Do you people NEVER learn??????????????????????
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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.
>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 a 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 hell-bent on
>believing the kidney-theft ring stories,
>please see:
>
>http://urbanlegends.tqn.com/library/weekly/
>aa062997.html
>
>http://urbanlegends.tqn.com/library/weekly/
>aa062997.html
>
>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
>
>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 chainletter?
>
>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 <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
>....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 tenth 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 six 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
>folks 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, and PBS and NEA funding are
>still vulnerable to attack (although not
>at the present time) 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. 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.
>[P.S. There is no bill pending before
>Congress that will allow long distance
>companies to charge you for using the
>Internet.)
>
>13. And there is no venomous spider hiding
>behind toilets in airplane lavatories!
>
>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.
>
>Now... if you'll forward this message to
>ten friends, you will win the Publishers
>Clearing House sweepstakes!! :-)
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