That seems to be a cut-and-paste, perhaps...
...from [link|http://www.theinquirer.net/|the Inquirer]'s [link|http://www.theinquirer.net/23060101.htm|Flame of the Millennium] -- or Google or something, since this is some thingy that Mike picked was sent by someone who'd picked it up on Usenet. It's probably floating around the 'Net in lots of places, in several slightly different versions.
Christian R. Conrad
The Man Who Knows Fucking Everything