# My spam provides cool band names

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spam-provides-cool-band-names/380339>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 14, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spam-provides-cool-band-names/380339 "2006-11-14T02:10:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spam-provides-cool-band-names/380339/1 "2006-11-14T02:10:09Z")

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I’ve recently received a couple spam e-mails with subject lines that made me immediately exclaim, “Band name!”

_Ahem_

“Soup Moralist” and “Plankton Corsage”.

Anybody else?

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**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spam-provides-cool-band-names/380339/2 "2006-11-14T02:42:16Z")

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“Roast Barnard” is the best one I’ve seen in my spam box lately.

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**Author:** ![The\_Octagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@The\_Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Octagon)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spam-provides-cool-band-names/380339/3 "2006-11-14T04:50:15Z")

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Miyoko Starbird

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**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spam-provides-cool-band-names/380339/4 "2006-11-14T11:57:50Z")

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Got a couple more possibilities in this morning’s batch: “Shrimp Slim” and “Cowmen.”

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**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spam-provides-cool-band-names/380339/5 "2006-11-15T00:21:08Z")

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“Invertebrate G. Haven”. A great name for something, not necessarily a band.

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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spam-provides-cool-band-names/380339/6 "2006-11-15T00:42:00Z")

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[QUOTE=ryobserver]  
“Invertebrate G. Haven”. A great name for something, not necessarily a band.  
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I’m imagining a guy who just CANNOT believe he has to throw in his middle initial because there was already an “Invertebrate Haven” in the Screen Actors Guild.

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**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spam-provides-cool-band-names/380339/7 "2006-11-15T03:16:43Z")

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_checks her gmail spam folder_

I’ve got _fossil paycheck_ and _You don’t need to be ugly_

meh

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**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spam-provides-cool-band-names/380339/8 "2006-11-15T04:01:48Z")

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This one made me chuckle recently…

Sexxually Expliclit

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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spam-provides-cool-band-names/380339/9 "2006-11-15T07:26:57Z")

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[QUOTE=ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies]  
_checks her gmail spam folder_

I’ve got _fossil paycheck_ and _You don’t need to be ugly_

meh  
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I’m thinking Fossil Paycheck as the band name, and “You Don’t Need to be Ugly” as the title of their debut album 🙂

Can I have a cookie? I like cookies …

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**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spam-provides-cool-band-names/380339/10 "2006-11-15T07:43:04Z")

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[QUOTE=Phase42]  
I’m thinking Fossil Paycheck as the band name, and “You Don’t Need to be Ugly” as the title of their debut album 🙂

Can I have a cookie? I like cookies …  
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Produced by Invertebrate G. Haven

Chocolate Chip?

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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spam-provides-cool-band-names/380339/11 "2006-11-15T08:30:34Z")

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Ha! Just got some more good ones:

Bonjour Bullseye  
Brainard  
Yak Shining Force Sword  
Do It Savoy

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**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spam-provides-cool-band-names/380339/12 "2006-11-15T14:02:18Z")

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_tongs entrepreneur_

Since I’m at an anti-phishing conference, I don’t have cookies today…but I do have donuts and muffins.

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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-spam-provides-cool-band-names/380339/13 "2006-11-15T14:07:15Z")

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Man, I just get boring spam with titles like “Buy cheap V11aggra” and “Mortgage Rates”.

I think I might listen to music by Plankton Corsage.
