Spam

I'm still pretty busy at work, but every now and then something strikes me as worth commenting on. Like this.

Is it just me, or is spam getting weirder all the time?

Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:19:47 -0500
From: Uranus Hairston
To: Ove Barker
Subject: Re: VALLlUM Ci-alis VlAGRA

Hello,

already - and without consulting me?
sugar plantations from sunrise to sunset, and if their labours
him. I have never deemed Barbados the earthly mirror of heaven,
in scorn. I take it, Mr. Pollexfen, that the wicked treason of
But this apparent respect for the persons and property of the

Lord Julian abandoned the struggle. He smiled wearily, shrugged,

surprise at the buccaneer leader, whilst the Baron challengingly
came into an inheritance of some few hundred pounds, with which h
he beat the time of his words. Know, friend, that there is no
ever.
said, with less than her earlier assurance.

Have a nice day.

That's it. If I ever get around to writing my sci-fi novel, I am going to name one of the characters "Uranus Hairston." You heard it here first. I might even take "Ove Barker" as my nom de plume. Anyway, it's nice that spam has progressed from this

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Directly from the manufacturer!

to something more erudite and entertaining (the above text is from Captain Blood of all things), but what this has to do with Viagra, I'm not sure. Did spammers get together and hire a focus group to tell them that people who want prolonged, full, and stable erections (so what the heck is an unstable erection?!? don't tell me) also appreciate being able to catch up on a little leisurely reading while they're shopping for "pills of love"? The mind boggles.