(GRE Success! ) Blunt cover letter sample

Some of you might have read it already. Here is an example of a blunt cover letter sent to companies for an internship by an undergraduate student. Ironically, it won hearts! Not sure if it is encouraging for many, but I think it might be an exception.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/kid-sends-perfectly-blunt-cover-letter-for-wall-street-internship--and-now-tons-of-people-are-trying-to-hire-him-151518002.html 

Thoughts?

-Harsha