Monthly Archives: March 2009
Warningg!
Earlier this week, my friend Karalyn passed on this wonderfully hilarious spam email to me. I simply had to share! from: Tarrance Stridiron to: Karalyn date: Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 6:45 AM subject: Warningg! Click here Who looks like … Continue reading
Filed under Funny Sender Name, Love and Sex, Prose, spam in general
You’ll call it Peter the Great
Russian history enthusiasts, this one’s for you! from: Marisol Cahill to: spamcarnival date: Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 7:26 PM subject: You’ll call it Peter the Great Can’t find the right place to buy V i a g r a? … Continue reading
Filed under Lame Product for Sale, Love and Sex, spam in general
Popular Spam circulating on Twitter
I sure am having a good time on Twitter. These past 24 hours have been a fantastic way to spread the word about Spam Carnival and meet other spam enthusiasts. Twitter user StanAngeloff was good enough to forward me this … Continue reading
Filed under Love and Sex, Prose, spam in general
Life Imitates Art Imitates Spam
A couple of weeks ago, I was parousing WordPress’ for recent blog entries that mention spam. I was delighted to come across this post (thanks, Liv) in the MIT alumni blog. I’d like to introduce you to Spam Plants, a … Continue reading
Filed under Spam Art, spam in general
Facebook Fail
Love it or hate it, Facebook is a great communication tool. I’ve managed to connect to people I haven’t seen in years and stay in close contact with friends who live far away. Something I have enjoyed about Facebook over … Continue reading
Filed under Love and Sex, spam in general
Oh, my God!
Uh-oh… looks like some spammers are up to no good! “Betsy” here tried to start a rumor that a bomb exploded near my home. from: Betsy to: spamcarnival date: Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 5:39 PM subject: Oh, my God! … Continue reading
Filed under News, spam in general
Introducing: spamcarnival.com!
For those of you who aren’t glued to Google Reader, you may have noticed that I have given Spam Carnival a bit of a makeover. It’s still not where I want it to be, but I much prefer the new … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Jane’s chat talk log
Someone named Imiwelovq was nice enough to forward me Jane’s chat talk log. I’m not really sure who Jane is (or who Imiwelovq is, for that matter), and why I’d be interested in her chat talk log, but I was … Continue reading
Filed under Best of the best, spam in general
You like that daddy?
A few weeks ago, I made a post about Russian mail-order brides. Well, the spam emails certainly aren’t stopping. Here’s another one: from: Anastacia to: Dana date: 2009/1/25 subject: You like that daddy? Good day, my gentleman You will know … Continue reading
Filed under Love and Sex
Let’s visit land of cakes tonight
Do you remember that Simpsons episode where Homer visits The Land of Chocolate in his daydream? Now, imagine that with cake. Everything around you is made of the most delicious cakes: the floors, the lampposts, the puppies, and even the … Continue reading
Filed under Funny Subject Line, Love and Sex, spam in general
only in dreams…
Last night, I had a dream that Spam Carnival was featured in Time Out New York. It received stunning reviews, and called me things “brilliant” and “genius” and “innovative.” Then I woke up. Happy St. Patrick’s Day, kids.
Filed under Miscellany Fun
Hey! This is Shelby. Couldn’t reach you.
I love seeing patterns in my spam emails. I had never seen this one before, but two of my friends passed on strikingly similar ones to me recently. Short, sweet, and bizarre. Like me! from: Maryann Bridges to: Mike date: … Continue reading
Filed under Celebrities, Love and Sex, Prose, spam in general
February 2009 spam comments
There’s nothing more fun than getting spam comments in my blog. Like a good spam enthusiast, I’d been saving my spam comments that WordPress so lovingly stores for me in a separate “spam” tab. It seems that after some time … Continue reading
Filed under spam in general
Dont’ be flaccid at the critical time
I get the feeling that this is not what Geppetto had in mind. from: Sloan-saprophi to: spamcarnival date: Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 7:21 PM subject: Dont’ be flaccid at the critical time (c) 2009 Tiwvbxvoz Company. 1972 Bzicqvdtur Street, … Continue reading
Filed under Love and Sex, spam in general
new PHAkbfRMA
This one’s from the archives. I really dig the lesbian feminist separatist slam poem at the end: from: Jehoshaphat Theis to: spamcarnival date: Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 1:56 AM subject: new PHAkbfRMA Good day, VIeAGRA VAeLIUM AMeBIEN CIeALIS Economize … Continue reading
Filed under Love and Sex, Prose, spam in general
