Har! Sit back, me mateys, and let ol’ Round Don Silver spin ye a yarn of an e-mail gone bad; a tale of a sorry scallywag an’ the fools what followed ‘im inta the briny deep!
This mornin’ some scurvy dog sent out a missive ta all the ships at sea (where the sea be defined as most of th’ employees of the largest agencies of a government body) that did use a lot o’ words ta say, “Be happy, Jesus loves you – now send this to all yout friends!”
If tweren’t bad enough that landlubber lootin’ and pillagin’ me tax dollars ta send a chain letter on a government network, out o’ the woodwork came a bunch o’ sailors greener’n a virgin cabin boy who couldn’t tell th’ difference twixt the “Reply” button and the “Reply ta all” button. So there were dozens o’ global replies sayin “thanks”, or “please stop sendin’ this, or it’s the brig for ye!”, or “please take me off this list” – not realizin’ that the only way off th’ all-employees list was ta walk the plank. When one fella Reply-Alled ta say, “Stop replying ta all”, another fella Reply-Alled with “I agree, stop it!”
Ta the brig with all of ’em, says I! Remedial Microsoft Outlook fer ’em until they learn ta tell their aft from a hole in the ground!
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