# What would a spammer's best subject-line hook be for you?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 21, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-spammers-best-subject-line-hook-be-for-you/149996 "2003-01-21T16:26:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-spammers-best-subject-line-hook-be-for-you/149996/41 "2003-01-25T17:12:28Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Giraffe \*  
> \*\*“Coming home for Christmas” \*\*

Hey, **Giraffe**. You owe me a new orange drink! I found your post so funny (probably because I have a dozen spams with identical subject lines) I dipped my computer monitor into my drink, thereby ruining it.

I have no idea why I did this, but it seems to be a widely accepted course of action for dopers when amused. I may have it all a bit confused.

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**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-spammers-best-subject-line-hook-be-for-you/149996/42 "2003-01-25T18:19:50Z")

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I got a spam e-mail some time ago pushing … anti-spam software. “Tired of getting buried in spam? Check out our software!” Talk about a catch-22. Do I delete it unread, like all of the other spam? Or do I open _just this one_, in hopes of finding a genuine solution?

Such irony …

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