Spam, spam, spam, spam... Photograph: Ian Waldie/Getty Images
I don't know if you're like me, but my Monday morning email routine follows a drearily regular pattern: arrive in the office, scan emails, spot shedloads of spam that's come in over the weekend.
The fantastic concoctions behind some spam does manage to cheer me up a little - what about the "true story" of a woman whose husband left her $20m? Or perhaps the man whose wife left him $20m? Or perhaps the girl whose father left $20m behind. It's not the Done Thing to admit that sometimes you like reading spam, but do I sometimes enjoy the bizarre attempts to part me from my cash? Yes. Would I miss them if they went forever? Hell, no.
Most spam, really, is so pathetic that it raises neither a titter nor an eyebrow - one series of emails trying to sell me Chinese water pumps comes to mind. So, with that in mind, here's this week's competition question:
What's the most pathetic attempt at spam that you've ever received?
Leave your answers below. The winner gets a handy Alphashield standalone Firewall, courtesy of the manufacturers.
