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Actually yes, I just received some spam, that was not advertising anything. In fact, depending on your definition it might not actually be spam. It is Unsolicited Bulk Email (UBE), but it isn’t commercial.

First I was about to hit the delete key when I see a Sender I don’t recognize, and a stupid subject like “Hi!”. But before I did, the message was displayed in the preview pane, and immediately struck me as odd.

I still expected it to be spam, as many penis enlargement ads nowadays contain random text as the Text Alternative. I changed the default in my mail client to always show the plain text part of the message, and not the HTML version. Howto for Mail.app. Normally I see strange text and delete anyway, as the HTML version will contain penis enlargement ads.

But today this particular email contained a greeting, and interesting sentence, and a semi-formal ending. This was uncommon, and the sentence was very brain probing.

Elloelloello  

Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization.

Mayvuya ta andelac

I pondered the sentence a while, and found I really enjoyed it. I may not necessarily agree, but actually taking my brain down that path was quite a refresher. After all this I decided to take the plunge and view the HTML version, just to see what product could be advertised. Note to self: include brain ticklers when sending advertising can be a good thing. However what comes next was a complete surprise…

Hello, hello, who’s your lady friend?

What some people invent the rest enlarge.
Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise. Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him.
The course of human history is determined, not by what happens in the skies, but by what takes place in our hearts.

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country’s cause. Being an umpire is like being a king. It prepares you for nothing.

You should never name an animal which is not yours to keep, or which you intend to eat. The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
Many are called but few get up.
Experience is what keeps a man who makes the same mistake twice from admitting it the third time around.It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that counts.
You accuse a woman of wavering affections, but don’t blame her she is just looking for a consistent man.

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.You couldn’t tell if she was dressed for an opera or an operation. A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings.
A small family is soon provided for.

Well, there’s a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.
Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time. In this game, by trying to win you automatically lose.
It takes a long time to grow an old friend.The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.
You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat.

When one has tasted it [Watermelon] he knows what the angels eat.

If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.

Szervusz

Now, that was quite unexpected. More strange, but unrelated sentences. I think I will save this email for later when I have time, and want some good brain food.