Spam can be unintentionally funny. Take the junk e-mail I got in my spam folder recently, all on the same day.

In one shot, I got an e-mail offer for a product that promised to enlarge my breasts and another offer for a product that claimed it could enlarge my penis.

Now, I'm a man. Imagine what I'd look like if I tried both products at the same time. Or better yet, don't imagine it, especially if you're eating right now and you know what I look like.

My favorite spam e-mail of all time is one of the numerous variations of the infamous Nigerian, or 419 scam. You've seen it before, it's a long letter with awful grammar, terrible spelling and syntax and usually in ALL CAPS, sent by someone claiming to be trying to move millions of dollars out of a poor African country. These e-mails always offer to share a portion of those millions with lucky you, if you'd only be kind enough to contact these people so they can manipulate you into giving them your checking account number.

These e-mails usually start something like this:

REUQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

GREETINGS DEAR FERIND

I MUIST REQUEST YOUR STRICTEST CONFIDENTIALLY ON THIS COMMUNICATION TO YOU. I HAVE SELECTED YOU BECAUSE I HAVE CONFIDECE ABOUT YOUR ABILITY TO PROSECUTE THIS TRANSACTION OF GREAT MAGNITUDE AND EXTREME 'TOP SECRETE” CONFIDENCE.

MY NAME IS DR. GIVMI AL-YERMONY AND I ,AM SECOOND ELDEST SON OF THE LATE FORMER NIGERIAS' MILITARY ATTACH TO GUAM GEN YURA BEEG SUCCA. MY FATHER WAS THE RECIPIENT OF A GREAT SUM OF US$26,580,247.36. THESE FUND ARE IN THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA BUT CANNOT BE ACCESS.

DUE TO THE HIGHLY SENSITIVE NATURE OF THIS TRANSACTION WE ARE REQUEST YOUR ASSISTANCE IN DISPOSING OF THE FUNDS. MY COLLEAGUES HAVE AGREED TO SHARE WITH YOU 10 PROCENT OF THE PROCEEDS IF YOU WERE ASSIST US IN TRANSFERRING THE FUNDS TO YOUR OVERSEAS BANK ACCOUNT....

Blah, blah, blah.

The scam outlined in this particular spam is so old it predates the Internet and yet people still fall for it. Amazing. At least I get a good laugh out of the many misspelled words and bad grammar of the various authors of this variant of spam. Hey, if we can't really fight back when it comes to spam, why not at least be amused, right?