It’s been a while since I’ve actually had an IM get to the point where I engage it. It’s been even longer since I’ve had one that makes me add a whole new paragraph to the IM Rules Page.
This one is a winner. Meet rasclef2005 from Yahoo.
In 3 lines he hits rule 1, 3, and 4. But then he gets interesting with his confusion over my old Yahoo handle and my beliefs.
The conversation…
I must be getting healthy, the idiots are out in full force again:
Today’s IM began:
singlelady_4man
4:12:10 Buzz!!
4:12:14 Hello…..How are u doing today?….Any single honest male here?
So I responded with:
4:13:27 http://tinyurl.com/2nprbg
4:14:16 Please read before sending any further messages
And of course as always happens I updated the posting at that link with new rules and changes. Check the link out. I’m always looking for suggestions.
Edit: Addendum
Why yes, I am listing the culprit instead of censoring it out. This is a change of policy. Why have I been bothering to protect these people :?)
This is taken from my IM profile on AIM.. I’d been meaning to write this down.. Here’s an early draft
I don’t actually expect anyone to read this but here are my basic rules for IM. The problem is that the average person who has a personality that messages me out of the blue will either not violate these rules in the first 3 femtoseconds of the conversation and I won’t be motivated to send the link. OR… The person will violate at least 2 in an even shorter amount of time and is probably too damned stupid or illiterate to make it through this paragraph let alone the rest to figure out why I just don’t have time for their waste of space on the internet. 
