WTF spam
I was emptying my Gmail account of spam and noticed that one of the spam mails mentioned Prospero and Ariel from Shakespeare's The Tempest. Here's what I could see while quickly scanning through the page and that caught my attention:
(sender) mexime (subject) dont understand, hope u can help - (first words of the e-mail) When Prospero left them, he called his spirit Ariel, who quicklylovejuice on her eyelids, saying
I then opened the e-mail wondering what else it may say and it just has a lot of babble changing subject continuosly and mentioning a number of Shakespeare plays, perhaps quoting from Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb. But then what the spammers wanted to get through was the picture, it wasn't about the text at all. The image was a table with text in various colours advertising "PREMIER PHARMACY - Lowest VIAGRA, CIALIS, LEVITRA Online Price!" I thought it was curious... Anyway, if you want you can read the whole text behind the cut and test yourself and see how many different plays by Shakespeare you think are made reference to there... Oh, and the drugs sold online included "SOMA" which I relate to Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. I didn't know it existed...
When Prospero left them, he called his spirit Ariel, who quicklylovejuice on her eyelids, saying,When Egeus understood that Demetrius would not now marry his daughter,
Polixenes then reproached his son for daring to contract himself to Beatrice. Surely, said Benedick, I do believe your fair cousin is like a youth who had been bred with the utmost care and Oliver so
it, and chid her maid for taking letters from Protheus, and ordered
friend made use and fair advantage of his days, and is complete incame there in pursuit of Silvia.was forced to send the ring after him. Pardon me, good lady had youAnd now a great battle commenced between the two armies, and the
least, nor were those emptyhearted whose low sound gave no token this faithful servant to the king, between age and grief for his old He sought them in a cave upon the heath, where they, who knew by
dependent on his mother's bounty. Helena heard him speak these words
dependent on his mother's bounty. Helena heard him speak these wordssaw a better fashioned gown. This was enough for Petruchio, andleaving us alone in the ship, which we every moment expected would beVienna be of worth to undergo such ample grace and honour, it is lord
hang upon his gown. You are too cold if you should need a pin, you to the acceptance of Isabel, whose virtuous and noble conduct had won coming forth from her house, the duke could no longer attend to
Not that Timon's wealth all went to enrich these wicked flatterers
was no room in her case for denials, or puttings off, or any of thetidings reached her, she at first gave way to rage against Romeo,restore him to his accustomed way again, to both their honours.whom her father loved, and often invited to his house.
morning after, or the next morning to that at farthest. Then she in the bedclothes, stifled her till she died. recounted to Marina the story of her hapless birth, that these things
mortal if strength or craft had given him his death's blow He made
fate, from which nothing can ransom thee But neither his words, norabove the earth, haunted by the dreadful Furies.There was Leda,meanly share in immortality itself, from which she was excluded.such confidence he had in that charm which he wore about his middle,
was, or whence he had come only in brief terms he related his being Ulysses looked again and he saw, not a shepherd, but a beautiful should receive his father, coming in that shape, though they should
gainsay the prince. and jumping over the low graves, he said, as he followed what heamong the trees, as he went down the road. My father accompanied him father, as he entered the breakfastroom on the morning of my
were witness to a highly wrought dramatic scene in real life. I had many faulty ways. affectionate, that I did not know what to do with myself.
that I was as lively as if nothing at all had happened. to laugh at witch stories and when I returned after three or four then he would dive into it again, and then would come up at a distance
Editted to add: And I've got an older message from the same pharmacy spammer still mentioning Shakespeare. Ferdinand from The Tempest, Shylock from The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, Helena from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Claudio, Hamlet, Romeo, Protheus, Othello... This is so weird... And again the whole message under the cut. And the drugs were the same: valium, viagra, soma, cialis...
And then Ferdinand, in another fine long speech for young princeswhen he awakes may be this despised lady. You will know the man by thestruck with grief and shame, had suddenly died.
transported, you will persuade yourself the statue lives. O, sweet discontented man, whose spirits seemed to labour in the contriving practised in the art of wrestling, and had slain many men in contests
in youths when they are between boys and men, and with much archness
Protheus.the event of the trial.Shylock now cried out impatiently, We trifle time I pray pronounceas his page, was the first as has been before said who spoke to the
such fashion, it was but banishment to stay there and before he went, there arrived certain messengers from the king, who were empowered by Again he thought he heard a voice which cried, Sleep no more Macbeth
to the king for him for leave of absence from court and when she
to the king for him for leave of absence from court and when shewhich Helena had put into her hands to confirm the truth of hertemper, and she said her husband meant that he loved another ladylikeness he bore to his brother had brought upon him. But his rage
released Claudio from this world. His head is off, and sent to the were making a seavoyage together. The ship, on board of which they them a miracle appeared! for another Cesario entered, and addressed
confound them all in his conquest and when he had conquered, he
walking through the streets of Verona, were met by a party of thetime for these lovers to part. Romeo took his leave of his dear wifeinsomuch that, between grief for his father's death and shame forshould be put to death as soon as he landed on English ground. Hamlet,
him against suspicion. I know, said Othello, that my wife is fair, had broken his heart and he called her a weed, that looked so fair, beloved daughter and a wife. Lysimachus begged to see this afflicted
it to abstain from tasting it but whoever tasted it, it was able to
bearing a golden rod in his hand, who was the Mercury. He heldas she slew his sire. It is now no world to trust a woman in.Butfatal island.was preparing to go abroad at that early hour to council with his
in whose ports some ship belonging to your navigationfamed Phaeacian sudden a story to make it plausible, how he had come from Crete in or Telemachus, hearing of thy arrival, may send to thee of their
belonging thereto, Telemachus had brought down from the armoury on the him, that a gentleman was crying about mamma's pretty letters.itself, no house to be seen at all near it. useful lesson to me in your own pretty rambling story, which I shall
These were comfortable words but I heard echoed round the room, Poor of work she had formerly done the dates when they were begun, and which constantly reminded me that there had once been younger
you please, Frederica and we went hand in hand together into theI have often glanced at her plain linen frock, when I shewed her my and patting their rough coats. Some of the men had monkeys, which ran
And there was another one that had all sorts of funny quotes but the true advert was something of downloading pirate films on the internet... The full message behind the cut, as usual.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself. Who keeps company with the wolves, will learn to howl.
Beauty may open doors but only virtue enters. It's the empty can that makes the most noise. April showers bring May flowers.
He that knows does not speak, He that speaks does not know. Fation is a form of Ugliness, so in-tolerable that we have to alter it every six months. Alternative: What's done is done.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. --Mahatma Gandhi Heaven protects children, sailors and drunken men.
Beggars can't be choosers. Penny wise, pound foolish. Doctors make the worst patients.
Reference to baseball and its anatomical incorrectness. Glazing like a Stat. - [Cornish] Glazing == Staring, Stat == Stoat, so you would be 'Staring like a Stoat'. If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly. Think globally, act locally.
The cure is worse than the disease. If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. Great minds think alike, but insanity speaks all languages. - John Parry
It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Alternative: A watched pot never boils.
Life's a bleach and then you dye. All hat and no cowboy. All good things come to an end.
It's the early bird that gets the worm. It is not so much the gift that is given but the way in which the gift is driven. From William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, act II, scene 7, by William Shakespeare There is no 'I' in TEAM
If you can't beat them, join them. Life's what happens while you make other plans. When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
We must take the bad with the good. Idle hands are the devil's playthings.
It takes two to tango. Honey catches more flies than vinegar. Truth is stranger than fiction.
Alexander Pope Behind every great man, there is his ass. Alternate: If something is worth doing, someone will have already done it. You need to bait the hook to catch the fish. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
All's fair in love and war. This too, shall pass. It's a blessing in disguise. Never judge the book by its cover.
Possible Interpretation: Not everything is what it appears to be. Bloom where you are planted. Possible Interpretation: Never give up. Definition: A situation almost impossible to complete Little by little and bit by bit.
If you were born to be shot, you'll never be hung. Christian New Testament In the end, a man's motives are second to his accomplishments. Definition: A situation almost impossible to complete
(sender) mexime (subject) dont understand, hope u can help - (first words of the e-mail) When Prospero left them, he called his spirit Ariel, who quicklylovejuice on her eyelids, saying
I then opened the e-mail wondering what else it may say and it just has a lot of babble changing subject continuosly and mentioning a number of Shakespeare plays, perhaps quoting from Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb. But then what the spammers wanted to get through was the picture, it wasn't about the text at all. The image was a table with text in various colours advertising "PREMIER PHARMACY - Lowest VIAGRA, CIALIS, LEVITRA Online Price!" I thought it was curious... Anyway, if you want you can read the whole text behind the cut and test yourself and see how many different plays by Shakespeare you think are made reference to there... Oh, and the drugs sold online included "SOMA" which I relate to Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. I didn't know it existed...
When Prospero left them, he called his spirit Ariel, who quicklylovejuice on her eyelids, saying,When Egeus understood that Demetrius would not now marry his daughter,
Polixenes then reproached his son for daring to contract himself to Beatrice. Surely, said Benedick, I do believe your fair cousin is like a youth who had been bred with the utmost care and Oliver so
it, and chid her maid for taking letters from Protheus, and ordered
friend made use and fair advantage of his days, and is complete incame there in pursuit of Silvia.was forced to send the ring after him. Pardon me, good lady had youAnd now a great battle commenced between the two armies, and the
least, nor were those emptyhearted whose low sound gave no token this faithful servant to the king, between age and grief for his old He sought them in a cave upon the heath, where they, who knew by
dependent on his mother's bounty. Helena heard him speak these words
dependent on his mother's bounty. Helena heard him speak these wordssaw a better fashioned gown. This was enough for Petruchio, andleaving us alone in the ship, which we every moment expected would beVienna be of worth to undergo such ample grace and honour, it is lord
hang upon his gown. You are too cold if you should need a pin, you to the acceptance of Isabel, whose virtuous and noble conduct had won coming forth from her house, the duke could no longer attend to
Not that Timon's wealth all went to enrich these wicked flatterers
was no room in her case for denials, or puttings off, or any of thetidings reached her, she at first gave way to rage against Romeo,restore him to his accustomed way again, to both their honours.whom her father loved, and often invited to his house.
morning after, or the next morning to that at farthest. Then she in the bedclothes, stifled her till she died. recounted to Marina the story of her hapless birth, that these things
mortal if strength or craft had given him his death's blow He made
fate, from which nothing can ransom thee But neither his words, norabove the earth, haunted by the dreadful Furies.There was Leda,meanly share in immortality itself, from which she was excluded.such confidence he had in that charm which he wore about his middle,
was, or whence he had come only in brief terms he related his being Ulysses looked again and he saw, not a shepherd, but a beautiful should receive his father, coming in that shape, though they should
gainsay the prince. and jumping over the low graves, he said, as he followed what heamong the trees, as he went down the road. My father accompanied him father, as he entered the breakfastroom on the morning of my
were witness to a highly wrought dramatic scene in real life. I had many faulty ways. affectionate, that I did not know what to do with myself.
that I was as lively as if nothing at all had happened. to laugh at witch stories and when I returned after three or four then he would dive into it again, and then would come up at a distance
Editted to add: And I've got an older message from the same pharmacy spammer still mentioning Shakespeare. Ferdinand from The Tempest, Shylock from The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, Helena from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Claudio, Hamlet, Romeo, Protheus, Othello... This is so weird... And again the whole message under the cut. And the drugs were the same: valium, viagra, soma, cialis...
And then Ferdinand, in another fine long speech for young princeswhen he awakes may be this despised lady. You will know the man by thestruck with grief and shame, had suddenly died.
transported, you will persuade yourself the statue lives. O, sweet discontented man, whose spirits seemed to labour in the contriving practised in the art of wrestling, and had slain many men in contests
in youths when they are between boys and men, and with much archness
Protheus.the event of the trial.Shylock now cried out impatiently, We trifle time I pray pronounceas his page, was the first as has been before said who spoke to the
such fashion, it was but banishment to stay there and before he went, there arrived certain messengers from the king, who were empowered by Again he thought he heard a voice which cried, Sleep no more Macbeth
to the king for him for leave of absence from court and when she
to the king for him for leave of absence from court and when shewhich Helena had put into her hands to confirm the truth of hertemper, and she said her husband meant that he loved another ladylikeness he bore to his brother had brought upon him. But his rage
released Claudio from this world. His head is off, and sent to the were making a seavoyage together. The ship, on board of which they them a miracle appeared! for another Cesario entered, and addressed
confound them all in his conquest and when he had conquered, he
walking through the streets of Verona, were met by a party of thetime for these lovers to part. Romeo took his leave of his dear wifeinsomuch that, between grief for his father's death and shame forshould be put to death as soon as he landed on English ground. Hamlet,
him against suspicion. I know, said Othello, that my wife is fair, had broken his heart and he called her a weed, that looked so fair, beloved daughter and a wife. Lysimachus begged to see this afflicted
it to abstain from tasting it but whoever tasted it, it was able to
bearing a golden rod in his hand, who was the Mercury. He heldas she slew his sire. It is now no world to trust a woman in.Butfatal island.was preparing to go abroad at that early hour to council with his
in whose ports some ship belonging to your navigationfamed Phaeacian sudden a story to make it plausible, how he had come from Crete in or Telemachus, hearing of thy arrival, may send to thee of their
belonging thereto, Telemachus had brought down from the armoury on the him, that a gentleman was crying about mamma's pretty letters.itself, no house to be seen at all near it. useful lesson to me in your own pretty rambling story, which I shall
These were comfortable words but I heard echoed round the room, Poor of work she had formerly done the dates when they were begun, and which constantly reminded me that there had once been younger
you please, Frederica and we went hand in hand together into theI have often glanced at her plain linen frock, when I shewed her my and patting their rough coats. Some of the men had monkeys, which ran
And there was another one that had all sorts of funny quotes but the true advert was something of downloading pirate films on the internet... The full message behind the cut, as usual.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself. Who keeps company with the wolves, will learn to howl.
Beauty may open doors but only virtue enters. It's the empty can that makes the most noise. April showers bring May flowers.
He that knows does not speak, He that speaks does not know. Fation is a form of Ugliness, so in-tolerable that we have to alter it every six months. Alternative: What's done is done.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. --Mahatma Gandhi Heaven protects children, sailors and drunken men.
Beggars can't be choosers. Penny wise, pound foolish. Doctors make the worst patients.
Reference to baseball and its anatomical incorrectness. Glazing like a Stat. - [Cornish] Glazing == Staring, Stat == Stoat, so you would be 'Staring like a Stoat'. If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly. Think globally, act locally.
The cure is worse than the disease. If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. Great minds think alike, but insanity speaks all languages. - John Parry
It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Alternative: A watched pot never boils.
Life's a bleach and then you dye. All hat and no cowboy. All good things come to an end.
It's the early bird that gets the worm. It is not so much the gift that is given but the way in which the gift is driven. From William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, act II, scene 7, by William Shakespeare There is no 'I' in TEAM
If you can't beat them, join them. Life's what happens while you make other plans. When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
We must take the bad with the good. Idle hands are the devil's playthings.
It takes two to tango. Honey catches more flies than vinegar. Truth is stranger than fiction.
Alexander Pope Behind every great man, there is his ass. Alternate: If something is worth doing, someone will have already done it. You need to bait the hook to catch the fish. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
All's fair in love and war. This too, shall pass. It's a blessing in disguise. Never judge the book by its cover.
Possible Interpretation: Not everything is what it appears to be. Bloom where you are planted. Possible Interpretation: Never give up. Definition: A situation almost impossible to complete Little by little and bit by bit.
If you were born to be shot, you'll never be hung. Christian New Testament In the end, a man's motives are second to his accomplishments. Definition: A situation almost impossible to complete