Spamalot

As with anything in this workaday world, Spam email tends to follow special trends. For awhile last year, all our spam subject lines promised us free ecards from friends. When that failed, they moved on to crazy porn subjects (and there are still plenty of those). But the latest trend is by far the funniest: fake subject lines that are supposed to look like outrageous news stories.

Here’s a sampling:
McDonald's Happy Meals In San Francisco To Include Gay Marriage License
While Supplies Last!

Paris Hilton Lectures on Dickens And Dostoevsky
I’m just impressed that the spammers spelled Dostoevsky correctly.

Obama Comes Clean: "I’m An Elitist, Ultra-Liberal Bastard"
Who also hates whitey.

Bush And Putin Agree To Restart Cold War During G8 Summit
Bush: Hey, remember how much our countries use to hate each other? Those were good times.
Putin: Yeah, man. Let’s get that party started again.
Bush: Sweet! Cold War is back on!