http://susancourtad.com/2008/01/17/where-has-all-the-good-spam-gone/ Real writing for real life. Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:38:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://susancourtad.com/2008/01/17/where-has-all-the-good-spam-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-787 Susan Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:45:22 +0000 http://susancourtad.com/2008/01/17/where-has-all-the-good-spam-gone/#comment-787 Madame and Elizabeth: I would agree that the Evangelistic Guilt email is extra icky. My personal favorite, though, is #2, the Old Chums one: "Hi, how are you? How's the family? I was so glad to hear that Martha got into UCLA this year. That's great! Wait...you don't actually know me, but I'm a really NICE guy/gal you'd like to know, so that makes it ok!" Madame and Elizabeth: I would agree that the Evangelistic Guilt email is extra icky. My personal favorite, though, is #2, the Old Chums one: “Hi, how are you? How’s the family? I was so glad to hear that Martha got into UCLA this year. That’s great! Wait…you don’t actually know me, but I’m a really NICE guy/gal you’d like to know, so that makes it ok!”

]]> http://susancourtad.com/2008/01/17/where-has-all-the-good-spam-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-789 Elizabeth Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:13:16 +0000 http://susancourtad.com/2008/01/17/where-has-all-the-good-spam-gone/#comment-789 So hard to pick. They're all so..... spammy. but the evangelical is the worst. Using God to scam people always adds a little extra ick factor. So hard to pick. They’re all so….. spammy. but the evangelical is the worst. Using God to scam people always adds a little extra ick factor.

]]> http://susancourtad.com/2008/01/17/where-has-all-the-good-spam-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-788 Madame Queen Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:17:57 +0000 http://susancourtad.com/2008/01/17/where-has-all-the-good-spam-gone/#comment-788 The clear winner is the "Best Invocation of Evangelistic Guilt." By far! I love the bad grammar tossed in, too. And seemingly random punctuation. The clear winner is the “Best Invocation of Evangelistic Guilt.” By far! I love the bad grammar tossed in, too. And seemingly random punctuation.

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