That's plenty of fish, and I've been doing the same thing this week but on the UK side - 70+ messages in just over 2 days...
It's pretty painful to watch all these messages come in from all over the country - but the worst thing is that even the messages that don't follow the "Hi, How are you? You're gorgeous! My name is XXX" template, are ALWAYS making really lame comments/jokes about something on the profile or say something like "I'd love to get to know you better".
I mean, saying you want to get to know somebody better isn't an awful way to introduce yourself but only if you can back it up with something other than "I fink ur relly cuwte". The best message I have had so far was from some random guy doing RSD style stuff:
Title - "Boo!"
Msg - "Wow impressive sense of humour! Luff it! *High five*"
And the second best was from some friend(zone)ly 19 year old guy:
Title - "A lil birdie told me you were awesome!"
Msg - "I love awesome people haha!
Im sorta awesome too, but not in an ego maniac way :p
When you're done replying to the probable countless messages you
get, maybe you could let me get to know you? You could start with
your name
[SIGNED HIS NAME]"
Heh, the guy was using some ericksonian hypnosis stuff without even realising it.