Hail Young Vivian

[talktooloose]

appelle and I were trying to figure out something weird in the stats for my employer's website. A large number of hits were coming from a domain with the suffix ".nu". This domain seems to somehow collect picture links from Asian websites (our charts are being hotlinked by bbs in China and Japan) and reattribute them or something.

But what is ".nu"? It turns out to be the tiny island nation of Niue which neither of us had ever heard of. By coincidence, that very day I received the following spam:

Hello, I am doctor Vivian Young (Young Vivian Doctor), Premier of the island nation of Niue, the ROCK OF POLYNESIA.

I fear that I will soon be deposed by sinister forces in the government of New Zealand. As a result, I think it perspicacious of me to cache my LARGE FORTUNE in your hands until such time as I or my agents (Sammy Klein and Ass. of Burbank, CA) can contact you and collect same.

As a reward for hiding my bullion in your fridge, you will receive a generous reward of not less than $126,467.89 (US$) upon my safe arrival in Luxembourg.

*Ahh, my people, I have failed you! I have failed you!*

Please send all personal and technical data to this address forthwith. "Forthwith..." That word sounds like I have a speech impediment. Please rest assured that that is the furthest thing from the truth. I mean "truce".

Long live THE ROCK OF POLYNESIA.

Yours with affection

Vivian Young, MD (Young Vivian, PhD)
Premier, Niue

Comments

[mentalmakeup.livejournal.com]

That was REAL? I thought you made that up and emailed it to me!

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

I did!

*weeps*

And you didn't respond with paragraphs on my brilliance. So I had to post it! I mean, "Truce!" How much more ME could that be?

And the awesome brilliance of the bracketed signature! Sheesh.

Also... To me you look like Starbuck. Period,

[mentalmakeup.livejournal.com]

It was extremely you. I giggled audibly at the time. I AM SORRY THAT I DID NOT RESPOND WITH LOLS IN THE APPROPRIATE FRAME OF TIME

[lux-apollo.livejournal.com]

o_0

[ashe-frost.livejournal.com]

I used to have a site at envy.nu.. A lot of Americans use it because you can say stuff like dix.nu and you know.. General ickiness. =)