Fame is being the subject of a chain email.

[davywavy]

Some time ago, I wrote a satirical post about the recent war in Iraq, comparing it to the Lord of the Rings. This was well recieved, and in fact cropped up (uncredited, bah) in all kinds of places.

I was reminded of this when I got a chain email the other day. I've often wondered who writes chain emails - who takes that time and effort for anonymous circulation? It hadn't really occurred to me that the creators of the mails simply cut and pasted someone elses work and didn't credit them. Not that I'm bitter about it, you understand. Oh no.
Anyway, the chain mail I got was this one:


The Germans also increased their alert state from "Disdain" to "Dress In Uniform
and Sing Marching Songs". They have two higher levels: "Invade a Neighbour" and
"Lose".

Seeing this reaction in continental Europe, the Americans have gone from
"Isolationism" to "Find Another Oil-Rich Nation For Regime Change". Their
remaining higher alert states are "Attack Random Countries (Ideally Those
Without Any Credible Military)" and "Beg The British For Help.

The British are also feeling the pinch in relation to recent bombings and have
raised their security level from "Miffed" to "Peeved". Soon though, security
levels may be raised yet again to "Irritated" or even "A Bit Cross". Londoners
have not been "A Bit Cross" since the Blitz in 1940 when tea supplies all but
ran out. Terrorists have been re-categorized from "Tiresome" to "Bloody
Nuisance". The last time the British issued a "Bloody Nuisance" warning level was during
the Great Fire of London in 1666.


So, on this occasion, I know who wrote the chain email, or at least part of it.
It was me.
My apologies to those spammed by my work.

Comments

[twicedead.livejournal.com]

There's nothing like getting hit with your own urban myth/chain letter.

I've had it a couple of time in werewolf games, one where a moron player tried to convince me of certain legendary things that occurred in this game he had heard about and refused to believe me when i told him i was playing in that game and none of that nonsense had happened.

Another hit me on the white-wold website where someone totally unconnected with the Cam used my character as a famous example of a totally cheesed and evil character.

[kathminchin.livejournal.com]

Well Twicedead was thoroughly evil by the end.

Cheesed? Only in so far as he'd been played for years and had actually done everything he claimed he had :o)

[madwitch.livejournal.com]

Cheesed? Nah. Long played, yes.

Though I do remember trying to audit him and giving up sobbing halfway through. Of course, that was partly because the next one in the pile was Lawbringer...

[mrmmarc.livejournal.com]

I get THAT all the time.
Recently I had someone explain about this PC in the Old Cam campaign called 'Danton' who at ICC'99 took on a Justicar and five Archons in a single fight and killed and Archon and escaped.

I was gonna ignore him, but then he went on about hopw the player of Danton cheated... so I had to ifnorm him that no such event took place.
He was very surprised and looked at me odd and said... "How do you know?"

I dunno.
Even when you are playing a PC AND you are at the event in question, folks think your lying!
:)