Marketing Magic

I recently got porn site spam with the subject header "My boyfriend's c*ck is far too big for me!" Is this targeted at under-endowed gentlemen? If so, would anyone be honest enough with themselves to say, "Hey, this ad is for me!"? Or dumb enough to believe there's hot babes hunting for wee-willied dudes? Maybe spammers aren't so smart after all.

Wow, c*ck-talk at 9am.

That reminds me of the weekly humor column I wrote for a small paper in Wisconsin. I knew my audience was largely conservative Christian so I did my best to keep it squeaky clean. That's why I was so surprised when we got a flood of outraged letters one week, talking about my decency and morals.

The cause? I had written a column about Nicole and I taking a flight to New York. Discussing the departure morning, I said "The kitty woke us up at 5:30 by mewling and attacking our heads." From this, the community assessed that we were having sinful sleepovers. My editor couldn't believe he had allowed that filth to be published.