I've actually gotten this email more than once. It would be funny except the tone is so serious that I don't think it's a joke. I almost didn't post it because I don't want to make fun of him if he really believes this stuff, but he is sending these out to random people, so here goes:From: webmaster@***.com
Date: Thu Jan 10, 2002 03:37:49 PM US/Eastern
To: *******
Subject: Time travelers PLEASE HELP!!!!!!
Anbei ist das Ergebnis des Antwortformulars. Es wurde versandt von
Frank Young (webmaster@***.com) am Donnerstag, 10. Januar 2002 um 21:37:49
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message: If you are a time traveler or alien disguised as human and or have the technology to travel physically through time I need your help!
My life has been severely tampered with and cursed!!
I have suffered tremendously and am now dying!
I need to be able to:
Travel back in time.
Rewind my life including my age back to 4.
Be able to remember what I know now so that I can prevent my life from being tampered with again after I go back.
I am in very great danger and need this immediately!
I am aware that there are many types of time travel, and that humans do not do well through certain types.
I need as close to temporal reversion as possible, as safely as possible. To be able to rewind the hands of time in such a way that the universe of now will cease to exist.
I know that there are some very powerful people out there with alien or government equipment capable of doing just that.
If you can help me I will pay for your teleport or trip down here, Along with hotel stay, food and all expenses. I will pay top dollar for the equipment. Proof must be provided.
Also if you are one of the very few beings with the ability to edit the universe PLEASE REPLY!!!
Only if you have this technology and can help me please send me a (SEPARATE) email to:
Robby0809@***.com
Please do not reply if your an evil alien!
Thanks Wow. I'm thinking about sticking that last line onto the end of all my emails. Good luck Frank Young.
Two days ago I was reflecting on the ad you quoted from a personal section of a weekly paper. "Wanted, partner for time travel. I've only done this once before. Person must provide own weapons. Will be paid upon return." (or something like that) Same person?
Figures the kook is named Frank. I received the same e-mail
in the last month & also registered a twinge of the sinister
vibes. A problem with spam is typological parity: it all
looks about the same, textually. There's no trace of human.
If you've ever been in another universe & worried that you
might never return to your old familiar universe it is easy
to feel somewhat sympathetic when , even if it's bogus,
a weird call from the beyond comes. It's not easy being dead, why wouldn't you want e-mail.
Well I guess it's only spam if a very large number of people
received the very same message as a result of some
mass-mailing-hacking-e-bot, if that's the term. If you are
suggesting that only Jim & I received this epistle, a whole
new ominous resonance sets in. Bzzzzzzt!
LOL!
But is it spam?
God is about all people receiving the same message; It's the ultimate Spam!
Funny you should say that, good Doc, 'cus I've been watching
Yellow Submarine with Ren lately & that Monty Python ditty
came to mind one night as I heard it's antecedants. This
morning I said to Ren, all you need is love. He said, all you need is stuff.
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- jim 1-12-2002 4:52 pm
Two days ago I was reflecting on the ad you quoted from a personal section of a weekly paper. "Wanted, partner for time travel. I've only done this once before. Person must provide own weapons. Will be paid upon return." (or something like that) Same person?
- steve 1-12-2002 6:03 pm
Figures the kook is named Frank. I received the same e-mail in the last month & also registered a twinge of the sinister vibes. A problem with spam is typological parity: it all looks about the same, textually. There's no trace of human. If you've ever been in another universe & worried that you might never return to your old familiar universe it is easy to feel somewhat sympathetic when , even if it's bogus, a weird call from the beyond comes. It's not easy being dead, why wouldn't you want e-mail.
- frank 1-13-2002 1:10 am
Well I guess it's only spam if a very large number of people received the very same message as a result of some mass-mailing-hacking-e-bot, if that's the term. If you are suggesting that only Jim & I received this epistle, a whole new ominous resonance sets in. Bzzzzzzt!
- frank 1-13-2002 1:43 am
LOL!
But is it spam?
- steve 1-13-2002 4:14 am
God is about all people receiving the same message; It's the ultimate Spam!
- alex 1-13-2002 4:51 am
Funny you should say that, good Doc, 'cus I've been watching Yellow Submarine with Ren lately & that Monty Python ditty came to mind one night as I heard it's antecedants. This morning I said to Ren, all you need is love. He said, all you need is stuff.
- frank 1-13-2002 5:07 am