1. Big companies don't do business via chain
letter.
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 the 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 bent on believing the kidney-theft
ring stories,please see:
http://urban legends.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 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. 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
also 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 persons who
forwards anything
that "promises" something bad will happen
if you "don't,"
"PLEASE DON'T FORWARD IT TO ME!"
12. Women really ARE suffering in Afghanistan
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.
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 true... ASSUME
it's
false, unless there is proof that it's
true.
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