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another spam rant
« on: December 31, 2003, 12:43:19 PM »
not really a rant. But I just got a spam with the subject "sup" from "someone" "named" "Basil Winthrop."

Now, to over analyze, they're trying to fool me into thinking this is a mail from a guy I know or used to know.

But WTF knows anyone named "Basil"? Wouldn't something like "Tom" or "Bob" work better?
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Re: another spam rant
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2003, 12:50:40 PM »
Lol, I have thought on that same thing several times myself.  One that comes to mind is "Oona" which is a name I've only seen in the Elric books.
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Re: another spam rant
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2003, 12:52:06 PM »
I wish I knew someone named Basil. I mean, what a cool name. I'd feel more sophisticated if I knew someone named Basil, even if he wasn't British. So I'd probably read the email just to see if it was from a Basil that I knew once and forgot about.
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Re: another spam rant
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2003, 12:56:36 PM »
If you did actually know someone named Basil, do you think he would actually say "sup?"  
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Re: another spam rant
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2003, 12:57:06 PM »
no, it would not. it would just make you gay.
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Re: another spam rant
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2003, 12:59:09 PM »
It would be part of his sophisticated British humour. He'd be mocking our American slang and sublimely hinting at how much better he is because he knows "real" English, and all with one word.

Man, this Basil guy sure is cool.
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Re: another spam rant
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2003, 01:00:09 PM »
rofl, Basil's the man.
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Re: another spam rant
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2003, 01:03:09 PM »
Yeah SE - can you give us Basil's email so we can write him?
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Re: another spam rant
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2003, 01:10:09 PM »
edit: er.. .that wasn't very funny was it. I blame society. Also, basil has been telling me what to do.
« Last Edit: December 31, 2003, 01:17:18 PM by SaintEhlers »
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Re: another spam rant
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2003, 01:44:24 PM »
Heh, poor Tage.  I think you should blame Basil, that no-good spammer.
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Re: another spam rant
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2003, 11:15:41 PM »
That is a good point. I don't know anyone named Basil, although we sell it at the supermarket i work at. Does that count? I mean, its not a human, or even a mammal, which is kind of a crimp on the whole knowing it aspect - people who claim to know plants are generally a few spliffs short of a withdrawal - but i mean, its got the right name, just not the right species It may even be basil grown here. I may have to ask around my english friends, see if they know anyone named after a herb.

There was the main character of fawlty towers though, who was called Basil. Boy, he was a funny guy.
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Re: another spam rant
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2003, 11:21:26 PM »
Forget TV, Basil has his own movie.  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118686/
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Re: another spam rant
« Reply #12 on: January 01, 2004, 08:47:18 AM »
he was also a character in The Great Mouse Detective

But that doesn't make him REAL.
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Re: another spam rant
« Reply #13 on: January 01, 2004, 10:38:07 AM »
and a Basil Fawlty.
Here Basil, come here.
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Re: another spam rant
« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2004, 12:20:29 AM »
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