QueenScoopalot
05-01-2004, 03:52 PM
It says it all!
>
> 1. Big companies don't do business via chain letters. Bill Gates is not
> giving you $1000, and Disney is not giving you a free vacation. There is
no
> baby food company issuing class-action checks. Procter and Gamble is not
> part of a satanic cult or scheme, and its logo is not satanic. MTV will
not
> give you backstage passes if you forward something to the most people. You
> can relax; there is no need to pass it on "just in case it's true."
> Furthermore, just because someone said in a message, four generations
back,
> that "we checked it out and it's legit," does not actually make it true.
>
> 2. There is no kidney theft ring in New Orleans. No one is waking up in a
> bathtub full of ice, even if a friend of a friend swears it happened to
> their cousin. If you are hell-bent on believing the kidney-theft ring
> stories, please see:
http://urbanlegends.tqn.com/library/weekly/aa062997.htm
>
> And I quote: "The National Kidney Foundation has repeatedly issued
requests
> for actual victims of organ thieves to come forward and tell their
stories.
> None have." That's "none" as in "zero." Not even your friend's cousin.
>
> 3. Neiman Marcus doesn't really sell a $200 cookie recipe. And even if
they
> do, we all have it. And even if you don't, you can get a copy at:
> http://www.bl.net/forwards/cookie.html. Then, if you make the recipe,
decide
> the cookies are that awesome, feel free to pass the recipe on.
>
> 4. If the latest NASA rocket disaster(s) DID contain plutonium that went
to
> particulate over the eastern seaboard, do you REALLY think this
information
> would reach the public via an AOL chain letter?
>
> 5. There is no "Good Times" virus. In fact, you should never, ever, ever
> forward any email containing any virus warning unless you first confirm
that
> an actual site of an actual company that actually deals with viruses. Try:
> http://www.norton.com. And even then, don't forward it. We don't care. And
> you cannot get a virus from a flashing IM or email, you have to download .
.
> . ya know, like, a FILE!
>
> 6. There is no gang initiation plot to murder any motorist who flashes
> headlights at another car driving at night without lights.
>
> 7. If you still absolutely MUST forward that 10th-generation message from
a
> friend, at least have the decency to trim the eight miles of headers
showing
> everyone else who's received it over the last 6 months. It sure wouldn't
> hurt to get rid of all the >> "" that begin each line either. Besides, if
it
> has gone around that many times we've probably already seen it.
>
> 8. Craig Shergold (or Sherwood, or Sherman, etc.) in England is not dying
of
> cancer or anything else at this time and would like everyone to stop
sending
> him their business cards. He apparently is no longer a "little boy"
either.
>
> 9. The "Make a Wish" foundation is a real organization doing fine work,
but
> they have had to establish a special toll free hot line in response to the
> large number of Internet hoaxes using their good name and reputation. It
is
> distracting them from the important work they do.
>
> 10. If you are one of those insufferable idiots who forwards anything that
> "promises" something bad will happen if you "don't," then something bad
will
> happen to you if I ever meet you in a dark alley.
>
> 11. Women really are suffering in Afghanistan, and PBS and NEA funding are
> still vulnerable to attack (although not at the present time) but
forwarding
> an e-mail won't help either cause in the least. If you want to help,
contact
> your local legislative representative, or get in touch with Amnesty
> International or the Red Cross. As a general rule, e-mail "signatures" are
> easily faked and mean nothing to anyone with any power to do anything
about
> whatever the competition is complaining about. (P.S. There is no bill
> pending before Congress that will allow long-distance companies to charge
> you for using the Internet.)
>
> Bottom Line . . . composing e-mail or posting something on the Net is as
> easy as writing on the walls of a public restroom. Don't automatically
> believe it until it's proven false . . . ASSUME it's false, unless there
is
> proof that it's true.
>
> Now, forward this message to ten friends, and you will win the Publishers
> Clearing House sweepstakes
>
> 1. Big companies don't do business via chain letters. Bill Gates is not
> giving you $1000, and Disney is not giving you a free vacation. There is
no
> baby food company issuing class-action checks. Procter and Gamble is not
> part of a satanic cult or scheme, and its logo is not satanic. MTV will
not
> give you backstage passes if you forward something to the most people. You
> can relax; there is no need to pass it on "just in case it's true."
> Furthermore, just because someone said in a message, four generations
back,
> that "we checked it out and it's legit," does not actually make it true.
>
> 2. There is no kidney theft ring in New Orleans. No one is waking up in a
> bathtub full of ice, even if a friend of a friend swears it happened to
> their cousin. If you are hell-bent on believing the kidney-theft ring
> stories, please see:
http://urbanlegends.tqn.com/library/weekly/aa062997.htm
>
> And I quote: "The National Kidney Foundation has repeatedly issued
requests
> for actual victims of organ thieves to come forward and tell their
stories.
> None have." That's "none" as in "zero." Not even your friend's cousin.
>
> 3. Neiman Marcus doesn't really sell a $200 cookie recipe. And even if
they
> do, we all have it. And even if you don't, you can get a copy at:
> http://www.bl.net/forwards/cookie.html. Then, if you make the recipe,
decide
> the cookies are that awesome, feel free to pass the recipe on.
>
> 4. If the latest NASA rocket disaster(s) DID contain plutonium that went
to
> particulate over the eastern seaboard, do you REALLY think this
information
> would reach the public via an AOL chain letter?
>
> 5. There is no "Good Times" virus. In fact, you should never, ever, ever
> forward any email containing any virus warning unless you first confirm
that
> an actual site of an actual company that actually deals with viruses. Try:
> http://www.norton.com. And even then, don't forward it. We don't care. And
> you cannot get a virus from a flashing IM or email, you have to download .
.
> . ya know, like, a FILE!
>
> 6. There is no gang initiation plot to murder any motorist who flashes
> headlights at another car driving at night without lights.
>
> 7. If you still absolutely MUST forward that 10th-generation message from
a
> friend, at least have the decency to trim the eight miles of headers
showing
> everyone else who's received it over the last 6 months. It sure wouldn't
> hurt to get rid of all the >> "" that begin each line either. Besides, if
it
> has gone around that many times we've probably already seen it.
>
> 8. Craig Shergold (or Sherwood, or Sherman, etc.) in England is not dying
of
> cancer or anything else at this time and would like everyone to stop
sending
> him their business cards. He apparently is no longer a "little boy"
either.
>
> 9. The "Make a Wish" foundation is a real organization doing fine work,
but
> they have had to establish a special toll free hot line in response to the
> large number of Internet hoaxes using their good name and reputation. It
is
> distracting them from the important work they do.
>
> 10. If you are one of those insufferable idiots who forwards anything that
> "promises" something bad will happen if you "don't," then something bad
will
> happen to you if I ever meet you in a dark alley.
>
> 11. Women really are suffering in Afghanistan, and PBS and NEA funding are
> still vulnerable to attack (although not at the present time) but
forwarding
> an e-mail won't help either cause in the least. If you want to help,
contact
> your local legislative representative, or get in touch with Amnesty
> International or the Red Cross. As a general rule, e-mail "signatures" are
> easily faked and mean nothing to anyone with any power to do anything
about
> whatever the competition is complaining about. (P.S. There is no bill
> pending before Congress that will allow long-distance companies to charge
> you for using the Internet.)
>
> Bottom Line . . . composing e-mail or posting something on the Net is as
> easy as writing on the walls of a public restroom. Don't automatically
> believe it until it's proven false . . . ASSUME it's false, unless there
is
> proof that it's true.
>
> Now, forward this message to ten friends, and you will win the Publishers
> Clearing House sweepstakes