Stuff to remember when Emailing:
Whoever decided to create this note and forward it on should receive
some type of humanitarian award. It says it all!
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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.
Proctor 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.
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."
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 ring stories,
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 or email, you have to download
it....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 either. 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 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 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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
with the help of a focus group, they changed the name to KFC. It's short,
doesn't offend dieters and it's easy to remember.
15. 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 restroom.Don't automatically believe it
until it's proven false...
ASSUME it's false, unless there is proof that it's true.
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