Re: annoying message (fwd)

Gibo (gibo@ripco.com)
Wed, 23 Aug 1995 19:37:29 -0500 (CDT)


some good advice from the flat earth society mailing list.

giles bowkett - gibo@ripco.com
"May the four winds blow you safely home"
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 95 15:05:39 EDT
From: Doctorb Science <bay@eden.rutgers.edu>
To: flat-earth@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
Subject: Re: annoying message

> who is SANDRO.TODESCO@x400.ska.com? you're on one of my mailing lists.
> your site automatically sends me the most annoying messages on God's
> earth just to let me know my message arrived successfully. am I reaching
> you? can you mail your sysadmin or whatever and deal with this, please?
> I don't mean to be pissy but this is irritating as fuck.

*******DO NOT PANIC! REMAIN CALM!! THERE IS NO CAUSE **************
FOR ALARM!!!!11!!!! REALLY!!!!111!!!!!!

*********PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS MESSAGE BEFORE SELF-DESTRUCTING*********

YOUR MESSAGE ARRIVED SUCCESSFULLY AT 3:02 PM, SETTING ORANGE, DAY 16
IN THE SEASON OF BUREAUCRACY. THE MOON IS IN THE WANING CRESCENT
PHASE. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO SEE FURTHER CONFIRMATIONS OF MESSAGES
SENT TO THIS SITE, SIMPLY JAM A LARGE METAL PIPE THROUGH YOUR MONITOR
SCREEN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.

****************YOU MAY NOW SAFELY DESTROY EARTH********************

| A M I G A Sincerely,
oxxxx|============================--- Doctorb Science
| R 3 W L Z (The "b" stands for "bargain"!)
P.S. I am not a crackpot. "I will choose Free Willy" -- Neil Perth