Thanks, I have a few who need to see this. Will forward. At 08:22 AM 3/5/00 -0700, you wrote: > >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 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. Elfbowling is a game not a >virus. The Melissa Virus was true, and we all heard about it on the news >before we heard about it through an email chain letter. >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 Shineman, etc.) in England (or >Atlanta) 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 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; nothing is added to Tampons to make you bleed >more, and no one is putting used needles on Movie seats.) > >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 >Now forward this to everyone you know or the program I just put on your hard >drive while you read this E-mail will open up your CD-ROM and reach out and >slap you upside the head. (Believe that? good, you are learning). > > > >