From an actual email sent out at my place of employment:

Hello May Birthday People. Next Friday we will celebrate your birthdays by singing and eating cake, if ya’ll want to buy one…If the 5 of you give $2 each we can help you to eat the birthday cake you buy for yourselves…What do you say?…After all, you are worth it. Why not have a little email meeting to decide who will buy the cake?

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