A little while ago, my good friend Eve "tagged" my blog.  The deal was twofold.  First, I would share some unknown facts about myself, actually seven facts.  This was a bit of a tall order, as I've not kept much back here.  But, I 'fessed up and oddly, the fact that got the highest response was the fact that I don't shave my armpits.

Goes to show, I don't need to be ashamed of my Warrant for Arrest in Mexico or that DUI on a Zamboni.  No, what people are truly concerned with, is the hirsute nature of our fellow beings.  What a bleeding relief!

The second part of the deal, was that I would go ahead and "tag" seven other blogs.  Not so hard.  I follow quite a few and would love to know some new things about them.  Partly because I am a nosy-parker.  So I did that, and got replies from many.  Now, at the time, I did not know what all this seven and seven (not the drink, silly)! stuff was.  Turns out, this is called a "meme".

I'm new to computers in terms of, say, HTML, blogs, cut, copy and pasting.  E-mail, I know a little more about.  It's the early, long form of texting.  It is the birth of individuals sending mass-mailings to other individuals that they know, sometimes only in passing.  It is home to the 21st. Century version of a chain-mail letter.

No, my poppet, I'm not talking about the chain-mail that Wally sports as Interior Design, after his visit to the Philly Ren-Faire.  Lovey, I'm talking about those dread "FWD:FWD:.....".  You all know what I'm talking about, am I correct?

Oh yessshhh.  The forwarded e-mail, from some one you know, maybe even love.  You can't report it as Spam, because it came from some one you love, maybe even know.  Drat!  The twisted part, is that because it's not from a stranger, you feel obligated to open it.  After all, there may be a personal message in there.  But as usual, there isn't.  Because it is yet another serving of SPAM!  (As a disclosure here, should you follow the link:  I should note that I was born in Bromley).

Yeeeessshhhh.  You have once again opened a Spamich.  Not a pretty sight, never mind the lack of nutrients.  Once again, it has been sent to you, along with thirty other people on the sender's list of sendees.  It doesn't matter what the e-mail is about in most cases, as they all share some common traits.

1).  Bad grammar, syntax or grasp of reality.

2).  Emoticons or blinking, crappy graphics.

3).  Third or more person telling of a story, e.g.  "A man and wife, who is sick from breast cancer (sic) has dog named "Lucky" and "Lucky" had a ......"

4).  Verification.  "This truly happened to my aunt's best-friend's sister's lit'list hamster...."

5).  Pleading, Admonishment, Dire Warnings etc....  You and only You can help by Forwarding this to sixty other people by Sundown/Better people than you are Suffering and Caring and if You don't Forward this to at least sixty people, Even more Better people than you will be Suffering and Suffering, Suffering, Suffering/If You don't send this forward to sixty other people, you just murdered as many new born babies as this e-mail has been sent to......remember, SOME people keep sending it, so you are STILL killing babies as long as this e-mail lives, which is LONGER THAN THE NEW BORN BABIES YOU JUST MURDERED HAVE LIVED YOU SELFISH, SELF-CENTERED, OH, IT'S ALL ABOUT ME AND NEVER MIND THE REST OF US WHO ARE TRYING TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND CHEER YOU UP AND HELP YOU HELP PEOPLE JUST LIKE US.

Sound familiar?  I suggest you cut, copy and paste this and forward the heck out of it to anyone who deserves it!