These are a few of my favorite…spam
April 29th, 2007 by 
Steven Gould
“I have found for you cheap airfare to Europa!”
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Spammers have no imagination except, as above, accidentally. (I added the picture.)
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April 29th, 2007 at 9:59 am
Oooh! I want to go!
April 29th, 2007 at 10:13 am
How cheap? And is there any comment on accomodations once you get there? I mean, Europa in a less than 3 star hotel is not going to do.
April 29th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
It’s a four star hotel but no oxygen. Will that work?
April 29th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
One of the guys at KVR, where I hang out a lot, said that he got a spam offer to buy a Russian submarine once.
I’m incredibly envious. I’d love to have a Russian sub. Even without the nukes, which would likely cost quite a bit extra.
Of course, I’ll probably be able to buy the nukes after I help the Nigerian petroleum minister move the unallocated funds into my bank for a hefty percentage of the total.
Whichever one of you sent him the info that I can be trusted — Thanks!
April 29th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
When the money comes in, I’ll also be able to buy all the Cialis that I need, from the generous offers we keep getting here, too.
April 29th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
We’ll talk about it at the EoB Board Meeting…on Europa.
April 29th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
Damn, if this is one of those BYOO deals (bring your own oxygen) that blows the cheap fare out of the water. The tariff they charge on oxygen is steep.
April 29th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
And if the EoB Board Meeting is on Europa, I take back my offer to cater. Have you seen what the Europa Whole Foods charges?
April 30th, 2007 at 7:01 am
I have to say, though, Maureen, I would love to read your Reminiscences of Bygone Jovian Days with Europan Crustacean Chowder and Homemade Bread.
April 30th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
I’d rather wait until we can go to Ganymede. Better music.
April 30th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Okay, we’ll just have to do a test run in Austin, then.
April 30th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
I saw Elvis in the sky over Neptune. He was only there for a moment or two…
April 30th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
So, EOB board meeting in Austin on ‘Dillocon weekend, yes?
Austin may be otherworldly enough to act as a good practice run for the interplanetary meetings.
June 4th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
OMIGAWD!!!
June 10th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
I wanna go there.