Whoever decided to create this note and forward it
on should receive some type of humanitarian award. 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
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're using Outlook, IE, or Netscape to
write email, turn off the "HTML encoding."
Those of us on Unix shells can't read it, and don't
care enough to save the attachment and then view it
with a web browser, since you're probably forwarding
us a copy of the Neiman Marcus Cookie Recipe anyway.
8. 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
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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 Clearinghouse sweepstakes.
;-) >>
Now that you know the whole story, you can enjoy the
next message sent to you without feeling compelled to
forward it to everyone you know.