Saturday, 3 July 2010

Spam and a 600 year old slander case make for an interesting photograph.

'...I am single, very attractive Woman, 37yrs old from Illinois...'  I know this sounds like the opening for the latest alleged Russian spy ring in the US but no it turns out this women has got money problems that I can help her with and she is willing to give me a considerable fee to enable this.   I have been clearing out my spam filter's folder of dodgy emails of which Ms Cindy Westmiller's is just one.  I am not sure what you can draw by one's spam - if you are to believe the emails in their I can all my prescriptions on the cheap from Canada, why I would want to go all the way to Canada is not explained.  Then of course there are emails that wish to directly enhance my manhood and yet more from females who clearly don't think I need my manhood enhancing as they seem excited to see me.  Just occasionally you get emails from unlucky businessmen in west Africa - these are more of a rarity and allow you to fondly remember the days, not so long ago, when these were coming in at an alarming rate.  Clearly the banking system in west Africa has improved greatly so they can't have as many millions stuck in transit.   Are those were the days.

Anyway, away from rummaging through the detritus of spam I have been receiving   I have produced another photograph.   It was really exciting to do this as I had spent most of the day working on the life story of William de Bereford, an early 14th century high court judge.  reading some of the case he dealt with it makes you realise that some things just don't change.  The funniest thing I read about this learned brother was that he was being sued for defamation and slander.  He apparently '... asserted that John de Somery has obtained such mastery in the county of Stafford that no one can obtain law or justice therein; that he has made himself more than a king there...'.   There is no result reported but you just know this is going to drag on - almost 600 years and no end in sight yet!  
 

Simon Marchini LRPS

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