Sat 24 May 2008
Nominative Determinism Strikes Again
Posted by anaglyph under Poetry, Spam Observations, Tragedy
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Spam Observations #47
You may remember some suggestions previously here on The Cow for methods by which spammers might… hmmm… let’s say elevate… their craft, a concept inspired originally by a shining example from one of the Masters of Literature at how it could conceivably be done.
Well, this morning I had a communication from one Carmelo Butcher*, who is pitching what I assume to be some kind of health tonic in the following verse:
The more you think
The more stars blink
They are young today
But were elder yesterday
Want to live free and become a star
Get a good health and be the best by far
Oh someone pluck out mine eyes and feed them to the crows.
Carmelo manages, in one fell swoop, to demonstrate that he is challenged in literature, physics, philosophy and salesmanship.
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*Interestingly, a qualified Google search turns up only two results for a ‘Carmelo Butcher’ (and I suppose I’m adding another one with this post). One Carmelo appears to be a randomly generated name in something called ‘The Nashville Guide’ and the other a spammer.
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If there was some Rasputin in there, you’d be buying it.
Even the Rasputin Contest inspires poetry better than that. And that’s really saying something.