Chain Letters

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Thought you guys might like this.

 

The Truth about Email Chain Letters

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1. Big companies don't do business via chain letters

and there are no computer programs that track how many

times an e-mail is forwarded, let alone by whom. Bill

Gates is not giving you $1000, and Disney is not

living you a free vacation. There is no baby food

company issuing class-action checks.

 

2. Proctor and Gamble is not part of a satanic cult

or scheme, and its logo is not satanic.

 

3. MTV will not give you backstage passes if you

forward something to the most people.

 

4. The Gap is not giving away free clothes. You can

relax; there is no need to pass it on " just in case

it's true. "

 

5. 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 bent on believing the kidney theft ring

stories, see:

www.urbanlegends.tqn.com/library/weekly/aa062997.htm

<http://www.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.

 

6. 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:

www.bl.net/forwards/cookie.html <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.

 

7. 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?

 

8. 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:

www.symantec.com/avcenter/index.html

<http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/index.html> 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 it....ya know, like, a FILE!

 

9. There is no gang initiation plot to murder any

motorist who flashes headlights at another car driving

at night without lights.

 

10. 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. (Think Cut and Paste) 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.

 

11. 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.

 

12. 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. Also, the American

Cancer Society does not give 3 cents for each person

you forward e-mail to. They ask for you to donate

money.... money, they don't give it, as if they could

know how many e-mails you sent out...sheesh.

 

13. 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.

 

14. Women really are suffering in Afghanistan, but

forwarding an e-mail won't help their 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.

 

15. 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.

 

16. KFC really does use real Chickens with feathers

and beaks and feet. No, they really do. Why did they

change their name? In this health conscious world,

what was KFC's name? Kentucky FRIED Chicken. FRIED

is not healthy. So they changed the name to KFC.

It's short, doesn't offend >dieters and it's easy to

remember.

 

17.. Another thing, 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.

 

PS: 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 rest room. Don't automatically believe it

until it's proven false...ASSUME it's false, unless

there is proof that it's true.

 

Now copy, paste, and send 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. (Wake up America!)