Osler's Razor: My Internet Relationship with Babette Leathers

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

My Internet Relationship with Babette Leathers

I don't usually republish my foreign-language spam, but I found this one particularly intriguing:

Geachte Webmaster,

Mijn naam is Babette Leers werkzaam bij Topspot Promotion. Graag
bied ik u een maandelijkse vergoeding aan voor het plaatsen van een
artikel of advertentie op uw web-site voor één van onze klanten.

Indien u geïnteresseerd bent in ons aanbod, verneem ik van u graag de
mogelijkheden. Heeft u nog vragen of suggesties, kunt u uiteraard te
allen tijde contact met ons opnemen.

Met vriendelijke groet,
Babette Leers, Marketing Medewerker,
Afdeling Business Development.

Translated from the Dutch (according to Babelfish) this is what Babette has to say:

Dear web master, My name is Babette Leathers, operative at Top Derision Promotion. You gladly offer monthly compensation I for buying newspaper space Article or on your Internet site for one of our customers. If you are interested in our offer, I gladly learn the possibilities of you. You still questions have or suggestions, can take you of course at any time contact with our. Kind regards, Babette Leathers, marketing employee, Department business development.

A few observations:

1) Who can resist a woman by the name of "Babette Leathers?" Seriously?

2) There is something quite elegant about the phrase "I gladly learn the possibilities of you."

3) I'm not sure what you end up with when you untangle the sentence "can take you of course at any time contact with our," especially in the dulcet tones of one Babette Leathers.

4) There is a certain honesty in calling your business "Top Derision Promotion."

# posted by Mark Osler @ 12:04 AM