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18 August 2006

I'm Keeping Track of How Many Spams I Get Today In My Work E-mail. Give a guess on how many I'll have by today at 5:00 p.m., and possibly win a prize.

post by: ThePinkSuperhero at: 12:43 | 22 comments

Whoever is closest without going over wins.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 18 August | 12:44

Total today or just between now and 5 pm? You are in eastern time zone?

posted by getoffmylawn 18 August | 12:45

posted by croctommy 18 August | 12:47

30.

posted by Daniel Charms 18 August | 12:48

posted by cmonkey 18 August | 12:53

posted by dersins 18 August | 12:54

posted by getoffmylawn 18 August | 12:54

It was from last night sometime (I checked it last night around 11 p.m.) until 5 p.m. today.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 18 August | 12:57

This is difficult...too hard to rationalize so I will pick a number out of the air:

47

posted by richat 18 August | 13:00

62

I'm goin' high.

posted by Specklet 18 August | 13:08

42 of course.

posted by elizard 18 August | 13:09

posted by sciurus 18 August | 13:38

Can I only post in this thread once, or can I make several guesses? Or, say, an infinite number of guesses?

posted by Daniel Charms 18 August | 13:42

42

Always guess 42.

posted by sarah connor 18 August | 13:43

If we get to multi-guess, I would like 64 and 68 in addition to 38.

$1.00 Bob... I feel like I am on the Price is Right.

posted by getoffmylawn 18 August | 13:53

Fourteen.

posted by bunnyfire 18 August | 14:08

posted by viachicago 18 August | 15:21

You only get one guess.

Last call!

Winner announced shortly after 5 p.m.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 18 August | 15:44

Contest closed! Winner posted shortly.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 18 August | 16:00

Overall, I was surprised at how conservative all of your guesses were.

I received 269 SPAM E-MAILS.
The closest guess without going over was 62 by Specklet.

Congratulations Specklet! For your prize, you get to pay to fly to Vegas, and I'll buy you a drink! YAYAYAYAYAAYAYAYAYAY!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 18 August | 16:02

Holy shit! We were rather conservative!

God, that's a lot of spam! Do you not have spam filters, or what?

Yaaaaay wooooo I'm the big weiner!

posted by Specklet 18 August | 16:10

If you add all of my guess numbers up, I have 170.

posted by getoffmylawn 18 August | 16:18

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