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[David R.Matusiak <dave AT matusiak.org>]

So Andy is a liar as well as an idiot.  Huh.  I never would have 
guessed.

On Friday, January 30, 2004, at 11:12  AM, Sil Greene wrote:

> In case anyone's having trouble loading the site, here's the text:
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> Ed NOTE: I just received this email from Andy:
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> "I have been feeling a little guilty about causing so many people out
> there to have nightmares, depression and sickness from my little joke. 
> The
> reaction of people word wide has blown me away. I never intended for 
> such
> a thing to happen.
>
> My in box went from 1% to 100% in 2 days (1300 messages). So many 
> people
> were pointing out what a stupid thing to do, so many people were 
> telling
> me of feeling sick, some even said they cried. I felt bad for those
> people. It was amusing to read things like "I should be hung by my
> testicles and lit on fire" or the constant reference to "Taking a 
> Porsche
> and replacing the engine with a KIAs". Most people cried out in horror 
> and
> carefully pointed out the error of doing such a silly thing.
>
> I am sure you are wondering why this all took place.
>
> Are the pictures real? Yes.
> Is it my own G5 case that has been cut and hacked? Yes.
> Did I give away two G5 2GHz processors (IBM PC 970)? No!
> So what happened?
>
> I got a free G5 shell from a buddy of mine and pulled a prank on a Mac
> loving friend. He got so upset. I wrote up a little story, my 
> imagination
> and warped sense of humor kicked in. I sent it to OC.com just to see 
> the
> reaction. I honestly didn't think it was going to be posted. I cannot
> believe how fast or how far it has spread on the internet. There are an
> amazing number of people who are emotionally attached to inanimate 
> objects
> such as computers. Mac fans seem to be much worse that I ever expected.
> The G5 is amazing, I would never dream of really doing that ;)
>
> Andy - G5 Killer"