There's shit loads of material in my spam folder.
Here's one.


[edit] "it" in the title being Cousin It from The Addams Family

From the Illustrated Spam challenge. See all 433 entries (closed)

(ProduceMonkey, Fri 20 Aug 2004, 17:29, archived)

lorem
ipsum?
( Hidden Mouse, Sleeping Kitten Gromada? Gromada!, Fri 20 Aug 2004, 17:29, archived)

very very expensive mistake?
i did that one yesterday. shoved a brand new 1gb compactflash card into my palmtop the wrong way round. it's broken and stuck in. :(

so spill the beans!
(not_real had his name thieved, Fri 20 Aug 2004, 17:31, archived)

i dropped £2500s worth of uni equipment
by accident, it wasn't insured...
( GrandmaOfShoes, Fri 20 Aug 2004, 17:33, archived)

university bouncy balls?

(not_real had his name thieved, Fri 20 Aug 2004, 17:39, archived)

molecular markers
are very expensive. Even more so when you add one extra base in each sequence by mistake. £3500 - ouch. Still waiting to hear about my future...
edit: I like your hidden ugly css award!
( Hidden Mouse, Sleeping Kitten Gromada? Gromada!, Fri 20 Aug 2004, 17:34, archived)

hidden? oops, i think there's a problem with teh css

(not_real had his name thieved, Fri 20 Aug 2004, 17:39, archived)

All your base are (etc...)
I too have made some costly lab errors, but I'm still here
( RedHouse Schitterend!, Fri 20 Aug 2004, 17:40, archived)

ahh, the ol' caesium in the water tank prank?

(not_real had his name thieved, Fri 20 Aug 2004, 17:41, archived)

I printed 500
sheets of double sided full colour with 3 spelling mistakes. Including "teh"
(el_meerkat, Fri 20 Aug 2004, 17:35, archived)

and "siht" and "cnut"?

( RedHouse Schitterend!, Fri 20 Aug 2004, 17:37, archived)

Tell them it
was irony. And l33t.
(Small Beer, Fri 20 Aug 2004, 17:37, archived)

erm
i dont think i get it >_<
( the_man361 bffwaarghhl, Fri 20 Aug 2004, 17:33, archived)

tj
does anyone know the RGB values for the grey background of the board (Both if possible) but ideally the darker one?
( newg rum n coke, Fri 20 Aug 2004, 17:34, archived)

id screen-dump
and colour-dropper it.
( asparagus time Is in Brazil., Fri 20 Aug 2004, 17:35, archived)

yeah, that would be the long way around
just thought maybe i could save precious seconds by cheating.
( newg rum n coke, Fri 20 Aug 2004, 17:37, archived)

you could probably get it from the HTML
code...

edit: as below.
( asparagus time Is in Brazil., Fri 20 Aug 2004, 17:39, archived)

.post1 { background-color: #dddddd; } 
.post2 { background-color: #eeeeee; }

( tomsk, Fri 20 Aug 2004, 17:38, archived)

excellent
cheers.
( newg rum n coke, Fri 20 Aug 2004, 17:39, archived)