E-MAIL SUBJECT LINES

There's an old expression, "You're not safe from surprises until you're dead." I know this is true, yet I continue to say, "I thought I'd seen everything." Why am I still amazed that I'm being surprised by life?

In the beginning, it was exciting coming up with creative subject lines for my e-mails to online friends. They were titles for my various essays. They were questions to inspire others. Now, I can't tell you how many times I just click reply and go with what was there. I won't however allow a triple RE: RE: RE: to slip by. That's beyond laziness. That's sheer idiocy.

So, with the latest e-mail pal, I began the practice of writing, Happy Monday or Happy Tuesday, whatever day of the week it was. On one particular Wednesday, my e-mail pal beat me to it. For some reason, her letter was filtered to the spam folder. I thought, Wow, something has finally gone in there. No SPAM ever had.

I saw it was from my friend. I thought, Why is this here?

Then I saw the reason. It was her subject line. She'd written Happy Hump Day.

And to think, I'd thought again, that I'd seen everything.

Now, she writes on Wednesdays, Happy Naughty Word Day. That one doesn't go to the SPAM folder.

I think Cox has something against camels not sex.