E-mail alert

I was scanning through the e-mail that has been deposited in my Bulk folder. Where do these come from? Do people really know someone named Silas Shoe or Odysseus Lanterman? Are these names supposed to look like someone I know, or is someone out there just laughing hysterically with the rest of his 8th grade buddies as they launch these things into cyberspace?

Of course the subjects aren't much better. What about "aggressively bristle," would make me want to open this e-mail?

I didn't waste my time with the trio of messages entitled "Re: new si," "Re: new do," and "Re: new ha." C'mon! I haven't e-mailed anyone in at LEAST six months about my si, my do, or my ha, so this doesn't fool me for one second.

And Cyril Contreras sent me a message about "two-tone gassy." (?????)

Seriously.

But it is important to check the Bulk folder every so often, just to make sure that a legitimate message didn't somehow slip through the cracks. And I am so glad that I did. Otherwise I wouldn't have received that e-mail from Margaret Wilkinson about bomb disposal.

Phew! That was a close one!