Comedian Bill Engvall hit nerves and stardom with his now-trademark "I'm Stupid" "Here's Your Sign" routines that ripped on thoughtless and downright dumb behaviors (that all of us indulge in at some time or the other). He'd probably love a new StupidFilter application that is being developed to help screen out those ... well, stupid messages that cycle endlessly around the Internet.

Although the StupidFilter would probably help knock out some spam, it sounds like it's more geared to the junk you get from your rabidly right/left-Dem/GOP-pro/antiwar friends, colleagues and associates.

Ditto the stuff your new-to-computers senior citizen aunt or uncle or pew-sharer spends weeks forwarding, like the ancient nickel-per-email Bill Gates hoax. Speaking of which, Snopes.com is an excellent resource for debunking suspect e-mails - used regularly and in conjunction with the "reply all" button, it can embarrass all but the most dedicated spam-passer into checking their facts first.

Any message containing a phrase like "but you won't see this in the media!" would be automatically 86'd. Pleas to send bottle tops to an ill child somewhere in northern England - please, delete them.

You get the idea. If not, I got a sign for you.