See, there are a hell of a lot of Lance Corporals in the Marines. You go in a private (you’re a private when you’re a recruit, they just don’t call you that), and you get PFC (I think it’s) 6 months after the day you went into boot, then Lance Corporal another 6 or 9 months, I forget which. After that, you have to start earning it. So, like I said, there are a hell of a lot of Lance Corporals in the Marine Corps.
Since we’re all nonrates (e.g., not NCOs), we can all pretty much talk to each other like human beings, and since none of us ever know what the hell’s going on at the upper levels, the one guy who happened to be taking out the trash at the moment the First Sergeant said “we’re getting out early on Friday” feels compelled to tell everyone.
We call it “the Lance Corporal Underground”. And it’s usually wildly inaccurate. We might as well be asking Miss Cleo what’s on the agenda for the unit next week.
Someone took this a step further and took it online.
I thought it was hilarious.
I got a mysterious post at one of my blog entries. I googled Anandi Hristina, the poster’s name, and found some other random site that promises to solve the mystery of who the hell this person is, and what the hell they want.
The post came from 208.184.65.85, an AboveNet IP registered to “APS Communication” in San Jose, CA, under “Pablo Espana” at phone number 888-210-6539. It was spoofing (?) an MSN spider user-agent.
Is it a spambot checking for open posts on blogs? But, why bother? If it posts, just post it, and if it doesn’t, move on. Why verify?
A new worm, maybe, seeding its ground zero for an attack on Wordpress installations?
Or maybe just a spammer who got caught and didn’t update their spambot.
From: M&M'S Brand
Reply-To: M&M'S Brand
To: cuervo.mm@zerokarma.homeunix.org
Subject: Join the M&M'S© Brand in Supporting Susan G. Komen for the Cure!
You know those commercials where people turn into M&M’s candy to the tune of some irritatingly catchy music? It was something about finding your inner M&M, or some stupid shit like that, with a link to a site that lets you create an M&M that looks like you. I went and created my little guy, forgot about it, and now I get stupid emails from a candy bar company. I went through the routine to remove myself from the list (hey, it’s a big company, it might work), but we’ll see.
