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Lately I've been getting spam for "Christian debt relief." I guess this must mean that being Christian excuses you from having to pay back bills.

Hey, that's nothing. Apparently, they've been measuring parts of my body and have discovered that I can't give women what they really want.

Peter,

More to Jane's point, how did they find out that you were in potentially in need of, or receptive to, Christian debt relief?

And how did they know about Rob's problem? Is his an example of how important it is to guard the privacy of medical records? Who knows what those physicians are writing in their little crabbed script.

And then there's the spam I get for "black singles." I'm white, and married.

Sorry, Rob. I didn't realize that they would sell the survey results.

Rob -

Don't feel bad(ly?). I also get those e-mails, so apparently I don't measure up either.

What beats me is how they found something to measure, since I don't seem to have the parts in question. But that just makes the promised increase all the more amazing!

I always like the ones I get to enlarge my penis. Really, if I need to do that, I'll just upgrade my husband to the new model.

But back to Jane's question: "I mean, how did they find out that I harass bill collectors?"

I think that's obvious Jane, given your post from yesterday which touched on Warrentless Wiretapping it is clear that the Bush Administration is watching your every move.

As to what my "ex-girlfriend" said, I'd just like the world to know I have a funny and clever comeback which is unfortunately too lewd for posting here.

Overall, though, the level of spying quality must be awfully variable given the number of offers I get for "genuine college degrees!" Most of them come to one of my 3 .edu emails. Hmmm.

Surely one of the more intriguing spam e-mails I've gotten recently was the one selling used tampons. Did they believe I was a vampire in search of tea bags?

Did they believe I was a vampire in search of tea bags?

Your talking privileges are hereby revoked!

Yes, anony-mouse and I agree (and that never happens)...EEEEEEWWWWWWW!

Ann, my spam filter traps a hundred offers to enlarge my breasts every day, so maybe we're getting each others' spam?

Grossest spam I was ever able to read (most of what I get is in Korean or Portuguese) was one which warned that I would need new underpants.

I never could figure out why my last job offered "sexual harrassment training". Why would they want to teach people how to sexually harrass?

Kim, the real question would be why would they need to?

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