tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post2858496610221686890..comments2024-03-20T10:01:20.599+00:00Comments on Dave Gorman: Spam EconomyDave Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02260701102207639816noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-49312699805007933852007-10-23T16:26:00.000+01:002007-10-23T16:26:00.000+01:00Hi Dave - jumping back to this old post as I just ...Hi Dave - jumping back to this old post as I just opened my yahoo and have received this glorious sounding email from 'Cris knobbs' with the subject being 'giant massive shlong for Mercedes' - now, is that the car I wonder? <BR/><BR/>I like reading it like a serious piece of news - 'Mercedes reports a giant massive shlong. Business up 99%'. <BR/><BR/>I dunno, made me laugh anyway...Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11309191526500602452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-57576514625797962062007-08-26T16:29:00.000+01:002007-08-26T16:29:00.000+01:00you can always turn your spam into poetryyou can always turn your spam into <A HREF="http://www.spam-poetry.com/" REL="nofollow">poetry</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-26281635003568352572007-08-25T18:59:00.000+01:002007-08-25T18:59:00.000+01:00This made me howl.Thanks :)This made me howl.<BR/><BR/>Thanks :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-48933972420029579712007-08-13T12:53:00.000+01:002007-08-13T12:53:00.000+01:00Ta Toby. I've just installed spamseive... will see...Ta Toby. I've just installed spamseive... will see how it goes.Dave Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260701102207639816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-4954598239957796802007-08-11T02:39:00.000+01:002007-08-11T02:39:00.000+01:00Hi Dave,I have emailed you before, oooh about two ...Hi Dave,<BR/><BR/>I have emailed you before, oooh about two years ago now, so I know you won't recall this whatsoever but I'm the chap who works for Apple, well, used to work for Apple anyway I'm now freelance and loving it in London. May I suggest a piece of software called SpamSieve? It only costs £15! Apple Mail's junk filter is getting old in the tooth and not great at spotting these spam mails but SpamSieve adapts itself and is really very good indeed, I've been using it myself for about a month now and it's excellent.<BR/><BR/>I hope that helps your small penis errr emails ;-)<BR/><BR/>Toby<BR/><BR/>toby at tobyriding dot co dot uk - that's another way to get around spambots by the way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-70563303955206777052007-08-10T22:57:00.000+01:002007-08-10T22:57:00.000+01:00I had a splendid selection of these today as well....I had a splendid selection of these today as well. I quite liked 'and now my peter is indeed greater than federal'.Dave Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08561859209093889755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-34305038192760969122007-08-10T18:22:00.000+01:002007-08-10T18:22:00.000+01:00I love the way your mind works! I must find a way ...I love the way your mind works! I must find a way to work the phrase "preponderant putz" into a sentence today....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881925232598078283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-2258177629985718742007-08-10T18:00:00.000+01:002007-08-10T18:00:00.000+01:00I'm afraid to say that more than once in my life I...I'm afraid to say that more than once in my life I have been convinced by a 'Baronesses always whizgiggled at me' email, but that's only because i'm a memeber of the Baronesses Who Wizgiggle Appreciation Society so I sometimes get a little confused when receiving the newsletters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-18311104193951836542007-08-10T15:26:00.000+01:002007-08-10T15:26:00.000+01:00Nice to see that you are putting your honorary doc...Nice to see that you are putting your honorary doctorate in mathematics to good use! <BR/><BR/>B-T-W, you thought that DC was bad when you were there over New Year, try being here in the summer...38 celcius with insane humidity!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-81405601068580494462007-08-10T12:20:00.000+01:002007-08-10T12:20:00.000+01:00I was one of the ones who did reply to this spam a...I was one of the ones who did reply to this spam and used this product for 5 months and let me tell you, the Baronesses aren't laughing anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-53291030745036350672007-08-10T09:04:00.000+01:002007-08-10T09:04:00.000+01:00Who says that there can't be so many Catalina Spic...Who says that there can't be so many Catalina Spicers with new boyfriends? I bet there's loads. I bet there's one for every card in the deck, including jokers...(or is the novel-writing actually going too well to consider a new show, "Are You Cataline Spicer and does your new boyfriend have a tiny cock?")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-32735559256184983112007-08-10T08:55:00.000+01:002007-08-10T08:55:00.000+01:00...but what thats done to the graph!...but what thats done to the graph!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-15992170050600337252007-08-10T05:38:00.000+01:002007-08-10T05:38:00.000+01:00I tend to get a lot of penis enlargement spam, usu...I tend to get a lot of penis enlargement spam, usually in the same batch of email as the likes of "bigger breasts on a budget." The internet apparently thinks I'm a Hermaphrodite.<BR/><BR/>And don't even get me started on Russian Septic Tank Cleaner spam.Ben Paddonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15055878350119142435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-4309387857335786912007-08-10T02:18:00.000+01:002007-08-10T02:18:00.000+01:00Another batch of the same today... with new variab...Another batch of the same today... with new variables. Including the delightful opening, <I>Dames always hee-hawed at me...</I>Dave Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260701102207639816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-43504370571711469322007-08-09T19:51:00.000+01:002007-08-09T19:51:00.000+01:00Hmmm, percentages, tables, sums, detailed analysis...Hmmm, percentages, tables, sums, detailed analysis...<BR/><BR/>What chapter are you stuck on? :D<BR/><BR/>Dictionary.com has [i]putz[/i] listed as Yiddish for 'the penis'. Oddly, Answers.com (Google's new dictionary of choice) has this discription:<BR/><BR/>putz: dial. in Penn. Dutch homes, a representation of the Nativity scene traditionally placed under a Christmas tree.<BR/><BR/>Which I think makes those spam emails much more lovely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-26349027127592630692007-08-09T19:36:00.000+01:002007-08-09T19:36:00.000+01:00I can see that appealed to the Mathematician in yo...I can see that appealed to the Mathematician in you Dave. :o)<BR/><BR/>I have had and read one or two of those emails where they tell you this enormously complicated and sad story about someone who's died with loads of money but for some reason the government of whatever country is going to (wrongly of course) take it all, so can they please deposit £5 squillion in your bank account instead? They are quite amusing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-56847416426309697892007-08-09T16:41:00.000+01:002007-08-09T16:41:00.000+01:00I've often wondered whether we could round up all ...I've often wondered whether we could round up all the people that actually respond to spam and shoot them (or, in my less wound-up-by-spam moments, give them a good talking-to), hence rendering spam unprofitable and getting the spammers to give up bothering the rest of us. And frankly, if they're replying to this rubbish in their inbox, what other foolish things do they get up to? What else would we be ridding the world of??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-4601061480937294852007-08-09T15:10:00.000+01:002007-08-09T15:10:00.000+01:00You and your numbers, percentages, & probabilities...You and your numbers, percentages, & probabilities. You were a statistician in another life, weren't you?Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01887545129955889482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-66900852300356283562007-08-09T14:03:00.000+01:002007-08-09T14:03:00.000+01:00An easy way to shine some humor on the situation i...An easy way to shine some humor on the situation is to change the sound your email application, be it Outlook iMail or Thunderbird, is to change the sound it makes when you receive new email. When something falls into your inbox swiftly followed by "I DON'T LIKE SPAM!", a quote from Monty Phython's Spam sketch, then you are going to have the first chuckle on your way to a happier inbox.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of which, I have mail.Stewart Paskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115495711826378813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-80113765045543076892007-08-09T13:06:00.000+01:002007-08-09T13:06:00.000+01:00hi dave if you want a laugh go to http://www.419ea...hi dave if you want a laugh go to http://www.419eater.com/<BR/><BR/>i am fed up of getting penis enlargement spam . i am female i don't need it :-)<BR/><BR/>by the ay do you ever get anyone posting spam to this blog . a curse on them if they do . <BR/><BR/>peace<BR/>LindaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-34684137072085230432007-08-09T12:47:00.000+01:002007-08-09T12:47:00.000+01:00Slow day at the office eh?Slow day at the office eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-51168528695371137882007-08-09T12:39:00.000+01:002007-08-09T12:39:00.000+01:00I'm not a spam expert, but it might be that your p...I'm not a spam expert, but it might be that your public email address is on a number of lists that the spammers have obtained. Thus you are getting one message for each list they spam that contains your address.Dominic Sayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05932826428389425341noreply@blogger.com