I used to be subscribed to that newsletter. While funny at first, it ended up making me start only seeing people as incredibly stupid. Oversaturation skewed perspective. It is sad though how much stupidity there is to keep a newsletter like that around for so long.
-Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 9:31 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: this is true > > > This is true is a weekly email newsletter about off beat and rather > bizarre news for the past week. Here's this week's issue: > > Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 20:00:00 -0700 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: This is True <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: THIS is TRUE for 1 June > List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Don't Mail Here! See Bottom of Message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Dispatched this week to 116,000+ readers in 196 countries, > including at > least 11 in Malta, it's... > > THIS is TRUE for 1 June 2003 Copyright 2003 > www.thisistrue.com > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > MORON OF THE WEEK: Kevin Barnes, 20, made a pipe bomb with > gunpowder from > fireworks. Apparently trying to shock his friends -- and > his girlfriend > -- in his flat in Daventry, Northamptonshire, England, > Barnes stuck the > bomb in his mouth and repeatedly flicked his lighter near the fuse. > What happened to him next was ruled by the coroner > "accidental death." > (PA) ...And was ruled by his girlfriend's parents "significantly > preferable to marrying our daughter." > > IDIOT OF THE WEEK: A homeowner in Fulton County, Ga., was awakened at > 2:40 a.m. by the sound of one of his windows smashing and someone > coming inside. He ran into the hallway and yelled at the > man to leave, > but the intruder ran past him into his bedroom and slammed > the door in > his face. His wife escaped, and police officers dragged the man out > from under the bed. The man, who had entered the house by diving > through a window, severed an artery during the stunt and > bled to death > before an ambulance could arrive. Meanwhile, Obadiah > Videau, 21, went > on a "mini-rampage" in Fremont, Calif., police say. "A strong-arm > robbery, a purse snatching and then ... two [attempted] > burglaries," a > detective said, ticking off the events of the day. In one of the > burglary attempts, Videau fell through an apartment window > and severed > an artery. He bled to death. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, San > Francisco Chronicle) ...Leaving this week's Idiot contest a tie. > > ----------==========**********O**********==========---------- > WHO NEEDS NAPSTER WITH MUSIC THIS CHEAP! > > And not just music! We carry both VHS & DVD Videos, as well as > Video Games for all of the major consoles! Hundreds of > titles are added daily, so the disc you can't find today > could be here tomorrow! 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(The Vancouver Province) ...Gullible, yes. > Stupid is harder to decide. > > OVERKILL DEFINED: A 14-year-old boy in Barnstable, Mass., was arrested > after distributing drugs to several classmates -- Viag_ra. > "This is not > something we generally come across," a police spokesman > said, adding > the boy gave pills to three friends. "One of the boys took it and > nothing happened." (AP) ...Of course not -- that's like lighting a > match on the sun. > > JUST AS YOU SUSPECTED: "Slump in Visitors Leaves Lions and > Tigers Hungry > at Chinese Zoo" -- Washington Post headline > > DID YOU FIND an error? See http://www.thisistrue.com/errata.html > > I'M PUTTING THIS ISSUE TOGETHER on Tuesday, since as this > goes out I'll > be on the road (but back Saturday). Thus there are no eBay auctions > running right now, and no Honorary Unsubscribe this week. > > RETURNING TO the periodic feature where readers tell about where they > live, Richard says: "I am writing to you from Auckland, the largest > city in New Zealand, and recently voted the friendliest city in the > world. New Zealand is just to the southeast of Australia, > and we are > often mistaken by people as part of Australia -- > completely not true, > and an easy way to cause offence. We are often well known for our > sporting prowess, including RUGBY, cricket, sailing and > extreme sports > (skiing/snowboarding and bungee jumping!), and sheep farming, with > approximately 12 sheep for each person -- 46 million sheep > and almost 4 > million people. We are responsible for actors Russell Crowe and Sam > Neill, the first man to climb Mt Everest Sir Edmund > Hillary, Pavlova > (the cake), and we are the first country other than America to > successfully defend the America's Cup, despite just losing > it a month > ago to the landlocked country of Switzerland, owing to > some of our best > sailors 'jumping ship' to their team. Our native people > are the Maori, > and we were the first country in the world to give women the vote." > > Kerry writes: "I don't really think I'm in an unusual place, but my > situation may be unusual: I am a truck/bus driver for the > entertainment > industry. I use a Sprint data card as my modem. My laptop > is mounted on > the dash via a docking station on a shock resistant > pedestal. I have a > GPS system, printer, fax, copier, satellite TV, XM and Sirrius > satellite radios, DVD-RW, CD-RW and USB 80 gig hd all > installed in a > roll-behind toolbox that I can take out, thus preventing > myself from > becoming featured in your newsletter when some lowlife decides they > want what I've got, and I decide they can't have it! I am currently > enroute to Las Vegas for a Microsoft convention, then L.A. > to N.Y. for > Letterman, then N.Y.C. back to L.A. for a Hugh Hefner > Party. Some week > and a half, huh?" I'll say. Just make sure you keep an eye > on the road, > eh? > > And John: "I am an American in dispersion living in the wonderful > Kingdom of Sweden. I live in Harnosands kommun in the > 'landskap' (folk > land, not landscape) of Angermanland (fjord man country) in the > province of Vasternorrland (West Northland), which is on > the east coast > of Sweden. This makes sense only if one knows that East > Northland is on > the west coast of Finland. We are still rising out of the > sea after the > last ice age at the rate of 1 cm per year, which has > gained the High > Coast (the stretch of coast from here up to Ornskoldsvik) > a place in > the UN World Heritage list." For the record, John used proper > diacritical marks on the "foreign" words in his note, but > TRUE is sent > out in "plain text" to make it readable by any e-mail program. > > If you're in an interesting location, tell me about it. Give some > detail as to WHY it's interesting. Contact info is below, > as always. > > JASON IN GEORGIA writes, "Thanks for having the free edition. > I, with an > ashamed, sheepish look on my face, have been receiving it > for maybe two > or three years. I appreciate your patience. As I'm > starting a Ph.D. in > forestry, I decided I couldn't wait any longer. The worst > part of the > free issue is seeing all the great sounding stories that I missed. > Well, no longer. Again, thanks Randy. I really appreciate your hard > work and sense of humor." No need to be ashamed, Jason. If you can > afford it, great -- I appreciate the support. If not, > there's no reason > not to enjoy the free edition! All I ask is that free > subscribers help > TRUE grow by "spreading the word" a bit. The copyright > notice (below) > does allow you to forward issues to friends. Adding your personal > recommendation is the best "word of mouse" possible. > > THE LAST WORD on commas -- at least for now -- comes from Michelle, a > professional editor in Pennsylvania: "To all the folks expending so > much time, energy and research on the earth-shattering > topic of whether > or not to use a comma when referring to your lovely wife, > I offer my > humble wish that they might spend even half that much > energy working to > improve their neighborhoods and communities, their > government or their > environment. (In other words, get over it. 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WD-40 company asks politicians to stop calling > themselves "the WD-40s" to denote they're "white Democrats over 40 > years old". AND a Premium-exclusive Tagline Challenge -- > readers supply > their best tags for a story about a college tutor who was > caught taking > exams for students. And upgrades start at a mere 10 bucks! > For details > see http://thisistrue.com/upgrade.html > > NO HONORARY UNSUBSCRIBE this week due to my travel. > > SICK OF DUMB URBAN LEGEND "lawsuit" stories told as if they were real? > Get the TRUE Stella Awards -- a sister "This is True" > publication by > Randy Cassingham -- more proof that "Truth is Stranger > than Fiction". > See sample issue and subscribe free at > http://www.StellaAwards.com or > send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > SUBSCRIPTIONS to "This is True" are FREE. Just send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or see our web site. 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