November 7, 2006
SPAM HAIKU
I receive about 50 spam emails a day, at least. Apparently one of the tactics to avoid spam-blocking software is to fill the email with free verse. In tribute to spammers' creative efforts at being total a-holes, I'm going to translate one's latest message into a haiku.
Always very fond of
Me, but of course she did not ment-
-ion My name to you.
Wait a second, that's not a haiku. The Japanese poetry form must adhere to the 5-7-5 syllabic structure. Thank goodness I have a lot of material to cull from.
Debts of honour. Which
Were very pressing; and scrup-
led not to lay all the ill
OK, that's a stretch to be sure, but no one ever accused spammers--or me--of being gifted in the writerly arts.
Tagged:Posted by Lexiphane at November 7, 2006 6:54 AM
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