Since the weather was nice this morning (Christmas Eve), my wife and I went for a ride to look for a few last minute items before we spend the next day and a half with the family. Of course, every store we went to wanted to collect our email address. Sometimes I just want to buy something, but that doesn't seem to be enough anymore.

I’m sure that I’m not the first to think of this, but how about having a little fun with the email address for this type of situation? Here are a few ideas.

• flushthis@
• myjunkfolder@
• crapcollector@
• thisiscrap@
• ihatespamemail@
• ihatecorporatespam@
• corporatecrap@
• mycrapemailaccount@

and my personal favorite: thiswillbeflushed@

Be creative; mix and match. The possibilities are endless, and if you can’t get one at gmail, try hotmail, live.com, yahoo, etc. Nothing better than seeing the smirk on the associates face as you provide this email. Spread that holiday cheer!

Dan Perry