in which j.d. plays a little game with his readers

I will now give you a list of names of 20 people who sent me email in the last 24 hours:

Ira Stoyer, Ernesto Posey, Marie Frank, Ronda Stephenson, Callie Sanchez, Anton Tucker, Lindsey Holland, Trina Oliver, Merlin Boykin, Faye Nguyen, Felix Ellison, Roslyn Washburn, Lyman Tipton, Tanner Weddle, Therese Hunter, Pablo McKenzie, Tory Balmir, Owen Siegel, Lewis Beaver, Maura Draper.

Now, answer the question: How many of these are the names of real people, and how many are generated by spammers?

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5 Responses to “in which j.d. plays a little game with his readers”

  1. Keith writes:
    07.03.2005 @ 17:47

    I bet it’s 19 and 1 (19 spammers, that is!)

  2. j.d. writes:
    07.03.2005 @ 18:37

    Which one did you think was the real name?

  3. Keith writes:
    07.03.2005 @ 20:04

    It’s hard saying…..i was just basing it off the percentage of crap mail we get

  4. neil writes:
    07.04.2005 @ 00:27

    I’m guessing Roslyn Washburn is the real one.

  5. j.d. writes:
    07.04.2005 @ 15:34

    Sorry, bros. They’re all spammers.

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