Spam-a lot

On any given day I get plenty of emails that go directly to my Spam folder.  I promptly delete them and move on.

I read that using the word Spam for email came from Monty Python in 1970.  

Spam (aka spiced ham), for eating, is made by Hormel and has been around since 1937.  Celebrating 75 years!

Ross tells me that Spam is quite popular and expensive in South Korea.  That's because they use a higher quality of meat in theirs. Jim wondered if it became popular during the Korean War and he's right.

 Gift sets like this one are considered quite special.

So back to my Spam email . . . the other day I became paranoid and convinced I was being specifically targeted with Spam connected to stories I'd read on the internet.  Jim said I was crazy.  Well, he didn't exactly say that, but that's what he meant.  I've known him for a long time :)

Here's how I came by this theory:

One day I saw an article about international condom sizes being too big for men in India. Turns out men in India are 1 to 2 inches shorter, their condoms fail, so they need smaller sizes.  Okay, that's something I didn't know before.

Another day I saw an article about a woman being attacked after going on a date set up through Match.com.  It's always fascinated me that some people are brave crazy enough to go out on a date with someone who, for all they know, is a serial killer!  Turns out this guy was.  He stabbed her and left her for dead.

Another day I googled mesothelioma because I read the obituary of someone I know who died of this disease.

And last, I occasionally play Solitaire online, but I like Tetris better.

Here is just a small sample of my ridiculous emails:

I may in fact be crazy, but if someone is targeting me, they definitely think I'm male, would like to have an affair - with a cheating wife, need a big-willy permanently adding 2-4 inches, should that fail, a Canadian dose of Viagra plus Cialis should do the trick, that I could use a satellite dish which I will need a loan to buy, that I play Solitaire online from time to time, but happy to know that U.S. Poker is back, and these  marketers were kind enough to set me up with a free F---Book account.  Congrats.

Heaven help me if I ever click on an article on ways to permanently screw up your hair.  Or did I?

By the way, Hormel should sue for slander or defamation or libel.  One of those.