show me your state

by mg at 11:03 AM on June 28, 2001

The problem with email spammers is that sometimes people like me get emails like this:

Hello, I am contacting you about trading links. I currently run Branson Shows. It is a site about the Branson, Missouri area. What I would like to do is have you add a link to Branson Shows, and in turn I will add a text link to your site on every page on Branson Shows under the 'Our Friends' section. Please take a look and see if it would work for you, to add your link now simply click on 'add your link' link. I think it would be a great feature for my visitors to be able to visit your site, I think you have some very good content that they would enjoy. My site visitors are mainly the upper class and they love to travel, to just about anywhere.

Now, if you’ve never heard of Branson, Missouri, I’ll use a quote from The Simpsons to explain how much of a mistake it was for them to send me an email like this; "Branson is like Vegas run by Ned Flanders."

I was a sucker, I checked the site out, and figured, what the hell, this’ll be good for a laugh. While I’m sure the Branson webmaster probably likes this site, I can’t imagine the kind of people who’ll get drawn into a visiting a town because Andy Williams plays there regularly will really be into Bad Samaritan style humour. I also find it hard to believe that someone who’d make any city in Missouri a vacation spot (except for, of course, Columbia), could be considered “upper class.”

But, heck, if they link me up, I’ll be happy. I’m such a link whore.