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CROW: You know, something tells me that this isn't going to be legal...
>You can promote your web site and advertise your
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SERVO: By climbing on top of a tall building and shouting your URL at the top
of your voice.
> We've been doing business
CROW: With chimpanzees.
>on the WWW for five years and we can help you
MIKE: Destroy your self respect.
>succeed as well!
>
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CROW: Number one: www.ihavenolife.com. Number two: www.getscrewed.com. Number
three: members.aol.com/bigjohn
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MIKE: And nobody will speak to you. Ever again.
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CROW: Internet exposure? As in nude servers?
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CROW: If you sell your soul to us forever! Bwah-hah-hah! Mwah-haha-hah!
[continues for a while, eventually trailing off into hysterical giggling]
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SERVO: Didn't it just say 10,000?
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MIKE: A pile of crap.
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CROW: Apparently now spelt with the first letters in upper case.
>very affordable and the exposure can be
SERVO: Rather embarrassing.
>tremendous!!!
>The entire directory is in the form of a WEB
>page
MIKE: It's not just a web page, it's a WEB page!
CROW: That stand for something? Like "We Eager Bast --
MIKE: Please don't finish that sentence.
>and all the sites are hyper linked, which
>means you just click on the site names and
>your browser will take you directly to that
>site.
MIKE: And now they have to explain what "hyper linked" means. I'm starting to
get an idea of their target audience.
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SERVO: A week, for 15 months.
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CROW: They can't be all that successful if they have to use a free e-mail
address.
MIKE: That's because their services are *affordable*, Crow! Haven't you been
paying attention?
>or call us 24 hrs/day
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SERVO: The Spammers' Party Line.
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MIKE: I'll bet they accept credit cards too. If you leave them lying around.
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SERVO: What's this? Another check? Why, thank you, web site!
>over the phone, via email, or even fax!
ALL: Gasp!
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SERVO: Racing form.
CROW: Complaints form.
MIKE: Bad form.
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>sheets of Federal Reserve Security checks.
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MIKE: But I thought this was cheap?! Hey, this is starting to get a mite
suspicious...
>they usually
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SERVO: The B@$+@~ds!
>and are NOT
CROW: Never Offer Timeshares.
>guaranteed
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CROW: I'm not even going to bother working this one out.
>to
>work with any U.S. bank.
SERVO: Of course, that's not U.S. as in United States. It's Upper Siberia.
>You also have a full
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ALL: We want our money back!
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CROW: Debt collection would be much more fun.
>Wouldn't you like to have YOUR check paid
>before the checkwriter could buy a car, or
>house, or get a new credit card?
MIKE: Well, no, not really...
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SERVO: Wasn't it $29.95 two minutes ago?
MIKE: That was the last one. Will you pay attention?
>For more information or to order email us at
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>at 916-781-4925.
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CROW: I'd like to see it *literally* blow them away.
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SERVO: Your lunch.
>your ISP account because
MIKE: It's AOL, and they don't care if you use your account to sell military
secrets to the Soviets.
>with the "Bulk Express
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CROW: Time bomb.
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MIKE: That's a spam euphemism for "they're actually rather pathetic".
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SERVO: Rude and unhelpful.
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MIKE: Like "who are you" and "what the Hell do you think you're doing".
>For more information or to order email us at
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>at 916-781-4925.
CROW [customer]: Hello, is that Spam 'R' Us?
SERVO [spammer]: Why yes, how may we help you?
CROW [customer]: By dying slowful and painfully.
SERVo [spammer]: Very well sir. [Makes groaning noises]
>////BULK EMAIL SERVICES\\\\
MIKE: Why don't they just come right out and call it Bulk Spam?
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MIKE: If you're into that sort of thing.
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CROW: So they're now offering some sort of bookmaking scheme?
>We'll replace any non-deliverable address with
>three new ones!
SERVO: For every address that is destroyed, three new ones appear!
CROW: We are doomed!
MIKE: Flee from the Spammanx!
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SERVO: Whistle "Yankee Doodle" while balancing a hedgehog on your nose.
>find a lower price let us know!
CROW [customer]: I've found a lower price!
SERVO [spammer]: Oh, s**t!
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MIKE: So that's what they're calling perverts now?
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CROW: CMor...@aol.com
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SERVO: IPFr...@yahoo.com
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MIKE: Ah, this is the list that will be of interest to most spammers.
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MIKE: Jock...@mailexcite.com
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CROW: Ama...@hugandkiss.demon.co.uk
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MIKE: $5 for each additional victim.
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SERVO: I could have *sworn* I left that ISP around here somewhere!
>Why risk losing your account
CROW: Because it's fun!
>and why pay for
>expensive bulk friendly ISP's and web hosting?
MIKE: Because we want to, and you're not the boss of us!
>Let us do the mailing for you.
CROW: Wow, these are real friendly spammers, Mike!
>There is no
>limit
SERVO: No no, no no no no, no no there's no limit!
>to the size of your ad we have a fast
>turn around time, mailings usually performed
>within 3 business days after payment is received.
MIKE: Pay up, or the spam gets it!
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MIKE: Wouldn't it be funny if it turns out that it's just one guy getting
25,000 spam letters a day?
CROW [angrily]: That's *not* funny, Mike!
>PACKAGE 2
SERVO: Buckle my shoe.
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>at 916-781-4925.
>Thank You
SERVO: No, thank you!
>M.R.A.
CROW: Sounds like some sort of crack killing squad.
>Marketing Services
MIKE [conspiratorially]: Oh, I get it...
CROW: What's that, their spam license number?
Shadowcloak
E-mail: Shad...@aol.com
http://members.aol.com/shadoc64/index.html
"Hmm, I want to look evil, but not Satanic."
- MST3K episode 805: The Thing That Couldn't Die