It's Mailbag Monday! The last Monday of the month here at Communication FUNdamentals is always devoted to your comments and questions. So it's time again for the mail. Actually, I answer all emails as they come in, but each month I like to take a few and post them here because the answers to some of the issues and questions are beneficial to so many more. First I want to thank all of you who took the time to write in or to post here on my blog. I get so much SPAM through here that it's nice to read comments from real people! Keeps me going to know you appreciate what I write and that it is helping you...
SPAM can be annoying but it can also be a communication lesson and even a source of humor. So the other day I wrote a blogpost about SPAM and, of course, it's getting SPAMMED! lol
A Recycled Funny from your friends at Art of Eloquence.com
It's actually getting easier to tell if something is SPAM or not. SPAMmers aren't too bright as a bunch or at least they don't take the time to be too smart. I order lots of stuff online so it can be hard to tell what emails are real order confirmations and what emails are SPAM. However just last week I received an email that said that my transaction didn't go through and that this was my last chance to order and get the discount. I looked up at who the email was addressed to and laughed myself silly! It was addressed to FIMM. Foot in Mouth Man is a fictional character I created to be our mascot here at Art...
According to recent SPAM, I've won the European Lotto, they know why I'm fat, I need to buy a replica watch and I have a KFC voucher! You gotta admit SPAM is funny! Sometimes, if it weren't for SPAM, I'd have nothing to blog about! Well, ok, I guess I'm never at a loss for words, but ya gotta admit SPAM makes great blog fodder! I mean, if it weren't for SPAM... * I'd be poor! Do you have any idea how many lotteries I've won?! And I've never even ENTERED! * I wouldn't know why I was fat. In fact, I didn't even know I WAS! * I'd have a lot less friends. People from all over the world...
I find spam fascinatingly funny. Fortunately for me, my inbox is stocked daily with fascinating bits of miscommunication to keep me occupied. Take this one for example: "Does your qualifications expire?" (Is that proper Inglish?) Academic Qualifications available from prestigious NON-ACCREDITED universities. (It's so prestigious, it's not accredited?) Get the prestige that you deserve today! Move ahead in your career today! Bachelors, Masters and PhD's available in your field and have those prestigious letters after your name! (MMM, PhNaD: Master of Misleading Marketing and Prestigious Holder of Non Accredited Documents) No examinations! No classes! No textbooks! (No prestige!) Call to register and receive your qualifications within days! 24 hours a day 7 days a week! (to call or to receive...
