Old Navy was advertising t-shirts supporting various sports teams. There was one little problem though…. someone didn’t check the spelling. They were selling t-shirts proclaiming “Lets Go [insert team here]”. Now, you and I know it should be “Let’s Go” but the average spell checker can’t differentiate between lets and let’s. That’s where the human brain is supposed to kick in and decide which is grammatically correct.

I often hear people moan and complain “who cares” about spelling and grammar. Well… in this case the company cares because they have to foot the bill for the web site correction and are stuck with useless t-shirts that had to be pulled from sale because someone thought “who cares”.

Small error = $$$ lost. Understand now?

Charlie Sheen has been offered $3 million to be the face of a dating website.

The former Two and a Half Men star — who infamously set up house with two “goddesses,” Natalie Kenly and Bree Olson, earlier this year — has reportedly been approached by Establishedmen.com to front a forthcoming marketing campaign for their service, which matches rich men with “needy” women.

http://www.toronto.com/article/686291

This little bit of information typifies everything that is wrong with the Hollywood mystique. It celebrates a drug addled idiot who revels in misogynistic blatherings. Before anyone writes a defense of Sheen, saying he loves women – they are “goddesses” to him – get your head out of your ass. Women are there to prop up his bloated ego. They are tools to be used, abused and discarded when they don’t suite the role any longer. He has nothing but contempt for women. How about respect? Or is that not part of the Sheen vocabulary?

Any company that wants him as their spokesperson has told me everything I need to know about them. Women are purely decorative chattel. Basic arm candy to pad an ego. And yes, I’m both dismissive of women who go for this and deeply torn over them. They flush decades of work for equality down the toilet by falling for the Hollywood myth that you don’t need anything but youth and good looks to be a success.

But there is a much darker side to this. The site preys on the vulnerable and the desperate – it will match “needy” women with “sugar daddies”. I grew up with girls who thought if they aged, their lives were over. One friend was obsessed with non-existent wrinkles and kept proclaiming “we’re so old” before we were 25. Ripe for the picking – and an abusive relationship. This is a dating site for losers who want compliant women. They can hold their money and power over the heads of any woman that gets involved with them to force acquiescence – Don’t do what I want? Fine, I’ll find another “sugar baby”. Using terms like sugar baby (that is what the site calls women) infantilizes women – “don’t you worry your pretty little head over anything, let the man take care of everything”. This is a dangerous trap to fall into. Having Charlie Sheen as the spokesperson for establishedmen.com should be warning enough. The idea oozes contempt and cynicism. Caveat Emptor is the word of the day.

Okay.. so I wasn’t speechless.

Is it too much to ask that you put a bit of effort into your attempts at parting me from my hard earned money? The quality of spam has declined dramatically lately. This sad email was far too easy to spot. I didn’t even need to use my bifocals to spot the glaring errors in this message. Coherence is so important if you are to embark upon a career of cheating and thieving so come on… humour me and put a bit of effort into your criminal endeavors…stop being such pathetic, cheap wankers and buy a dictionary.

Dear customer!
The parcel was send your home address.
And it will arrice within 7 bussness day.
More information and the tracking number
are attached in document below.
Thank you.
2011 DHL International GmbH. All rights reserverd.

Here’s winner (or is that whiner) number one:

Hi. I like your website but i can tell it probably isn’t getting much traffic? If you want to help imrpove that check this website out, he has a short video that i really suggest you watch. [insert shill address here] P.S this isn’t my website and i’m not spamming your blog, i don’t care if you delete this comment. I am only trying to help you improve your site.

Ummm yes you are spamming my blog. I have 5 separate entries for this product under 5 separate names. This is spam. Go away.

Although perplexing to feel, I contend in Seasoned MIni Golf tournaments here the rural area and was wondering what type of ball would act best on the unripened (min golf course lol). I feel to like balls with a deign compression (really weird shill ad here) even so after reading up on the plan of golf balls, I am not trustworthy that this is the spot on decision. What kind of balls (compression, three piece two portion etc.) would better widen my performance.

I have to admit, I didn’t see mini golf spam coming. But I do appreciate you admitting you “are not trustworthy”. Now go away.

I’m planning to visit Amsterdam, Netherlands next week. I would like to know whether the *** Hotel (located between Leidseplein and Vondelpark) or the *** Hotel (located between Central Station and Dam Square) would be more convenient given the winter weather.

and

Which hotel location is better for tourist to see the major attractions in the wintertime? Any other travel tips for exploring Amsterdam in December? Thank you.

I have no clue. Why don’t you consult the link you tried to leave all over my blog.

The author is really cool. But some of the commentators are just posting stupid words.

I’d take you seriously and be flattered, but since you link back to a Viagra site, I’ll take your compliment with a grain of salt so go away.

This is a message to the website owner. Please check out my friends website, he is offering a very good service that you may be intrested in. Does your website not get hardly any visitors or not rank for keywords with Google? Well he can help! He can provide you with tens of thousands of backlinks to your site! Take a quick look as im sure you will be intrested.

Wait…Didn’t you post this identical link under 3 different names already? I recognise the typos. Now here is a link for you. Try it, you might learn something.

Will the north star (polaris) always be the north star?

That was so utterly random.

Hello everyone
First of all sorry that I write in this topic but I have some technical problem with the use of this forum. When I’m trying to enter in the appropriate topic, I received a 404 error It’s about the only topic in which I was able to enter. Do you have the same problems? What’s going on?

No, the problem is your attempt at stealth spamming. You don’t create any topic, you simply comment. So stop trying to register, it won’t work and go away.

I just purchased a ***** (2.0 engine), and want to give it a tune up. I finally found a [spam ad inserted here] air filter; now it’s time for spark plugs. What are the best spark plugs for ***? I heard [Ohhh more spam ads here] aren’t the best. Why? Thank you

Why yes, this blog is all about cars….

I be suffering with a 1992 Infiniti M30 convertible with 46,000 miles on it. I am upsetting to interpret and explicate a vibration hornet’s nest I comprise that comes and goes. I experience it from as a vibration throughout the steering turn at diverse speeds, it feels more like a drain that is non compos mentis, scalped or with a miserable belt. Sometimes it is more intense than others, and off I don’t believe it at all, evaluation it has gone away, and then a few miles later it reappears. It is not fervent adequacy to do the machine unsafe or undriveable, it is honest annoying as hell. The car is in save condition and has trade-mark new radial tires that are in unmitigated balance. The buggy does not pluck pluck out leftist or uprightness right side on a unbending passage, (my bolding, not the spammers) so I don’t think it is a air limit alignment event; I am philosophy it could be base ball joints or some other cover aim problem, but don’t be aware for the treatment of sure. Thanks quest of any plagiarize you may offer.

I only included this one because of the divine madness of it. “The buggy does not pluck pluck out leftist or uprightness right side” will now be my new answer to anything posted that makes no sense.

Where else can I get some of the best stuff I’ve seen in a long time. I wanna see emo porn

Don’t know, don’t want to know.. go away

In this demonstration I will show you how simple it is to create a sql database, then a table and also use the insert statement to insert data into your table

Still waiting … next time please leave a link back so I can both see what you are referring to and ridicule you properly.

You need to take a lesson from my Canadian-born father and start rooting for the country of your citizenship: America. Few things are more annoying than someone who becomes a citizen on paper, but not with their heart.

This is just … well .. stupid. Stupid and arrogant. Stupid, arrogant and obnoxious. I put this into the spam section because it was posted on a non political entry. Oh wait.. I know.. we are supposed to blindly agree with our fearless leaders no matter what? My country right or wrong? Love it or leave it? Everyone is supposed to march to the same political tune? Don’t waste my time and go pluck pluck out leftist or uprightness right side.

That was cathartic. I wonder what wonders will be dropped in the comments section this month.

Here are a couple of examples copied exactly as they were left:

It?s exhausting to seek out knowledgeable individuals on this matter, however you sound like you realize what you?re talking about! Thanks

Sounds good, doesn’t it? Except when you realize the article I so exhaustively researched was titled “Silly, silly, silly” – a post about truly stupid things posted on WikiAnswers.

Thank you for another great article about Get your rabies shots – Catpaw is foaming at the mouth mad | Catpaw – diary of an angry cat. Where else can anyone get that kind of information in such a concise way of writing? I have a meeting next week, and I am on the look out for such information.

You are having a meeting about stupid people. Wow I want to work where you work!

Would you be keen on exchanging hyperlinks?

After I checked out the link back… the answer would be … no. Stop selling Valium and other black market products, learn to write and then get back to me.

I am very thankful to this topic because it really gives up to date information

You needed up-to-date info on how silly people are going to look when they start to sag and their nifty tattoos end up hanging down around their knees? Wow, dude, you need to get out more.

But my favourite comes from someone I’m not sure is a spammer. They’ve left messages repeatably without links or obvious ads. Maybe they are a spammer testing the waters and seeing if they can post more. Or … maybe the person is just .. how do I say this politely… word challenged.

I was wondering if you ever considered changing the layout of your blog? Its very well written; I love what youve got to say. But maybe you could a little more in the way of content so people could connect with it better. Youve got an awful lot of text for only having one or two images. Maybe you could space it out better?

I have “an awful lot of text”. If you are the anonymous writer who wants more pictures, less talk here you go, just for you.

Once again, spammers prove context is everything.

Click on the image for the large view but in short the fellow wrote: I am not law enforcement so do not ask or I won’t respond, & by contacting me you are agreeing that you are not affiliated with any law enforcement; this applies to any/all subsequent correspondence.

I’m not sure if this was a joke post or not, but when you consider AK47s are being given away with new truck purchases in Florida, well, anything is possible.