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([personal profile] anolinde May. 27th, 2007 08:35 am)
Does anyone else get spam from Gmail that has snippets of prose in the subject line? I get all this junk that consists of things like:

He had never shown anyone a manuscript before he had typed it and retyped it. Flames were licking through Annie's arm. "Everyone hates me!" she screamed, slipping the hypo into her skirt pocket and sitting down on the bed. I held the manuscript in my hand...


Have they already figured out that I'm an avid reader and are trying to entice me by putting random pieces of (badly written) prose in their e-mails? Or does this happen to everyone else?

ETA: Here's another one...

Then he raised it to his shoulder, and swept it toward the house, and Paul saw it was a minicam. In his mind he heard the voice of Ronald Reagan in Kings Raw, shrieking "Wheres the rest of me?
In his mind he heard the voice of Ronald Reagan in Kings Raw, shrieking "Wheres the rest of me?
He wrapped the towel around it and sat, looking out into the darkness, until it began to tingle.
Theyre a little dog-eared, but thats a sign a book has been well read and well loved, isnt it?
He could see this but reached anyway, unable to believe Fate or God or Whoever could be so cruel.
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From: [identity profile] drashee.livejournal.com


I noticed that lately with my gmail spam mailes, too...it really is creepy. O_o

From: [identity profile] snappleandspam.livejournal.com


In one of my emails, I get really bad poetry. I sympathize. Let's see if I can find any...

From: [identity profile] snappleandspam.livejournal.com

I found one!


Barbara

Point, after all, when finally one reachesCovering the land--
And he is swathed in ever-petrified dread;Oh you builders,and the numbed yards will go back undercover.Palladio who beckons from the other shore,Toward . . . that seems to be the whispered questionYour red cheeks radiant against the wind,Rain. We are forced to fly,So you can watch me watch uplifted snowThat desire has ever built, have approachedwatching calisthenics from the grandstands.Only a fox whose den I cannot find.The weight of being born into exile is lifted.In Winter Haven, the ballplayers are stretchingDismal, endless plain--
with visors. Their brave recreational vehiclesIn dense bare branches, or the ubiquitousmarked with a dark stroke from the left, encroached

I think something happened in the process.

From: [identity profile] anolinde.livejournal.com

Re: I found one!


That is so weird! What's the point of sending people those? Are there subliminal messages that are somehow encouraging us to invest in a product?

From: [identity profile] elven-minority.livejournal.com


No, that's never happened to me on either of my gmail accounts, but I do get interesting links.

From: [identity profile] anolinde.livejournal.com


Hm... you know, I also get these weird attachments, but I'm too afraid to open them. =/

From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/__dittany/


I ALWAYS GET THAT STUFF. I never open it, but I always read the subject lines. I believe I posted one about tomatoes last summer...
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