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Thanks for the virus alert on "Fighting Canaries"! I have also heard that when activated on a Mac it reconstitutes the chemical composition of ink on recipe card stock and ulitmately reconfigures the written content into X FiLES. Cook with care. :) Joan U. (who is wondering what is at the bottom of the Y2K abyss) -----Original Message-----From: janet Date: Monday, December 20, 1999 10:19 AM >Virus Alert > >If you receive an email entitled "Fighting Canaries," delete it immediately. Do not open it. Apparently this one is pretty nasty. > >It will not only erase everything on your hard drive, but it will also delete anything on disks within 20 feet of your computer. > >It demagnetizes the stripes on all of your credit cards. > >It reprograms your ATM access code, screws up the tracking on your VCR, and uses subspace field harmonics to scratch any CDs you attempt to play. > >It will recalibrate your refrigerator's coolness settings so all your ice cream melts and your milk freezes. > >It will program your phone autodial to call only your mother-in-law's number. > >This virus will mix antifreeze into your fish tank. > >It will drink all your sodas. > >It will leave dirty socks on the coffee table when you are expecting company. > >Its radioactive emissions will cause your toe jam and bellybutton fuzz (be honest, you have some) to migrate behind your ears. > >It will replace your shampoo with Nair and your Nair with Rogaine, all while dating your current boy/girlfriend behind your back and billing the rendezvous to your Visa card. > >It will cause you to run with scissors and throw things in a way that is only fun until someone loses an eye. > >It will give you Dutch Elm Disease and Tinea. > >It will rewrite your backup files, changing all your active verbs to passive tense and incorporating undetectable misspellings which grossly change the interpretations of key sentences. > >If the message is opened in a Windows 95/98 environment, it will leave the toilet seat up and leave your hair dryer plugged in dangerously close to a full bathtub. > >It will not only remove the forbidden tags from your mattresses and pillows, but it will also refill your skim milk with whole milk. > >It will replace all your luncheon meat with Spam. > >It will molecularly rearrange your cologne or perfume, causing it to smell like dill pickles. > >It is insidious and subtle. It is dangerous and terrifying to behold. It is also a rather interesting shade of mauve. > >These are just a few signs of infection. > >janet paterson >52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset >http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/ >613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada k0a 1a0 >