Another kind of buddy

[Laurence Horn]

At 9:45 AM -0400 6/14/07, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>Gee, the experiences I miss and can't use to supply data to ADS-L --
>I don't read spam

Ah, but you don't have to open the spam to notice the subject line,
and if you don't read the subject line, how do you know it's spam?

LH

>or go to bars.
>
>Laurence Horn wrote:
>>I noticed that today's mail brought two pieces of spam, one with the
>>subject line "Hey, Pal" and the other just "Hey".  Neither struck me
>>as terribly polite.  No "Hey, buddy"s in today's batch, although one
>>contained the subject line "Thank you, we are ready to lend you
>>money"; I'm holding out for an "Excuse me, sir".
>
>LOL.
>
>Paul Johnson wrote:
>>"Pal" seemed to be used more often as an aggressive, derogatory  comment
>>then as a friendly greeting. People seem to start calling each other
>>"pal" just before the bar fight starts.
>
>Joel
>
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