i_came_to_you_in_the_country raze strangest_spam i've seen in years. "i came to you in the country," says evangelin with a missing e. "i have no money. looking for a rich man." from the poetic to the banal in five seconds flat. 140212 ... Pilgrim The sense of timeless belonging as birdsong greets the rising sun. 140213 ... epitome of incomprehensibility (Now I'm grumpy about the universe, and I'll say it's not banal to have no money. But of course that's not what you meant, and yes, the phrase is intriguing.) 140309 ... raze yeah…i meant the banality of spam email language (spanguage?). but i guess it can't all be scrambled bits of "aesop's fables" and amusing insults to my manhood and free association robot poetry all the time. if_only. 140309 ... e_o_i My complaints were unnecessary, I'm quite sorry. Also to Risen. I didn't mean to sound snide or uncaring. ...gmail is pretty good about filtering spam, but I ventured into the spam folder once, curious, and people wanted to sell me fake Rolex watches that look real (no, people, I want fake Rolex watches that look fake!) and to make my penis bigger (which would indeed be a miracle). I did get a strange message in my inbox once. It was just an invitation to go to a boating club. The thing was, it was far away from where I live, much farther up the river, and I had no idea how the sender had gotten my address, since I don't think I signed up for anything having to do with boats (I can paddle canoes and kayaks, but I'm not too good with steering). Not very exciting, just puzzling. 140310 ... raze no sorry needed! that reads kind of weird, doesn't it? but it's the way i wanted to write it. take that, words! do my bidding! 140310 what's it to you? who go blather from