{"id":13122,"date":"2008-07-16T06:42:04","date_gmt":"2008-07-16T13:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/07\/16\/inquiring-minds-want-to-know.html"},"modified":"2008-07-16T06:42:04","modified_gmt":"2008-07-16T13:42:04","slug":"inquiring_minds_want_to_k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/07\/16\/inquiring_minds_want_to_k.html","title":{"rendered":"Inquiring minds want to know!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-shadow-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Spam, spam, spam, spam ...\" height=\"104\" alt=\"spam\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/spam.jpg\" width=\"104\" \/> <\/div>\n<p>I have to admire this particular bit of spam for its ingenuity in getting folks to open it, then read it:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Subject: Nadal disqualified from Wimbledon win<\/p>\n<p>Body: Hillary Clinton announces divorce from Bill Clinton, citing irreconcilable differences<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Followed by a link that no doubt does Terrible Things if you click on it.<\/p>\n<p>Now, aside from the gaffe that the subject line doesn&#8217;t go with the body text, this is downright ingenious. 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