Guest guest Posted January 11, 1999 Report Share Posted January 11, 1999 > >[Text 2006378 from COM] > > > >A devotee forwarded the following nonsense. I offer him my humble > >obeisances, but I must inform him that his concerns, while > >well-motivated, are groundless. Please disregard his letter, as it is an > >OBVIOUS HOAX. > > Thank you for your level-headed response. Our network administrator at > work has sent out numerous letters similar to yours to the users on our > network. She also told us a long time ago that there is some web site > (run by the Univ. of Illinois?) that keeps tabs on many of these false > warnings, where skeptical individuals can check for themselves. If anyone > here has the URL for that site, it might be a useful one to post. > > Ys, > Madhusudani dasi Oh, so does that mean THIS isn't true either? (c&p) "This is a Completely True Story..." I know this guy whose neighbor, a young man, was home recovering from having been served a rat in his bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken. So anyway, one day he went to sleep and when he awoke he was in his bathtub and it was full and he was sore all over. When he got out of the tub he realized that HIS KIDNEYS HAD BEEN STOLEN and he saw a note on his mirror that said "Call 911!" But he was afraid to use his phone because it was connected to his computer, and there was a virus on his computer that would destroy his hard drive if he opened an e-mail entitled "Join the crew!" He knew it wasn't a hoax because he himself was a computer programmer who was working on software to save us from Armageddon when the year 2000 rolls around. His program will prevent a global disaster in which all the computers get together and distribute the $600 Neiman Marcus cookie recipe under the leadership of Bill Gates. (It's true-I read it all last week in a mass e-mail from BILL GATES HIMSELF, who was also promising me a free Disneyworld vacation and $5,000 if I would forward the e-mail to everyone I know). The poor man then tried to call 911 from a pay phone to report his missing kidneys, but reaching into the coin-return slot he got stabbed with an HIV-infected needle around which was wrapped a note that said, "Welcome to the world of AIDS." Luckily he was only a few blocks from the hospital. The one, actually, where that little boy who is dying of cancer is, the one whose last wish is for everyone in the world to send him an e-mail and the American Cancer Society has agreed to pay him a nickel for every e-mail he receives. I sent him two e-mails and one of them was a bunch of x's and o's in the shape of an angel (if you get it and forward it to twenty people you will have good luck but if you send it to ten people you will only have ok luck and if you send it to less than ten people you will have BAD LUCK FOR SEVEN YEARS). So anyway the poor guy tried to drive himself to the hospital, but on the way he noticed another car driving along without his lights on. To be helpful, he flashed his lights at him and was promptly shot as part of a gang initiation. And it's a little-known fact that the Y1K problem caused the Dark Ages... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 1999 Report Share Posted January 11, 1999 > >[Text 2006378 from COM] > > > >A devotee forwarded the following nonsense. I offer him my humble > >obeisances, but I must inform him that his concerns, while > >well-motivated, are groundless. Please disregard his letter, as it is an > >OBVIOUS HOAX. > > Thank you for your level-headed response. Our network administrator at > work has sent out numerous letters similar to yours to the users on our > network. She also told us a long time ago that there is some web site > (run by the Univ. of Illinois?) that keeps tabs on many of these false > warnings, where skeptical individuals can check for themselves. If anyone > here has the URL for that site, it might be a useful one to post. > > Ys, > Madhusudani dasi Oh, so does that mean THIS isn't true either? (c&p) "This is a Completely True Story..." I know this guy whose neighbor, a young man, was home recovering from having been served a rat in his bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken. So anyway, one day he went to sleep and when he awoke he was in his bathtub and it was full and he was sore all over. When he got out of the tub he realized that HIS KIDNEYS HAD BEEN STOLEN and he saw a note on his mirror that said "Call 911!" But he was afraid to use his phone because it was connected to his computer, and there was a virus on his computer that would destroy his hard drive if he opened an e-mail entitled "Join the crew!" He knew it wasn't a hoax because he himself was a computer programmer who was working on software to save us from Armageddon when the year 2000 rolls around. His program will prevent a global disaster in which all the computers get together and distribute the $600 Neiman Marcus cookie recipe under the leadership of Bill Gates. (It's true-I read it all last week in a mass e-mail from BILL GATES HIMSELF, who was also promising me a free Disneyworld vacation and $5,000 if I would forward the e-mail to everyone I know). The poor man then tried to call 911 from a pay phone to report his missing kidneys, but reaching into the coin-return slot he got stabbed with an HIV-infected needle around which was wrapped a note that said, "Welcome to the world of AIDS." Luckily he was only a few blocks from the hospital. The one, actually, where that little boy who is dying of cancer is, the one whose last wish is for everyone in the world to send him an e-mail and the American Cancer Society has agreed to pay him a nickel for every e-mail he receives. I sent him two e-mails and one of them was a bunch of x's and o's in the shape of an angel (if you get it and forward it to twenty people you will have good luck but if you send it to ten people you will only have ok luck and if you send it to less than ten people you will have BAD LUCK FOR SEVEN YEARS). So anyway the poor guy tried to drive himself to the hospital, but on the way he noticed another car driving along without his lights on. To be helpful, he flashed his lights at him and was promptly shot as part of a gang initiation. And it's a little-known fact that the Y1K problem caused the Dark Ages... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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