September 10th, 2002



NOTE FROM KIM:
A company named Habeas intends to help block spam by
including a copyrighted haiku in their e-mail headers.
Kinda makes you wonder: how will the spammers
respond with their own haiku?


The Top 9 Spam Haikus


9> Amateur teen girls Friendly barnyard animals Fornicate for you

8> Are you gullible? Please send us your money, NOW! We give you nothing

7> Forward this letter To at least ten buddies and Bill Gates will pay you

6> I roll in wealth now Laws touch me not, nor conscience I love stupid folk

5> Little boy who’s sick Wants many business cards Please mail to clinic

4> Saplings stretch upward Growing toward heaven’s bliss Buy Horny Goat Weed

3> Interest rates fall Petals on the still water Refinance mortgage

2> Is your mighty oak A gnarly, withered bonsai? You need Viagra

and the Number 1 Spam Haiku…

1> Send us money now Or we sell your address to Four dozen MORE lists




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Credits:

Selected from 25 submissions from 9 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Dave Storrs, New York, NY — 1, 6, 8 (Hat trick!)
Justin Cascio, Brooklyn, NY — 2, 3, 4 (Hat trick!)
Brian E. Foster I, Fairfax, VA — 5
Arthur Levesque, Laurel, MD — 7
Shane Looker, Mukilteo, WA — 9
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator