> In article <32CF0FFB.68DE@iquest.net>, tisieb@iquest.net artesticulated > >Subject: e-mail virus warning - FYI > >Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 02:11:36 +0000 > > HOAX!!!! Although this isn't : > > >Subject: Good Times Virus update > >From: Michael Dillon > > > >The latest breaking news on the GOODTIMES virus. > > > > It turns out that this so-called hoax virus is very > >dangerous after all. Goodtimes will re-write your hard > >drive. Not only that, it will scramble any disks that are > >even close to your computer. It will recalibrate your > >refrigerator's coolness setting so all your ice cream goes > >melty. It will demagnetize the strips on all your credit > >cards, screw up the tracking on your television and use > >subspace field harmonics to scratch any CDs you try to > >play. > > > > It will give your ex-girlfriend your new phone number. It > >will mix Kool-aid into your fishtank. It will drink all > >your beer and leave dirty socks on the coffee table when > >company comes over. It will put a dead kitten in the back > >pocket of your good suit pants and hide your car keys when > >you are late for work. > > > > Goodtimes will make you fall in love with a penguin. It > >will give you nightmares about circus midgets. It will pour > >sugar in your gas tank and shave off both your eyebrows > >while dating your girlfriend behind your back and billing > >the dinner and hotel room to your Discover card. > > > > It will seduce your grandmother. It does not matter if > >she is dead, such is the power of Goodtimes, it reaches out > >beyond the grave to sully those things we hold most dear. > > > > It moves your car randomly around parking lots so you > >can't find it. It will kick your dog. It will leave > >libidinous messages on your boss's voice mail in your voice! > >It is insidious and subtle. It is dangerous and terrifying > >to behold. It is also a rather interesting shade of mauve. > > > > Goodtimes will give you Dutch Elm disease. It will leave > >the toilet seat up. It will make a batch of Methamphetamine > >in your bathtub and then leave bacon cooking on the stove > >while it goes out to chase gradeschoolers with your new > >snowblower.