# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 22, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140 "2020-06-22T07:01:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 23, 2021, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5280 "2021-05-23T05:46:47Z")

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> [@Sherrerd](#):
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> > [@Smapti](#):
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> > . . . and then signed my name as “Deez Nutz”.
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> > Surprisingly I’ve only gotten one or two spam emails made out to Mr. Nutz.
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> If only you’d sent them a buck or two, you could now be enjoying THOUSANDS of spam emails asking Mr. Nutz for cashew, er, cash!

This is eerily reminiscent of [the story of Releasha Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-youve-messed-with-a-telephone-scam-artist/686367/18), the fictional office manager who got inundated with junk mail.

> [@Ways you've messed with a telephone scam artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-youve-messed-with-a-telephone-scam-artist/686367/18):
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> Within six months, Releasha Jones was getting 15-20 calls a week. Within nine months, _she was getting mail addressed to her_ . Catalogs. Flyers. Calendars. Mouse pads. Free samples of OTC pharmaceuticals. I left that company in June of 2010, and over a year later, she was still getting mail.

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