Civ Pro Fulfills Its Promise

In the fall, the Civil Procedure professor warned us that the class would be concerned mostly with esoteric technicalities, then we spent the whole semester on broad, almost philosophical topics like state sovereignty. In the spring we're finally getting down to brass tacks. Suppose, for example, you were served with process pursuant to rule 4(e), but you think the complaint falls short of the requirements set forth in rule 8(a). What to do? File a 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss, of course! I'm in Heaven.