usmc4669
03-16-04, 07:20 PM
A few years after a couple of kids used a made-up name to sign up for a free yearly ice cream cone, they received a draft notice for their non-existent friend.
In
1984, a Palo Alto, California, family received a Selective Services reminder that it was almost time for Johnny Klomberg to register for the draft. Problem was, there was no Johnny Klomberg living at that address. Or anywhere else. He was purely the fictional invention of the two boys who did live there, Eric and Greg Hentzel.
To remind them to register for the draft, Selective Service had been tracking down young men through commercial mailing lists. They got caught out at this practice when they sent such an invitation to a fictional kid who'd been dreamed up by a couple of young Dillingers whose dad was an ex-Serviceman, a lawyer, and not amused.
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In
1984, a Palo Alto, California, family received a Selective Services reminder that it was almost time for Johnny Klomberg to register for the draft. Problem was, there was no Johnny Klomberg living at that address. Or anywhere else. He was purely the fictional invention of the two boys who did live there, Eric and Greg Hentzel.
To remind them to register for the draft, Selective Service had been tracking down young men through commercial mailing lists. They got caught out at this practice when they sent such an invitation to a fictional kid who'd been dreamed up by a couple of young Dillingers whose dad was an ex-Serviceman, a lawyer, and not amused.
True______
False_____