Spam of the day

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Huh. This one had the usual sorts of random-text headers:

X-Mailer: anniversary brainy bark 
Subject: pigeonberry arkansas 
Organization: power drill bubble baths around 524

But it didn't contain any advertisements, links, or offers to make millions through underhanded dealings with bank accounts. This was the entire contents:

Still cook cheese grits for her from behind minivan, organize her near squid with garbage can for ribbon.[3

I'm guessing it was sent by a clueless spammer who just failed to set the settings on the spam software properly, but I still found it entertaining and mildly intriguing. Is this one of those near-squid experiences?

Something about the phrasing (perhaps just the mention of the garbage can) tempts me to write back a note that says "We Await Silent Tristero's Empire." Either that or try to solve it as a cryptic crossword clue.

2 Responses to “Spam of the day”

  1. The Stranger [living in semi-demi-anonymity on the web]

    _Lot 49_ being, of course, my favorite Pynchon.
    🙂

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  2. Dave Schwartz

    Tourism Spam, from the Chamber of Commerce of Pigeonberry, Arkansas. They are rather selective in their distribution, and it’s not a place you can just travel to; first, there’s the matter of the fruit vendor. Sometime in the next few days, he will offer you a peach as you pass his stand. The peach will cost twenty-six dollars, and will not be fully ripened. But the pit contains a rolled-up ticket for the 5:24 Brainy Bark Bus, which departs from the intersection where the stoplight takes too long to change. You will be blindfolded as you climb onto the bus and given a box of sandwiches. The bus driver will play an endless series of recordings of coroner’s reports. When you reach Pigeonberry — after four days and a stop at the Power Drill Trade Show in Montenegro, where you will demonstrate a bubble bath — speak only to the residents who are not smiling.

    You will be rewarded.

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