REQUEST

From the spam folder:

alhajishettimamohammedbulama1@yahoo.com.ph

REQUEST

to undisclosed recipients

My name is Alhaji Shettima Mohammed Bulama, the est. managing director of the Bank of the North Nig.Plc. I am contacting you in a benevolent spirit; and with utmost confidence and trust to enable us provide a solution to a money transfer of $18 Million to your account. Do get back to me for more details.

Best Regards,
Alhaji Shettima Mohammed Bulama.

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"benevolent spirit"??? I'd say that's about right, especially seeing as how there's not a ghost of a chance of anyone getting a dime of that $18 million.

Evil Woman - ELO

Spittin' Mad

Did you know the horned lizard (or "horny toad") defends itself by squirting blood from its eyes?



We've got some horny toad posts. (with pictures, if you don't like to read!)

anacoluthon

anacoluthon \an-uh-kuh-LOO-thon\ , noun:

1. A construction involving a break in grammatical sequence, as It makes me so—I just get angry.

2. An instance of anacoluthia.

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I'd like to take the spammers who hit this blog every now and then and cut their - off and then feed the  - to the - hogs.

The Weight - The Band

Dedicated to myself, because I just got a big load off my mind and back.

catachresis

catachresis cat·a·chre·sis [kat-uh-kree-sis]

noun

misuse or strained use of words, as in a mixed metaphor, occurring either in error or for rhetorical effect.

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I don't understand why people mix their metaphors.

I mean...it's not exactly rocket surgery, is it?