Comments on: A Moment of Silence for Dance Tights Bob, the Spam Guy http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/ More than you ever wanted to hear from Bestselling Author Jenny Crusie. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:49:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Jenny http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-5857 Jenny Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:25:40 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-5857 Okay, this has to be the weirdest spam I've ever gotten: "new testament theology… shit-happens 3004169 Of new testament theology and more…" Shit happens, read the New Testament? WTF? Okay, this has to be the weirdest spam I’ve ever gotten:

“new testament theology…
shit-happens 3004169 Of new testament theology and more…”

Shit happens, read the New Testament? WTF?

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]]> By: Jennifer Talty http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4596 Jennifer Talty Mon, 14 May 2007 01:19:30 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4596 This is not spam.... HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! This is not spam….

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

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]]> By: orangehands http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4579 orangehands Sun, 13 May 2007 08:14:28 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4579 gmail seems to do the job for me. but my school address getsa lot of "you want to make $3000 a week by filling out surveys? we have the job for you. just pay $59.99 for the program and you will be making money hand over fist" yeah, let me just send off that extra 60 bucks i have lying around. gmail seems to do the job for me. but my school address getsa lot of “you want to make $3000 a week by filling out surveys? we have the job for you. just pay $59.99 for the program and you will be making money hand over fist”

yeah, let me just send off that extra 60 bucks i have lying around.

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]]> By: micki http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4576 micki Sun, 13 May 2007 03:41:18 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4576 Spam filters are getting to be so annoying though. I recently wrote a friend with an e-mail titled "Mandolin Rain" (because it was raining, and I'd just heard the 80s song on the radio), and when she wrote back, it looked like she had to fish it out of her garbage. Spam filters are getting to be so annoying though. I recently wrote a friend with an e-mail titled “Mandolin Rain” (because it was raining, and I’d just heard the 80s song on the radio), and when she wrote back, it looked like she had to fish it out of her garbage.

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]]> By: Electric Landlady http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4553 Electric Landlady Fri, 11 May 2007 21:10:43 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4553 I managed to miss <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/thelens/program_171006.html" rel="nofollow">Spam: The Documentary</a> AGAIN, but your post reminds me that I should try to find it one of these days. I managed to miss Spam: The Documentary AGAIN, but your post reminds me that I should try to find it one of these days.

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]]> By: Jenna Black http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4552 Jenna Black Fri, 11 May 2007 19:39:41 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4552 It was actually me, not Mary Stella, whose employer turned off the spam filter. And yeah, I'm kind of surprised they did it too. I think I'm more likely to delete a client email that got lost among the clutter than for that spam filter to filter a client email. But hey, I'm just a worker bee, so I'll let other people worry about it. It was actually me, not Mary Stella, whose employer turned off the spam filter. And yeah, I’m kind of surprised they did it too. I think I’m more likely to delete a client email that got lost among the clutter than for that spam filter to filter a client email. But hey, I’m just a worker bee, so I’ll let other people worry about it.

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]]> By: Cary http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4550 Cary Fri, 11 May 2007 18:34:36 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4550 Mary Stella, I'm surprised your employer turned it off completely. Most HR departments these days are worried about employee harassment complaints - "My employer isn't doing anything to stop all this pornographic spam! So now I'm too traumatized to look at my e-mail, and since I missed that important client request, they fired me. Now I want a million dollars for lost wages, emotional trauma, and punitive damages." Of course, our spam-filtering service is terrible, but it does trap everything to a Suspect folder where I can wade through 20 erectile disfunction e-mails, 30 help-you-lose-weight-fast ads, 10 Nigerian lottery announcements, and 2 demands for me to update my banking information with Bank4 Idiots. Mary Stella, I’m surprised your employer turned it off completely. Most HR departments these days are worried about employee harassment complaints – “My employer isn’t doing anything to stop all this pornographic spam! So now I’m too traumatized to look at my e-mail, and since I missed that important client request, they fired me. Now I want a million dollars for lost wages, emotional trauma, and punitive damages.”

Of course, our spam-filtering service is terrible, but it does trap everything to a Suspect folder where I can wade through 20 erectile disfunction e-mails, 30 help-you-lose-weight-fast ads, 10 Nigerian lottery announcements, and 2 demands for me to update my banking information with Bank4 Idiots.

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]]> By: Diana http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4545 Diana Fri, 11 May 2007 14:57:55 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4545 Spammers and blammers should be executed utilizing the products they're trying to sell. Let's see how soft that Cialis is in excessive amounts. Spammers and blammers should be executed utilizing the products they’re trying to sell. Let’s see how soft that Cialis is in excessive amounts.

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]]> By: Mary Stella http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4543 Mary Stella Fri, 11 May 2007 13:36:48 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4543 I recently received blam on a post I wrote last summer. Even the free online language translator couldn't completely translate the Spanish. It could have said pool construction or penis construction. Might have mixed both and been construction for a 15" pool that only a water rat could love. Whatever the case, it kicked off a plot idea that I what-iffed on my blog. Too bad I don't write romantic suspense. Maybe I should try. *vbg* One questions, Jenny -- what were you supposed to be doing instead of your in depth SPAM research? *g* I recently received blam on a post I wrote last summer. Even the free online language translator couldn’t completely translate the Spanish. It could have said pool construction or penis construction. Might have mixed both and been construction for a 15″ pool that only a water rat could love. Whatever the case, it kicked off a plot idea that I what-iffed on my blog. Too bad I don’t write romantic suspense. Maybe I should try. *vbg*

One questions, Jenny — what were you supposed to be doing instead of your in depth SPAM research? *g*

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]]> By: Jenna Black http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4542 Jenna Black Fri, 11 May 2007 12:53:14 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4542 Gee, no one else seems to get my #1 spam message. My husband and I moved over two years ago, and we're still getting constant messages for mortgages and various real estate deals for the old address. We get more of those than the Cialis and Viagra offers, even though we haven't owned that house in more than two years. I have no idea what the spam I get at my day job is all about. Most of it comes in with subject lines that are apparently created by a random word generator--"Whaling headphone flower," or "the in for special." I presume this is to get around the spam filters. Unfortunately, at my day job, they've turned off the spam filter since an important client email got filtered. I'm out of the office all next week, and I shudder to think what I'll see when I get back! Gee, no one else seems to get my #1 spam message. My husband and I moved over two years ago, and we’re still getting constant messages for mortgages and various real estate deals for the old address. We get more of those than the Cialis and Viagra offers, even though we haven’t owned that house in more than two years.

I have no idea what the spam I get at my day job is all about. Most of it comes in with subject lines that are apparently created by a random word generator–”Whaling headphone flower,” or “the in for special.” I presume this is to get around the spam filters. Unfortunately, at my day job, they’ve turned off the spam filter since an important client email got filtered. I’m out of the office all next week, and I shudder to think what I’ll see when I get back!

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]]> By: Jennifer Talty http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4532 Jennifer Talty Fri, 11 May 2007 02:27:48 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4532 OMG! Micki - too funny. I think I need to remind myself to use the little girls room before reading this blog. Sheesh. OMG! Micki – too funny. I think I need to remind myself to use the little girls room before reading this blog. Sheesh.

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]]> By: micki http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4529 micki Fri, 11 May 2007 01:48:25 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4529 LOL! Oh, Victoria, I love your twisted, twisted mind! I think The Guy With the 15 Inch Penis would make a great romantic hero -- he gets the extension as a foolish young man, but everytime he tries to use it, he passes out -- in fact, everytime he gets aroused, the room spins. Because of the pain of the original surgery, he won't put things back to rights, so he's trained himself to ignore all passion. And then he meets his True Love. Maybe he blames it on narcolepsy. But sooner or later, he realizes, she's going to want to sleep with him, and he's afraid and shy. Talk about conflict! Man vs. his earlier actions! Man vs. his primitive self! Man vs. his traitorous blood! (-: OK, maybe this is why I am not a romance writer. These hero conflicts are pretty 80s. LOL! Oh, Victoria, I love your twisted, twisted mind!

I think The Guy With the 15 Inch Penis would make a great romantic hero — he gets the extension as a foolish young man, but everytime he tries to use it, he passes out — in fact, everytime he gets aroused, the room spins. Because of the pain of the original surgery, he won’t put things back to rights, so he’s trained himself to ignore all passion.

And then he meets his True Love. Maybe he blames it on narcolepsy. But sooner or later, he realizes, she’s going to want to sleep with him, and he’s afraid and shy. Talk about conflict! Man vs. his earlier actions! Man vs. his primitive self! Man vs. his traitorous blood!

(-: OK, maybe this is why I am not a romance writer. These hero conflicts are pretty 80s.

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]]> By: orangehands http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4526 orangehands Fri, 11 May 2007 00:12:08 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4526 LMAO well, spam has done wonders for me. apparently, i just need to get a lawyer and i can get millions- millions- from an African bank. but they need the lawyer to stop the government from taking it, and then it's all mine. i'm going to be rolling in it, just rolling in it. don't worry, i'll share. some of you have pool supplies to buy. :) LMAO

well, spam has done wonders for me. apparently, i just need to get a lawyer and i can get millions- millions- from an African bank. but they need the lawyer to stop the government from taking it, and then it’s all mine. i’m going to be rolling in it, just rolling in it.

don’t worry, i’ll share. some of you have pool supplies to buy. :)

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]]> By: MJ http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4523 MJ Thu, 10 May 2007 21:52:44 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4523 You may have heard on NPR about another fun connection between Monty Python and spammers/scammers. "Scambaiters" are people who answer those Nigerian prince e-mails and try to turn the tables, thereby wasting the scammers' time. One scambaiter, over the course of six months, convinced the would-be scammers that he had money to give to struggling actors. They could qualify for that money by auditioning. The result is one of YouTube's most popular clips: Two Nigerians performing the Monty Python "Dead Parrot" skit. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvyrzQldOKE You may have heard on NPR about another fun connection between Monty Python and spammers/scammers.

“Scambaiters” are people who answer those Nigerian prince e-mails and try to turn the tables, thereby wasting the scammers’ time. One scambaiter, over the course of six months, convinced the would-be scammers that he had money to give to struggling actors. They could qualify for that money by auditioning.

The result is one of YouTube’s most popular clips: Two Nigerians performing the Monty Python “Dead Parrot” skit. Here’s the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvyrzQldOKE

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]]> By: Jennifer Talty http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4517 Jennifer Talty Thu, 10 May 2007 18:50:42 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4517 OMG! Victoria! I damn near peed my pants when I read your comment on the 15" penis and hydraulic pressure to lift.... OMG! I hate spam. Had to change my e-mail address a while back because of spam. OMG! Victoria! I damn near peed my pants when I read your comment on the 15″ penis and hydraulic pressure to lift…. OMG!

I hate spam. Had to change my e-mail address a while back because of spam.

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]]> By: Victoria http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4514 Victoria Thu, 10 May 2007 17:49:14 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4514 <i> from <b>Office Wench Cherry</b> on May 10th, Where *exactly* are you going to put a 15″ penis? </i> My question is "Will the guy still be conscious after he tries to use it?" It takes a lot hydraulic pressure to "lift" something that big, and the blood has got to come from somewhere. from Office Wench Cherry on May 10th,
Where *exactly* are you going to put a 15″ penis?

My question is “Will the guy still be conscious after he tries to use it?” It takes a lot hydraulic pressure to “lift” something that big, and the blood has got to come from somewhere.

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]]> By: colognegrrl http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4513 colognegrrl Thu, 10 May 2007 17:43:00 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4513 I think that "filtro aria" is the filter you need for the swimming pool construction. Seems that spam is an international curse. I could probably buy the Taj Mahal with all the loans that were accepted, plus win a fortune at online casinos, plus earn extra money by posting my naked pictures on the net (nah, that wouldn't make big bucks, rather stick with the loan.) And then I could invest it all in the Popnet stock which is sure to go off like a rocket in the next few days. I think that “filtro aria” is the filter you need for the swimming pool construction.

Seems that spam is an international curse. I could probably buy the Taj Mahal with all the loans that were accepted, plus win a fortune at online casinos, plus earn extra money by posting my naked pictures on the net (nah, that wouldn’t make big bucks, rather stick with the loan.) And then I could invest it all in the Popnet stock which is sure to go off like a rocket in the next few days.

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]]> By: Jill http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4512 Jill Thu, 10 May 2007 17:39:33 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4512 No Dance Tights Bob, his Lost Girls ,and I got blammed together with viagra, cialis, video pompino gratis, and swimming pool construction ? That's --interesting. Guess I should pimp the Lost Girls somewhere else. ;) What's the link for the pool construction ? No Dance Tights Bob, his Lost Girls ,and I got blammed together with viagra, cialis, video pompino gratis, and swimming pool construction ? That’s –interesting.
Guess I should pimp the Lost Girls somewhere else. ;)
What’s the link for the pool construction ?

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]]> By: Jill http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4511 Jill Thu, 10 May 2007 17:18:44 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4511 I think I got blammed again. My last post disappeared. Did you know that if you Yahoo search piscina construzione you get links in Portugese (or whatever) but you can click on 'translate this ' and get this: http://66.218.71.231/language/translation/translatedPage.php?tt=url&text=http%3a//www.puntopiscina.com/&lp=it_en&.intl=us&fr=yfp-t-501 I think I got blammed again. My last post disappeared.

Did you know that if you Yahoo search piscina construzione you get links in Portugese (or whatever) but you can click on ‘translate this ‘ and get this:
http://66.218.71.231/language/translation/translatedPage.php?tt=url&text=http%3a//www.puntopiscina.com/&lp=it_en&.intl=us&fr=yfp-t-501

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]]> By: Melissa #2 http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4508 Melissa #2 Thu, 10 May 2007 16:51:44 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/05/09/a-moment-of-silence-for-dance-tights-bob-the-spam-guy/#comment-4508 I don't nearly as much porn (or pron) spam as I used to, but I get a LOT of Viagra/Cialis offers. I get a lot of the 'you've won the British Lottery' messages, but not so much the Nigerian business scams these days. I've started actually looking at the sender names, and some of them are fairly amusing. They're faked to get around the filters, but come on! Does anyone believe that Precious K. Obvious or Extraordinary M. Register is a real person???????????? I don’t nearly as much porn (or pron) spam as I used to, but I get a LOT of Viagra/Cialis offers. I get a lot of the ‘you’ve won the British Lottery’ messages, but not so much the Nigerian business scams these days.

I’ve started actually looking at the sender names, and some of them are fairly amusing. They’re faked to get around the filters, but come on! Does anyone believe that Precious K. Obvious or Extraordinary M. Register is a real person????????????

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