Topic: Odds and ends
Perhaps not so much found as 'sent' - I have a bit of an obsession with spam, particularly those bits that are successful at evading filters, which the following was. Apparently, someone has now decided that spam provides an opportunity to offer not only unsolicited 'opportunities' but unsolicited advice, and the occasional bizarre aphorism:
Breaking news alert issue - big news coming.
Xxxxxxx International Corporation
We give it to you again as a gift. This company is doing incredible things. They have cash and have made great strategic aquisitions. Current price is $4.70. Short term projection is $8. This company has dropped big new's in the past. Who's to say they don't have another big one.
Not everybody has to sing the melody. More to the point, not everyone can.
Men are punished by their sins, not for them.
What if there had been room at the inn? Oooh, historical speculation! I'm going to go with: Baby Jesus would've been exposed to lice, instead of fleas.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
There must be more to life than having everything.
Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
There are 350 varieties of shark, not counting loan and pool.
America is the greatest of opportunities and the worst of influences.
The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets. Ew. Just . . . ew.
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence. Sometimes, silence is preferable.
Fear not those who argue but those who dodge. Because they will always beat you at dodgeball, and who wants to lose all the time?
How many husbands have I had? You mean apart from my own? (sings) One of these things is not like the others, one of these things is not the same . . .
He who has never envied the vegetable has missed the human drama. Whaaaaaaaat?
Sleep is an eight-hour peep show of infantile erotica. Where the hell did they get this one from?
Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still.
Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
For four-fifths of our history, our planet was populated by pond scum. Oh, this is just too easy.
Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. Damnable? Does someone think he's channeling Oscar Wilde?
Spam's more fun when it's interactive, don't you think? And, of course, when it enables procrastination. How did I manage to waste 20 minutes on this? Back to work with me . . .