The hyphen still has a use

Mon Nov 4 19:28:59 UTC 2013

This teaser would be correctly punctuated if the first bang were replaced
with a question mark:

MIND BLOWING RESULTS? RISK FREE TRIAL!!!

(the implication being that you might risk a free trial only if you DON'T
mind blowing the results)

Date:    Sun, 3 Nov 2013 19:01:22 -0500
From:    hw gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
Subject: The hyphen *still* has a use

Spam teaser:

"MIND BLOWING RESULTS! RISK FREE TRIAL!!!"

Thanks, but no.

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-Wilson

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