I found a 419 scam in the spamtraps that started, in typical fashion, with an all-caps name and address, then the line:
HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL REQUESTING
What made this funny (aside from the bad grammar) was the fact that the To: line contained over 1,200 addresses!
Ah, this is obviously some strange use of the word confidential that I wasn’t previously aware of!
Over the last few days, I’ve heard more than one reporter at NPR slip up and refer to Lewis Libby (is it just me, or have people stopped calling him “Scooter” since the indictment?) as Libby Lewis. (On a side note, that name always makes me think of Libby Lawrence.) Well, I think they can be excused given that they work with a reporter by that name! Add in the fact that she’s reporting on the Plame case, and you can see the confusion…
This morning I caught Morning Edition’s listener comments segment, and I’m not the only one who noticed. They signed off as “Edition Morning.”
Bad enough that they misspelled “school,” but “development” as well? You have to wonder who’s managing their signs. (The underscore used in place of a dash bugs me, but not as much.)
And yes, this is the same elementary school that was “cloced for repairs” one time we drove past it.
I’m seriously reminded of the photo (even if it’s probably staged) of workmen painting “SHCOOL” on a road.
Well, technically, the fish is severed…
I let Amazon.com send me notices every once in a while, just in case something interesting pops up. This qualifies, though not in the way I expected:
Based on your recent purchases, we thought you might like to know that you can save up to 65% on summer favorites in men’s, women’s, children’s, and shoes.
The thing is, I’ve never bought clothing from Amazon! Books, CDs, the occasional DVD, some computer software. But no clothing, though they’ve tried to convince me. T-shirts aside, I prefer to be able to try something on before I buy it.
Assuming they actually are using their recommendations system, I think they must have just checked the clothing category for the mailing, and left the “based on…” phrase in the template. Though sometimes cross-category recommendations can be strange. I’m often amazed at things I find in my rec list that have no relation to the things I bought or rated that supposedly triggered the recommendation, simply because those items are popular enough to cut across multiple interests. Of course, right now the only thing they recommend for me in “apparel” is a Darth Vader mask, which I find somewhat disturbing…
