Spam Observations #9

Today, Maude Glenn wrote to me with Exciting News. Allow me to share it with you:

From: Maude Glenn
Subject: I Found Them!

At last I can have sex!

I have found an amazing site. Since I have been a member, I have been getting laid three times a week. You don’t have to use a credit card, and don’t have to pay a penny.

(And why not I say! Go Maude. You rock sister!)

There are so many guys and girls there it’s unreal… must be the free membership! There’s single people, married people, and people looking for quiet sex “on the side”

(Sure, that sounds fair enough.)

The last time I checked, they had 1.5 million free members, most of them are getting together regually with someone like you!

(Gee, er, OK… I don’t know if I have that many condoms… especially if it’s going to be a regualar thing…)

You can choose what you want too… from erotic email and cyber-fun to voyeurism, discrete relationships, casual sex or lonely hearts looking for love!

(Oh, OK. Maybe just erotic email then. Still, that’s a lot of typing…)

Its all set up for Men, women, couples and groups… Just key in how many of you that there are, choose what you want, and they get you together for some fun!

(Er… there’s only one of me. I don’t think we want to be adding to the numbers any further. Do they do rsvp’s or something? I’d kind of like to get some idea how many will be coming over, you know, for the catering and all.)

I have had sex six times this week with 3 different girls.

(Oh, wait. Oh, I see. Sorry Maude, I didn’t realise you swung that way. My bad. Um, is this email meant for me? I’m a bloke you know.)

Before I could barely manage once a month, and the cost of the drinks and meals was simply too much!

(I know, tell me about it. Is that the pits or what? All you want is a root and you have to take these women out to dinner, make conversation, get them drunk, yadda yadda yadda. Your new scheme seems so much easier. And you know Maude, speaking from a man’s point of view, it’s nice to hear that it’s the same for you girls, all that mucking around with unecessary food & drink. I’m really glad you got in contact. Maybe we should hook up for a few laughs. I bet you’ve got some stories to tell! Of course, we would each pay for our own drinks, I wouldn’t want you to get the wrong idea… Well, unless, you’re interested in boys too… I mean, I don’t mind or anything…)

I’ve been getting laid all month for free!

See you at the party! Meet everyone here!

See ya later
Charlie Alexandre Ferreira

(Hey! What the…? Maude? Are you having a lend of me? What is this Charlie business? We were getting along so well and then you go and pull some cyber Crying Game number on me. Darn, now I’m all confused. I suppose the clues were there from the start: Maude Glenn. As in Glen or Glenda? right? And that subject line I Found Them! Yeah, now I know what you’re talking about. How far would you have let me get before I found them, eh Maude?

My mother always said this email business would get to get me into trouble. I should have stuck with cheap piano bars.)

Crikey, that was close! Glad I read the label…

My new digital image exhibition opens at blank_space gallery in Sydney on June 30 and runs until July 13. Come and be part of the Opening Night illuminati or drop in any day between 11am and 6pm and save me from going stark raving bonkers. Make sure you tell me you heard about it on The Cow:

Opening Night
Thursday, June 30
6-8pm
blank_space
374 Crown St
Surry Hills
Sydney

biologika online [Link]

I feel as disturbed by the thought that there might be dentists who are not ‘bio compatibal’ as by the spelling.

[Thanks Sarah]

Spam Observations #8

My newest best friend, Lisa Crump (!) sent me an email with the subject line:

Yeah it’s a sp@m :)

Oh, that Lisa, isn’t she just the one. Little bashful smile at the end: “Yeah, I it’s a spam, but I know you love me anyway. Shucks.” Lisa, if you’re reading SPAM is SPAM is SPAM. It’s not cute. It’s annoying. When I got it, I most certainly didn’t think: “Oh, that Lisa is such a card, sending me spam and being honest about it“. No. Instead I thought: “Those fucking spammers are just a pain in the arse and I hope they all go to a special hell where the only thing they have to read is never-ending screens of their own puerile garbage”. Lisa, I hate you and your cheap software deals.

UPDATE: I received another different spam from Lisa Crump today. Man, that Lisa is working the keys. I note here for posterity that Lisa Crump can be anagrammatized to April Scum.

OK, who gets paid to think up the daft names of car models? I was driving behind a Toyota ‘Kluger’ the other day and I started thinking “What is that? Kluger? What’s that supposed to make me think?” It has a vaguely unappealing and harsh Teutonic sound to me, sort of like a cross between ‘kludge’ and ‘Luger’. I can’t for the life of me think of what kind of connotation would be positive with that name. And then there is the puke-making Subaru ‘Impreza’ which presumably wants you to think that it’s somehow imprezzive I guess. That should really pull the chicks. Who knows what Hyundai were thinking with the ‘Getz’ (getz you from here to there, maybe), and the Suzuki ‘Baleno’ just makes me think of whales (and by logical progression, corsets, but I’ll leave you to figure that one out…). As for the Daihatsu ‘Charade’, well, honestly who the hell would want to drive around in a car with a name that implies you should be driving something more substantial.

While we’re on the subject, can anyone explain why car sales lots are always festooned with balloons, like some cheap party, or a tawdry carnival. What are they trying to say? “Hey, we’re clowns – come and buy a car from us!”

PS. Any girls who drive Suzuki Balenos and like to wear corsets please be sure to get in touch. I will overlook your poor choice in cars.

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