>>========== Forwarded message ==========>>============================>>FROM: laocoon@doomgloom.edu>>TO: Trojan Army Listserv < >>Trojans-L@troy.org>>RE: WARNING!! BEWARE GREEKS BEARING GIFTS!>>>Hey Hector,>>>This was forwarded to me by Cassandra>>- it looks legit.>>Please distribute to Priam, Hecuba, >>and your 99 siblings.>>>Thanks,>>Laocoon>>>WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!>>>IF YOU RECEIVE A GIFT IN THE SHAPE >>OF A LARGE >>WOODEN HORSE DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT!!!! >>It is EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE and will >>overwrite your ENTIRE CITY!>>>The "gift" is disguised as a large >>wooden horse about two stories tall.>>It tends to show up outside the city >>gates and appears to be abandoned.>>>DO NOT let it through the gates! It>> contains hardware that is >>incompatible with Trojan programming, >>including a crowd of heavily armed >>Greek warriors that will destroy >>your army, sack your town, and kill >>your women and children.>>> If you have already received such >>a gift, DO NOT OPEN IT! >>Take it back out of the city unopened>>and set fire to it by the beach.>>>FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE >>YOU KNOW!>>>Poseidon>>============================>>FROM: hector@studmuffin.com>>TO: laocoon@doomgloom.edu>>RE: Greeks bearing gifts>>Laocoon,>>I hate to break to you, but this is >one of the oldest hoaxes there is. >I've seen variants on this warning come>through on other listservs, one involving >some kind of fruit that was supposed >to kill the people who ate it and one >having to do with something called the >"Midas Touch.">>Here are a few tipoffs that this is >a hoax:>>1) This "Forward this message to >everyone you know" crap. If it were >really meant as a warning about the >Greek army, why tell anyone to post >it to the Phonecians, Sumerians, and> Cretans?>>2) Use of exclamation points.>Always a giveaway.>>3) It's signed "from Poseidon.">Granted he's had his problems with >Odysseus but he's one of their guys, >isn't he? Besides, the lack of a real >header with a detailed address makes >me suspicious.>>4) Technically speaking, there is no >way for a horse to overwrite your entire >city. A horse is just an animal, after all.>>Next time you get a message like this, >just delete it. >>I appreciate your concern, but once >you've been around the block a couple >times you'll realize how annoying this >kind of stuff is.>>Bye now,>>Hector