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scrawls

still cheaper than therapy*

26.8.04

i got a funny spam yesterday. And while the random sentence spams remain my favorites, this one seemed like a keeper as well - it's so well done. And Brian Ralph Johnson is just enough in my head to sound almost familiar, he's not enough in my head (until i googled it) to actually remember that it's the name of the geek from the Breakfast Club. The english was rather better than it is in much spam, and most of the commas are in the right places; it's appropriately capitalized; it uses big words properly. And it's appealing to a person with a certain sort of job dissatisfaction. And the filter didn't catch it.

Friend,

A couple of years ago, I was pretty happy with my career. Then the bubble burst and my career path became very unstable. Now, I'm still relatively young and I have a long working life ahead of me. And, just like you, I want to be fairly compensated for my efforts.

So, I became pretty frustrated when I didn't have the degree I needed to make the job transition I wanted. And, I certainly didn't have the time or money to go back to school for full-time "retraining." Then, I checked out this site. You can find out information on hundreds of programs. Its all free, with no obligation.

[name of vaguely porny-sounding site]

Check it out, it's the best career move I ever made.
Good luck,
Brian Ralph Johnson

And, then, the site is a little porny-sounding, and i know there's all kinds of porn, but who would want to see the geek from the breakfast club getting it on? Not me. He doesn't even end up with a girl in the movie. So it's not too convincing. But ...odd.

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