Comment and Email Spam - Do you laugh or scream?

[ReginaSmola]

For a very long time, I used to get upset when I'd received email spam. I kept thinking, How did they get my email? Why are they sending me this stuff? Did they sell my email to a spam list?

Since getting upset is a waste of time and burns unnecessary energy, I decided to look for the humor in it. Some of the subject lines these people come up with are hilarious. I mean, do they actually pay people in a foreign country to write these "catchy" phrases or what?

For over a year now, my good friend MaryJo Wagner and I send a Skype message to each other every morning for the funniest spam subject we get. We laugh and carry on for a good 5 minutes. Believe it or not, spam starts my day with a chuckle.

Now, the comment spammers are getting more creative... For example, just today I got two comments on my blog and they didn't even make it in my "Spam" folder. Instead they got put under "Pending."

1) Author: Get Rid of Wrinkles. Comment: There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators.

2) Author: Wrinkle Cream. Comment: If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?

Honestly, where do they come up with this stuff? Good thing I moderate my comments! How about you?

It's always better to laugh than cry

[SkipperHolmes]

Here, here, Regina! I have a friend in California & we laugh about everything!!! It's such fun.

[ChristineCobb]

What I think is hilarious are the Russian spammers who write lines and lines of gobblety-gook and then end it with a smiley face. Really?

[ReginaSmola]

LOL!!! Where do they find these people?

Help Wanted! Subject Writer for Spam Project.
Qualifications: Creativity, lack of judgement, no conscious, and some knowledge of the little blue pill.
Pay: $0.01 per email.

Can you imagine the job interview? Do they give em' a resume too?

So, Mr. Smith.. I see you have worked construction the last 10 years...um how are you at writing up catchy email subject lines? And have you ever used male enhancements? Some knowledge or experience will help with our spam project.

[MaryJoWagner]

Ah, the infamous blue pill. Love your job offer but think I'll not take you up on it. Sounds like you're looking for a guy and probably somebody a lot younger than I am!

Wonder how many of this particular spam I get every day. I can't count that high!

MaryJo