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AUGUST 1, 2010 10:02PM

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Back in beta days we experienced some of the first spam posts here. Below is one example that caught the eyes of many . . .

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SINGLE AND SEXY1

The post inspired me to put together the following which even garnered an EP, believe it or not! The Cheney shotgun hunting accident was still fresh in many minds then.

SINGLE AND SEXY2

♥ HEY Y'ALL! ♥

Im Cheney, the man of your dreams!

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Yes, of course. I remember that. It may have been THE first spam account. And your wonderful appropriation of it does it justice.

mishima666

August 01, 2010 10:16 PM

gamour is good. cheney is neither gamorous nor good. icky man.

femme forte aka candace

August 01, 2010 10:21 PM

Are you trying to make us all ill?

Dr. Spudman44

August 01, 2010 10:26 PM

The spammers don't even bother getting that creative anymore. But I must say yours was pretty creative.

trilogy

August 01, 2010 11:45 PM

My oldest son has a Cheney/Voldemort faux campaign shirt that he's worn until it's falling apart...this is hilarious. Sexy glitter guns indeed.

Fetlock

August 02, 2010 01:04 AM

What's hilarious is Cheney and Sexy in the same sentence, or image, for that matter. A lot of my time on OS has been spent on deleting posts by spammers -- especially when they get wind of an editor's pick. I think if I get one more Nike advert I will protest by going shoeless.

Great post! _R_

Jim Inkgag

August 02, 2010 01:33 AM

I lurve what you did with it! rated.

Caroline Hagood

August 02, 2010 08:48 AM

This is awesome :)

Interesting to think about spammers writing computer programs designed to trick other computer programs into believing that they're humans. And then what the those spam programs produce, over time, is humor and poetry.