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Satire Wire's New Spam Poets Crowned
Yorrike writes: "With over 600 entries, the winners of Satire Wire's Second Annual Poetry Competition have been announced. I guess my adaptation of Rime of the Ancient Mariner didn't make the cut ;)" Nothing like some howling laughter to cut through one's baleful bellows of pure spam-related rage.
to: klfrancis@crapco.com
Don't you just hate all that "spam" in your mailbox? Well now there's this great contest where you can write poems satirizing junk e-mail!
from: klfrancis@crapco.com
to: mpsherwwod@crapco.com
Ha! I have one: "Roses are red/Violets are blue/I hate spam/And so do you!
from: mpsherwood@crapco.com
to: klfrancis@crapco.com
LOL! Good one! here's mine: Doubt that the stars are fire/Doubt that the Earth doth move/Doubt truth to be a liar/But never doubt that you can Make Money Now!!!
from: klfrancis@crapco.com
to: mpsherwood@crapco.com
ROTFL! That was great! Here's one I just thought up: How do I hate spam? Let me count the ways/I hate spam to the death and breadth and sight/my eyes can see by monitor's white light/For the ends of 'boxes free from junk/"enlarge your cock" and other bunk
from: mpsherwood@crapco.com
to: klfrancis@crapco.com
LMAO! Oh, that was priceless! I just came up with another one: Rather than words/comes the sight of junk e-mail/The porn-comprehending URLs/And beyond them, the internet/That holds nothing/And is nowhere/And is endless.
from: klfrancis@crapco.com
to: mpsherwood@crapco.com
ROTFLMAO!!! That was the best one! Oh man, my sides ache. So, do you have the assault rifles ready for Thursday?
from: mpsherwood@crapco.com
to: klfrancis@crapco.com
You bet. Downsize us!?! I don't think so, fuckers.