BGP Pollution

["Phil Rosenthal" <pr () isprime com>]

   Network          Next Hop            Metric LocPrf Weight Path
*>i203.168.78.0     66.230.128.97           40    100      0 2914 6453
4755 4755 4755 4755 4755 4755 17632 17632 17632 17632 17632 17632 17632
17632 17632 17632 17632 i
*>i217.220.42.0     66.230.128.97           40    100      0 2914 1239
1267 21164 21164 21164 21164 21164 21164 21164 21164 21164 21164 21164
21164 21164 21164 21164 21164 21164 21164 21164 21164 21164 21164 21164
21164 21164 I

Is there any possible excuse for such ugly looking as-paths?
(these are the worst offenders, but there are plenty more that are still
really bad...)

--Phil