So this week our comrades at MetroFanatic.com (not to be confused with RedBullFanatics.com) recieved the following email:

mf, (gee,z I wonder what that stands for)

I don't know who you are because you so cowardly did not put your name on the article you wrote in 2006 entitled 'Ten years ago: the rise and fall of Miles Joseph' which happens to be about my brother Miles. I really don't give a shit about your opinions or your obvious lack of soccer knowledge, but I would appreciate the picture removed that you have attached as a link, which has nothing to do with the subject of your article. If the picture is not removed immediately, I will have my lawyer contact you.

The story in question was posted here and originally contained the following picture:

(Blown up so you can get a good look)

Needless to say, when we read the email and saw the word "lawyer" we had a chuckle and then called our own expert legal team for their opinion. Unfortunately, in a blink of an eye the administrator of MF.com buckled under the thought of facing a judge and removed the image. We're sure Lenin is spinning in his grave at this display of backbone limpitude.

Some of our older readers may remember the time when MTBFTR faced a similar threat a few years ago (travel back in time, click on the banner).

So we called on our Legal Eagle one more time, for his expert opinion on this matter.

JC confirmed our suspicions, the threat of legal action is pretty hollow and shouldn't be given much of a second thought.

Thanks JC. We always knew we could count on you.

But we're MTBFTR. We don't just stop there. We've devised a 5 step plan of action that our friends at MetroFanatic should have taken, instead of caving in to some woman's cyber demand.

MTBFTR Step 1.
Send email reply:

Dear Relative of Alleged Professional Soccer Player,

Thanks for your kind inquiry regarding an archived story on our website. We love getting fan mail from our readers.

Either I need to get the latest copy of Rosetta Stone and improve my comprehension of the English language, or your letter is indeed asking us to remove a photograph of a soccer player. We regret to inform you that we can't take the photograph down as it compromises our journalistic integrity, which is first class and of the highest order, of course.

If you would like, please send a photograph of yourself so that we may publish it alongside this email for our readership's amusement.

Sincerely,

MTBFTR

MTBFTR Step 2.
Post image in question again, this time alongside email request to take the image down, taking great care to tag every photograph and highlight all keywords so the wonderful world wide web crawlers index up to every last punctuation mark. Immediate internet posterity.

MTBFTR Step 3.
Create new Google Adwords account. Bid on the following keywords:

Empty Threat
Empty Threats
Losing Lawsuits
Lawsuits Gone Wild
Lawsuits Gone Amok
Threats Run Amok
Telling On You
Telling Mommy
Rogue Threat
Empty Legal Action Threat
Empty Legal Action Threats
Hot Babe Dancing
Hot Dancing Babe
Hot or Not
Smiley Guy
Waynes World
Party Time
Excellent
Miles Joseph

And create the following adgroups:



MTBFTR Step 4.
Create a new profile on Facebook, posing as our blonde beauty from the image, including her wild tales of partying it up with professional athletes in the greater New York City area, including one Miles Joseph!


MTBFTR Step 5.
Get back in touch with the person who emailed and solicit an apology for wasting our valuable time.