Sunday, January 25, 2009

e-mail observations

According to some e-mails I've received this week, I've won the Canadian Lottery (and for the fourth or fifth time: it's been a relatively good week). I am, however, a little confused about what to do with all that money. Based on some other e-mails, should I
  • get that MBA or PhD degree (“in just 4 weeks!”)?
  • or just buy a "University Dip1oma"?
  • renew my apparently expired Viagra (or “Viagar” or “V1agra” or “\iagr@”) prescription?
  • or should I go with the “Cheapest Cializ”? (but, based on the TV commercials, I’m not sure how effective it can be when you’re in separate bathtubs)
  • "enlarghe" my "penins" or my “p3n1s” (I'm not even sure I have one of those, and, if I do, would I want it enlarged?)
  • or just get some of those great Canadian "medz"?
  • open that Nigerian ATM account and pick up even more cash?
  • pay for the Fed. Ex. delivery of $800,000 that is my "confirmed package"
  • maybe just get one of those nice “Ro1ex” watches ("An $18,000 watch for just $200, a 10% discount." I hope their watches are better than their math.)
  • reply to that message from “bat jerzy” (!?) about my "male troubles"
  • reply to that message from my well-known friend "²Ä¤@¦¨¥¿Ä¸ê¢¯¢¸¢·¢¶-¢³¢·¢´-¢¯¢·¢³¡A" about "L/C,?????????,??,??"; it must be really important
  • or maybe reply to that message from "(unknown sender)" with "(no subject)"
  • or stop ignoring Shannon who found my "ad on that dating web site" (I did not think LinkedIn was a dating web site…)
  • and I guess that I no longer need to "get out of debt with a government grant" offer (although…)
  • and, perhaps the best, "Life is too short for shitty watches"
  • or "Now anyone can learn how to earn $200 - $943 per day or More!" (what's magic about $943? why not $942 or $944?)
  • or "FREE MONEY FOR ANYONE!" (free money is good; I like free money)
  • or "put spices in your bed" (whole nutmeg would probably hurt, and pepper would make me sneeze, but a dash of cinnamon might be nice)
  • 16 messages from "Mary" with the subject "Hi, Remember me?" (I don't think I'm the one with the memory problem)
  • message received in May with subject "Season Greetings" (Season? What, May? Mother's Day? Memorial Day?)
  • "Lisa thinks your cute" (My cute? If Lisa could spell, I might be interested)
  • Any email with the subject line "Are You Still Alive?" and any mention of Nigeria in the body can probably be safely ignored.