{"id":46,"date":"2008-04-06T11:36:46","date_gmt":"2008-04-06T16:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/46"},"modified":"2008-04-06T11:36:46","modified_gmt":"2008-04-06T16:36:46","slug":"spam-makes-me-laugh-some-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/46","title":{"rendered":"Spam makes me laugh some days"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some spam makes it by the various spam filters I have in place. Occasionally, one grabs my attention as obvious spam, but still I open and scan it. Here’s one that I found funny:<\/p>\n

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Hi to you USA Embassy! I’m not sure why the USA Embassy is in the USA, but hey, it’s so nice of them to write me!<\/p>\n

I’m glad I’m the owner of the e-mail address, otherwise the USA Embassy might be ticked-off that I’m reading their message.<\/p>\n

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My consignment box is in their custody? Well, how the heck did that happen? I better comply quickly so that the delivery will be effected immediately!<\/p>\n

FedEx Express is to deliver it? Great! I love love that company company. <\/p>\n

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$195 to get my consignment box back and so they can effect the delivery to my home address! Sweet! What a bargain!<\/p>\n

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I guess I wasn’t fast enough — as the price has already increased to $295! That’s highway robbery — just to get my consignment box back! <\/p>\n

I see that there’s a text question and answer available. Feel free to use that if you need to today. <\/p>\n

But, this is the real annoying part — they forgot to include the MTCN Number I need for easy pick-up! <\/p>\n

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It was so nice of Donald to write me as the public relation officer of the United State Embassy. Donny (may I call you that?), what happened to the other states? Can you unite when there’s only one?<\/p>\n

We now return to our regularly scheduled blog posts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some spam makes it by the various spam filters I have in place. Occasionally, one grabs my attention as obvious spam, but still I open and scan it. Here’s one that I found funny: Hi to you USA Embassy! I’m not sure why the USA Embassy is in the USA, but hey, it’s so nice […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd5QIe-K","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1382,"url":"https:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/1382","url_meta":{"origin":46,"position":0},"title":"Nest Thermostat Review, Update #4","date":"January 2, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Update #6, Update #5, Update #4, Update #3, Update #2, Update #1, Install A bit more about my Nest thermostat experiences. 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