Cryptic British

[Alberto Novo <alt_list@albertonovo.it>]

John, 
>   I  believe that yourself and thousands of others are anything but  ''dummies.''
In my English/Italian dictionary I have many translations fo "dummy", in 
this order:
as an adjective
1) "mute", "silent";
2) "false";
3) used for "dummy bridge";
4) used in informatics like (dummy activity";
as a substantive
5) like 1
6) manikin;
7) man of straw;
8) like 3
9) mock-up (typogr.)
10) like for the American "pacifier"
11) (slang) dull-minded, idiot. 
What is among these definitions the more corresponding for your "dummies"? 
> This print is not yet for sale but it could be up for auction in   
> about 1 0 3 years.
One century and three? 
Alberto