May 31, 2006
Four recent spam subject lines
You step closer to the toilet, we fix it
Realism is just an excuse for pessimism
Drop 20 lbs with no hunger and no carvings
She will love you more than any other guy
Posted by Francis at 08:58 AMI've been receiving a nice hyphenated-word series recently, including the (IMO rather rude) "Hi, umbrella-shaped" and "need cash, burro-backed".
Posted by: Rick at May 31, 2006 02:41 PMMy favorite recent spam line was:
Free(*) lawn tractor offer!
I almost opened it, because, I mean, free lawn tractor, come on; but the spam-writers were ingenuous enough to include the asterisk, letting me know ahead of time that there was a catch.
Posted by: Jangler at May 31, 2006 06:05 PMI've been getting some two-word combos. Personal faves: "double-jointed blase" and "enjoyment ow."
Posted by: Orange at May 31, 2006 09:44 PMIf only you had frilly imprecision...
...became my sig line for a good while, changed eventually to "If only you had misty nerdpower..." -- an homage to the New Pornographers.
Actually, realism *is* just an excuse for pessimism.
Posted by: Victoria at June 4, 2006 11:39 PMLooks like you just got a few more spam subject lines, Francis.
Posted by: Victoria at June 6, 2006 08:09 AMI did, but they weren't entertaining enough to prevent me from deleting them.
Posted by: Francis at June 6, 2006 08:53 AMYou DO know about Spamusement, right?
It's a cartoon based on spam subject lines. On hiatus or dead:
http://spamusement.com/
Posted by: Todd Derscheid at June 13, 2006 07:45 AM