This one is probably going to get quite silly
Most email spam is really quite easy to ignore. ABout half of the spoam emails I get at the moment appear to be from some German dude in his Frankfurt based business. I could be wrong about that, since my knowledge of German is so limited that the only way for this guy to be sure that I would understand his emails would be to offer to sell me 'the best way to the train station'.
The other half of it tends to be advetisements for some sort of medication or similar pharmaceutical product that will apparently make my wife very happy even though I am the one whpo would be taking it. I'm not really sure that I follow the logic there so those emails tend to be deleted.
Just occasionally, the subject line in a spam email is so good that it's impossible not to open, like the one I got last week.
From: [some spamming dude]
To: INC
Subject: Ringleader admits obvious of chicken
I had to open it, just in case in contained a news story like this...
A group of radical but also quite weird animal rights activists were arrested this week after they attempted to infiltrate the Logie Awards by hiding inside a giant chicken which was left just outside the Casino.
Police were called after no one at all was fooled into thinking that the chicken was in any way an official part of the ceremony, despite the absolutely genius plan of dressing the chicken in a giant "Poultry in Motion" T-shirt. It turns out that Chicken Run gags are no longer topical.
When interviewed by police, ringleader Gerald McCluckenheimer admitted that, in hindsight, the chicken was somewhat obvious. McCluckenheimer is well known for a series of similarly eponymous stunts, including attempting to infiltrate the Big Brother house disguised as an ostrich egg and chasing Adro up several flights of stairs with a frying pan and 10kg of bacon strapped to his own head.
McCluckenheimer appeared before Melbourne Magistrates Court this morning and he was released on bail on his own undertaking to JUST STOP IT.
Police spokesperson Senior Sergeant Jade McKinnon said "Look, seriously, what does this guy think this is, McLeod's Daughters? You know, the show with the incredible thematic subtlety, like last week's episode which was littered with King Arthur references, all leading up to the penultimate scene where Abi Tucker pulls a knife out of a wooden beam with no apparent difficulty even though it's been stuck there for years and no one else has been able to move it even one inch. Anyhoo, this whole chicken themed stunt thing just makes me cross."
The Opposition Police spokesperson, whose name I have temporarily forgotten if indeed I or anyone else ever knew it, said "We waited a week for INC to post something and all we get is this complete nonsense? Seriously? When we win government, our first priority will be legislate against this blog. Not all blogs or anything, no, just this specific one. So, INC, nothing much for you to worry about for the next 7, or maybe 11 years, but after that, watch out."
Sadly, when I opened the email, it was of course nothing like that at all. But at least I now have a good sized investment in some guy's sausage factory in Frankfurt.
The other half of it tends to be advetisements for some sort of medication or similar pharmaceutical product that will apparently make my wife very happy even though I am the one whpo would be taking it. I'm not really sure that I follow the logic there so those emails tend to be deleted.
Just occasionally, the subject line in a spam email is so good that it's impossible not to open, like the one I got last week.
From: [some spamming dude]
To: INC
Subject: Ringleader admits obvious of chicken
I had to open it, just in case in contained a news story like this...
A group of radical but also quite weird animal rights activists were arrested this week after they attempted to infiltrate the Logie Awards by hiding inside a giant chicken which was left just outside the Casino.
Police were called after no one at all was fooled into thinking that the chicken was in any way an official part of the ceremony, despite the absolutely genius plan of dressing the chicken in a giant "Poultry in Motion" T-shirt. It turns out that Chicken Run gags are no longer topical.
When interviewed by police, ringleader Gerald McCluckenheimer admitted that, in hindsight, the chicken was somewhat obvious. McCluckenheimer is well known for a series of similarly eponymous stunts, including attempting to infiltrate the Big Brother house disguised as an ostrich egg and chasing Adro up several flights of stairs with a frying pan and 10kg of bacon strapped to his own head.
McCluckenheimer appeared before Melbourne Magistrates Court this morning and he was released on bail on his own undertaking to JUST STOP IT.
Police spokesperson Senior Sergeant Jade McKinnon said "Look, seriously, what does this guy think this is, McLeod's Daughters? You know, the show with the incredible thematic subtlety, like last week's episode which was littered with King Arthur references, all leading up to the penultimate scene where Abi Tucker pulls a knife out of a wooden beam with no apparent difficulty even though it's been stuck there for years and no one else has been able to move it even one inch. Anyhoo, this whole chicken themed stunt thing just makes me cross."
The Opposition Police spokesperson, whose name I have temporarily forgotten if indeed I or anyone else ever knew it, said "We waited a week for INC to post something and all we get is this complete nonsense? Seriously? When we win government, our first priority will be legislate against this blog. Not all blogs or anything, no, just this specific one. So, INC, nothing much for you to worry about for the next 7, or maybe 11 years, but after that, watch out."
Sadly, when I opened the email, it was of course nothing like that at all. But at least I now have a good sized investment in some guy's sausage factory in Frankfurt.
posted by I'm not Craig at 7:58 PM
4 Comments:
Donde esta la pollo?
I get very little spam.
Not complaining or anything
(just in case you decide to give my email to your Bavarian friend)
"Poultry in Motion". Brilliant!
I'm going to become a spam fan if this is the sort of entertainment it starts inspiring in people!
Giggles
I think my Bavarian friend would suspect that I was 'baiting' him in the manner of snoskred if I gave him your particularly fine email address.
Meva
Brilliant, but not very original. I nicked that one from Chicken Run.
Harpo
And that is the difference between me and Pink. I really am here for your entertainment.
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