ZanaMatthews

Member of the Department of Computer Science at the UniversityOfWalesAberystwyth .

Known for unconventional email use and a pleasant manner.

--- Typical email:

From: Zana Matthews

Subject: MESSAGE FROM ZANA.

Body:

HI FROM ZANA

(message)

Bye, ZANA

<hypno> she rocks

<spectre> zana is cool

Spectre may have an obsession with her.

ZANA has been reprimanded by InformationServices after they received complaints from one or more humourless, PeaBrained FuckTards (insert your own insult here) in our year. They suck. Zana Rocks. That is the objective truth.

The "offending" email:

From:   "Zana Mathews" <zmm@aber.ac.uk>
Subject:   HO HO HO

HAPPY CHRISTMAS PEA BRAINS.
LOVE ZANA X

Messages of support:

From: 	Francis Tyers <francis.tyers@hp.com>
To: 	Zana Mathews <zmm@aber.ac.uk>
Subject: 	GREETINGS ZANA

GREETINGS FROM IRELAND!

WHOEVER COMPLAINED NEED SERIOUS HUMOUR READJUSTMENT, THEY ARE VERY
UNPLEASENT SAD PEOPLE AND PLEASE MENTION IF YOU WISH TO INFOSERV THAT I
WAS VERY TOUCHED BY THE MESSAGE, INDEED, I AND MY FRIENDS HAVE BEEN
LAUGHING ABOUT IT ALL CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR.

IN CONCLUSION, ANY GREETINGS YOU WISH TO SEND IN FUTURE COUNT ME IN AS I
SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOUR (AND I HESITATE TO SAY THIS FOR FEAR OF MAKING
A PUN) ZANY WIT.

THANKYOU,

FRAN


Hi Zana

I dont know which miserable humourless induvidual complained but rest
assured all of my friends thought it was very funny!

Personally I think your emails are great and always are a pleasure to read
- keep it up!

Dan

Yo Zana,

I don't accept your apology as absolutly no offence was taken from your
email. After a day of reading requests for the same old broken computer
hardware, complaints of non-working passwords, bug reports and so on and
so forth to be called a

PeaBrain

is absolutly thrilling. I hope your reprimand

was minimal, do you know how many people complained, if we get enough people to say they liked the email can we get the incident taken from the record I'm sure more people appreciated than not. Do you know who complained? What mark will they get for their industrial year :-)

You clearly need to mailing lists, one opt in, for the humourous email and the other for everything else. I opt in now.

Steve

Thats really shit, pardon my french. I Liked your christmas salutations!
Only an idiot would actually be offended. Can it be put on record that
most of us thought it was suitably funny and it brightened our christmas

Cheers Sebb (peabrain)

i have no idea what this is about, but i agree. whatever it is is good, 
and should not be punished, but honoured! let us build a shrine!

Parag0n


Zana,
Sorry to hear that the message got you a reprimand, I'd like to take the opertunity to 
join those who have mailed you already to state that it is quite excesive.
I personally didnt find it offensive, it is somewhat refreshing to have e-mails from
University staff with a touch of humor in them.

Frankly, it made me smile :)

Cheers,

Bryn

Zana,

Ignore the haters,
I liked the comic value.
Haikus do not rhyme.

John

Hi Zana,

You don't need to apologise because one or two Muppets couldn't take a
joke in good humour.Hope you had a good Xmas and New Year despite it all.

Speak to you soon

Jethro,

Zana,

No appology needed as I took it in the spirit it was indeded. I can't
beleive people complained aobut that! What is this world coming to?

Cheers,

Matt.