Weblogging, techno-savvy Environment Secretary David Miliband, tipped as a bright young spark in Prime Minister Tony Blair's government, had put a draft "environment contract" on his department's website, setting out social responsibilities for people, government and businesses.
But embarrassed administrators were forced to haul it down after more than 170 cyber-jokers trashed the document by adding bizarre paragraphs to it for fun.
The page used "Wiki" editing techniques, which allow readers to alter the content.
A heading of "Who are the parties to the environmental contract?" became, "Where is the party for the environmental contract? Can I come? Will there be cake? Hooray!"
Another asked: "What would an environmental contract for energy look like? Will it look like my face? My beautiful face?"
The tricky question of "what tools can be used to deliver the environmental contract?" received the answer: "Spade, Organic Yoghurt Stirrer, Old washing up liquid bottle, Sticky Back Plastic."
Meanwhile, a list of tools that "create the right incentive frameworks" was doctored to include "Big stick" and "Owl magnet".
Some of the internet pranksters put the boot into the government when monkeying around with the text.
Under a list of things citizens should do, one wag added: "Pay a higher proportion of their income to the government, and see little tangible improvement in their standard of living."