Mike’s World For Free

THE F WORD

There is a 4 letter word that starts with F, and the censors don’t want you to see it!

This is such a terrible word that email filters segregate your emails if it contains this word. Your mail may not get to the person you sent it to, and be lost in a file with all the spam, junk and bulk emails. It is a terrible thing, but it wasn’t always this way.

Not too long ago, people used to be on the lookout for this word. It was often sought out and great attention was paid to the mention of it. Everybody wanted to see it. What happened?

Free is not a dirty word, but you would think that it is. Now you have to fool the system by writing f*ree or f re e or even “for absolutely nothing” or your email will be considered spam. It is a shame, but it is the way the world works now. Aggressive marketing has spoiled it for those of us that really do have something free to offer.

What do I have to do to get my message out? Should I invent a new word? From now on “fgriisk” means free. Now I just need to wait 4 or 5 years for it to catch on. A campaign of letters to educators, journalists and authors might help in getting people using my new word. Submissions to dictionaries might help. Perhaps I just need celebrity endorsement.

In order to solve the problem now, I am going to have to work around the draconian ban on the lovely word “free”. I will have to subtly use synonymous words and phrases in my emails to gently nudge people towards my website. Once there I can abandon all restraint and good taste, and shout for the world to hear: FREE FREE FREE! That felt good.