying that I’ve been given a crazy amount of money and all they need is my bank info in order for me to get it. But the other day, I got an even stranger e-mail. Instead of summarizing, I thought I’d post it here. And in doing so, I truly hope I am helping the sender (you’ll understand in a minute).

Krista,

First off, this is going to be a strange request, and I’ll admit that on the front end.  But, as you will see from the email chain below … [I'm trying to get] a (very brief) article published in local magazine/paper in order for me to meet a prerequisite for entry into an adventure race called the Death Race.  The race is held in Pittsfield, Vermont – it is crazy.

Anyway, the racers have been told that if we don’t get an article published about our entry into the race, we will face a “penalty” at the race in June – either shaving all of my body hair off or taking hay bales from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain…neither of which sound too appealing to me.

I’m not sure if you can help me out or if you have any suggestions on where I should turn, but please let me know if you have any thoughts.  Thanks in advance for your help.

Hope this helps!