Here is an email I got today, with some details redacted:

R-------, Matthew EOC NFELC, N33 (matthew.r-------1@navy.mil)
to m--------@gmail.com
date Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 8:49 AM

Birthday girl,

What are you still missing from your frisbee golf set?

EOC (SCW) Matt R-------
Mobile Utilities Support Equipment
Field Operations Branch
COM: (805) 982-2xxx
DSN: 551-2xxx
FAX: (805) 982-2xxx

At first it looked like spam, but now I don't think it is -- there's the phone numbers, for one thing; and the .mil address. I glanced at the headers, and they seem to be on the up-and-up. Mostly, though, I want to believe that this is an actual question that a member of our armed forces, somewhere in the world, wanted answered.