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Spam as Poetry

Posted by michael on from the i-heard-a-fly-buzz-as-i-died dept.

ayahner writes "My spam filter receives about 500/wk, and within those frisky messages, among the pulp and porn, comes some pretty daring poetry. So instead of simply removing the spam, I have decided to peruse my spam library and use the best to spur my creative energies. Do any /. members have their own favorites? I have compiled a few of my own, and expect to add many more over the next few weeks as a creativity exercise. All of the verses are taken from actual spam, and copied directly without modification. Some of them are nonsense. Others are real text of spam, delivering their message. When combined, they tend to form semi-articulate sentences. I see a virtual e.e. cummings here, an occasional Shakespeare there."

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  1. Re:Spam Poetry Contests by WorkEmail · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I had seen that Blog before, on Blogger.com they always have a list of their top ten "Blogs of Note", and for about the last month or so, that blog has been up there, so anytime a blogger user is logged into the dashboard, it has a link to it. I tend ot favor looking at the 10 "most recently published blogs, or just typing in "somerandomthing.blogspot.com" and seeing what I get, I am sure that example is probably a blog too. ha ha ha.

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  3. I got this about an hour ago by gr0ngb0t · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I tried to find a ".ca" to ".normal language" translator, but had no luck.

    If anyone can help me out here, cheers.
    GB

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