Humorous virus story

David Bostwick (david.bostwick@chemistry.gatech.edu)
Fri, 28 May 1999 14:31:19 -0400

At 10:11 AM 5/28/1999 -0400, Michael A Imbalzano wrote:
>
>Wayne Patton wrote:
>>A new computer virus is spreading throughout the Internet,
>>and it is far
>>more insidious than last week's Chernobyl menace. Named
>>Strunkenwhite
>
>[snip]
>
>I would think that a real virus threat would be accompanied
>by links to reputable web sites like http://www.symantec.com
>not just a lot of "The-sky-is-falling-it's-the-end-of-the-world-forward-
>this-message-to-ALL-your-friends" dribble.
>

It was a *joke*, people. The original post included that fact at the end
of the message. It should also have been obvious from a casual reading of
the message. Maybe the subject line should have been changed, but it was
plain after about two lines of text that it was humorous.