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don’t piss off the phone company

mike — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:19:03 +0000

i assume a vigilante phone company employee decided to turn the tables on this telemarketer that called me.

i wonder if they knew why their sales were likely sub-par?

Hiroo Pragmatist

mike — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:13:13 +0000

as i’m sometimes quite amused by the spam i receive, most often it is mundane. though today i received a message:

From: Hiroo Pragmatist

now, finally, that’s someone i can buy my black market ersatz male erectile enhancement pharmaceuticals from!

perhaps it’s a tongue-in-cheek nod to Neal Stephenson? (his protagonist hero in Snow Crash was named… Hiro Protagonist. cute.) perhaps not.

either way – if your willy doesn’t wonka, get the pills. that’s what a Pragmatist would say.

Standoff T. Tasteless

mike — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:08:09 +0000

i’m not sure if (s)he’s related mr(s) Hyperbole, but i got an email today from “Standoff T. Tasteless.”

Thirteenths P. Hyperbole

mike — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:31:21 +0000

that’s it. i got spam today, with the “From:” field populated by:

Thirteenths P. Hyperbole

the message body itself was unfortunately screwed up beyond belief, but it’s just good to see that sender.

now i’m wondering what the P stands for.

real viagra!

mike — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:29:33 +0000

thank goodness advertisers and distributors are starting to demand authenticity.

recently my spam emails for male sexual performance enhancers (you know, besides long division) have not only touted the best prices for various pharmaceuticals, but now they’re assuring me that it’s “authentic viagra!”

gosh, i never really doubted what they were selling was real, but now it’s got me thinking. what are the other guys peddling? blue SweeTarts with a sharpie’d on “V?”