Department of 'You can't make this stuff up'

According to a post on tne Manhattan media blog Gawker, freelancer Jeff Koyen got an email from a representative of "Mabuhay, Philippine Airlines' inflight magazine," asking permission to reprint an article he'd written. For 15 cents per word. Oh, but: Dear Mr. Koyen,My sincerest apologies, but I failed to mention that the words "a", "and", and "the" are not included in the rate. Would you still