tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post842751426211247791..comments2024-03-28T23:30:19.366-07:00Comments on Being Me: Evidence that junk email can be useful for something, if only for a blog post rich in triviality and pointlessnessFran Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-28105587997282339592011-10-22T03:18:44.001-07:002011-10-22T03:18:44.001-07:00Phew! I was beginning to take the viagra ones pers...Phew! I was beginning to take the viagra ones personally. Now I know other people get them as well...Martin Lowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03875064625911285695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-1035981347744624712011-10-21T21:56:55.459-07:002011-10-21T21:56:55.459-07:00All too funny. To hell with it, I want an exclamat...All too funny. To hell with it, I want an exclamation mark there! I try to limit myself but I think my tombstone will say LOOK! I DIED!Crayonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041824592658254015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-63940415123647911802011-10-21T13:01:56.134-07:002011-10-21T13:01:56.134-07:00Money? Judging by the Odour I can smell from South...Money? Judging by the Odour I can smell from South Africa, the Sterlin they want pounds of, is a fish. Smells fishy?Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-63705233478116297712011-10-21T09:07:41.043-07:002011-10-21T09:07:41.043-07:00LOve broken biro's comment. Where do I send t...LOve broken biro's comment. Where do I send the money?fishduckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07334973392362918928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-40421275081557412502011-10-21T03:45:17.271-07:002011-10-21T03:45:17.271-07:00I am a Nigerian Prince, and I can Rid YOUR Inbox o...I am a Nigerian Prince, and I can Rid YOUR Inbox of this Pestilence and, Strife. Simples send me 25 Thousands of British Sterlin Pounds (which is being returned later by International Money Odour by my offsure Bankers).....broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-8815573272812517092011-10-21T02:50:51.342-07:002011-10-21T02:50:51.342-07:00Another classic Fran-fest!!Another classic Fran-fest!!Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-61419678540005506352011-10-21T02:41:58.459-07:002011-10-21T02:41:58.459-07:00I bow my head in shame. I overuse exclamation mark...I bow my head in shame. I overuse exclamation marks and often start every word in the title of a post with a capital. And I start lots of sentences with I. But at least I don't send junk email. Phew!Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288856854422999687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-3625841263635170412011-10-21T01:49:12.300-07:002011-10-21T01:49:12.300-07:00I promise not to upset Fran by using too many excl...I promise not to upset Fran by using too many exclamation marks in my next post - it's too late for the one I've just done.. sorry Miss!hausfrauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05311075972682014843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-36759661346791344002011-10-21T01:46:58.929-07:002011-10-21T01:46:58.929-07:00Lovely post, and I'm so glad someone else is a...Lovely post, and I'm so glad someone else is as anti-exclamation mark as I am! (That WAS an exclamation, by the way.) I cannot stand the overuse of exclamation marks, especially when used in duplicate or even triplicate. As someone once said, they are the equivalent of laughing at your own joke.<br /><br />Phew. I feel much better now. Thank you.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-28007413538200999012011-10-21T01:24:12.060-07:002011-10-21T01:24:12.060-07:00spare a thought for sad people like me...I'm o...spare a thought for sad people like me...I'm on 1st name terms with Halifax, they're the only emails I get (sob)...ted and bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08420272135724099182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-49716757289895689462011-10-21T01:01:50.775-07:002011-10-21T01:01:50.775-07:00On a similar theme......I work in a Bank ( just th...On a similar theme......I work in a Bank ( just thought I would give it a capital there) and the other day a not particularly elderly lady showed me a long letter purporting to be from a solicitor in some foreign clime, badly spelled etc, and to cut a long story short, it was telling her that a long lost relative had died, leaving her a lot of money ( it went into great detail about said relly!) and please would she phone this number etc etc.....she obviously had not really spotted it as a scam though. There must be many like her who reply to these emails and letters, or they ( the bad people) wouldn't bother would they?Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576715462615744934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-47992649405148679072011-10-21T00:12:48.806-07:002011-10-21T00:12:48.806-07:00So it's just me that gets all the "grow i...So it's just me that gets all the "grow it big" emails, is it?<br /><br />Hello?<br /><br />Hello?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-16512194502066321502011-10-20T23:58:20.543-07:002011-10-20T23:58:20.543-07:00Now, if someone could offer the financial equivale...Now, if someone could offer the financial equivalent of viagra, for enhancing an underperforming savings account...Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-48135995977670014032011-10-20T23:01:02.695-07:002011-10-20T23:01:02.695-07:00P.S:- I is a literacy teecha!P.S:- I is a literacy teecha!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06204546941269120909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-36135922890887154942011-10-20T23:00:37.486-07:002011-10-20T23:00:37.486-07:00It Is Also Equally Important That You Punctuate-Wi...It Is Also Equally Important That You Punctuate-With EVERY KEY - So that the reader recognise's; that you are literate!<br /><br />Being Literate! = Professional, therfore, in the scheme of things, the reader will assume the: E-mail, is virus free!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06204546941269120909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-40934295115184635702011-10-20T18:58:36.052-07:002011-10-20T18:58:36.052-07:00At least, it is important to bankers.At least, it is important to bankers.The Merryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09660495393832517684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74882821337502001.post-35856669893826587062011-10-20T18:58:09.778-07:002011-10-20T18:58:09.778-07:00Spent a brief but unfortunately memorable span of ...Spent a brief but unfortunately memorable span of time documenting procedures for a bank. Alas, they do tend to capitalize the start of each word, Whether It Needs It Or Not. Because doing that makes the message Sound More Important. And it is Very Important That Bankers Sound Important.The Merryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09660495393832517684noreply@blogger.com