be careful what you wish for

As I fired up the mailer in response to the login notice that I had new mail (when do I not have new mail upon logging in?), I found myself thinking "I hope there's something here other than spam".

There was: there were several messages to a mailing list from a particular poster who is frequently clueless and incoherent, and rarely on-topic. I usually delete her postings unread. These and spam were the only new messages.

But, technically, I got what I wished for. Next time I'll be more specific. :-)