Finally! - Something really worth forwarding.
> Whoever decided to
> >Create this note and forward it on should receive
> some type of humanitarian
> >award.
> >It says it all!
> >
> >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. Honda
> >Motors is not giving away cars with some pyramid
> scheme. 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, 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 warni! ng
> 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... 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, 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.)
> >
> >
> >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.
> >
> >Remember when you forward an e-mail to everyone in
> your address book you
> >give EVERYONE to whom you send it and EVERYONE to
> whom THEY send it
> >EVERYONE'S E-Mail address UNLESS you use the blind
> copy feature (BCC) that
> >comes with the better E-Mail programs.
> >
> >Now forward this to everyone you know or the
> program I just put on
> >Your hard drive while you read this E-mail will
> open your CD-ROM drive,
> >reach out, and slap you upside the head!
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I put this in a file so that I can send it as a reply the next time somebody
sends me some stupid e-mail that deserves it!!
ls
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