Re: This information could change your life!]

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could I be so bold as to ask if you are pointing this email at any one of us

in particular or is it for all of us to peruse and ponder?

Patti

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>Subject: This information could change your life!]

>Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 10:33:15 -0500

>

>It could happen to you...

>

>I was on my way to the post office to pick up my case of free M & M's

>(sent to me

>because I forwarded an e-mail to five other people, celebrating the

>fact that

>the year 2000 is " MM " in Roman numerals), when I ran into a friend whose

>neighbor, a young man, was home recovering from having been served a rat

>in his

>bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken (which is predictable, since as

>everyone knows,

>there's no actual chicken in Kentucky Fried Chicken, which is why the

>government made them change their name to KFC). Anyway, one day this guy

>went to

>sleep and when he awoke he was in his bathtub and it was full of ice and

>he was

>sore all over and when he got out of the tub he realized that HIS KIDNEY

>HAD

>BEEN STOLEN. He saw a note on his mirror that said " Call 911! " but he was

>afraid to use his phone because it was connected to his computer, and

>there was

>a virus on his computer that would destroy his hard drive if he opened

>an e-mail

>entitled " Join the crew! " He knew it wasn't a hoax because he himself

>was a

>computer programmer who was working on software to prevent a global

>disaster in

>which all the computers get together and distribute the $250 Neiman-Marcus

>cookie recipe under the leadership of Bill Gates. (It's true - I read it

>all

>last week in a mass e-mail from BILL GATES HIMSELF, who was also

>promising me a

>free Disney World vacation and $5,000 if I would forward the e-mail to

>everyone

>I know.) The poor man then tried to call

>911 from a pay phone to report his missing kidneys, but a voice on the line

>first asked him to press #90, which unwittingly gave the bandit full

>access to

>the phone line at the guy's expense. Then reaching into the coin-return

>slot he

>got jabbed with an HIV-infected needle around which was wrapped a note that

>said, " Welcome to the world of AIDS. " Luckily he was only a few blocks

>from the

>hospital - the one where that little boy who is dying of cancer is, the one

>whose last wish is for everyone in the world to send him an e-mail and the

>American Cancer Society has agreed to pay him a nickel for every e-mail he

>receives. I sent him two e-mails and one of them was a bunch of x's and

>o's in

>the shape of an angel (if you get it and forward it to more than 10

>people, you

>will have good luck but for 10 people only you will only have OK luck

>and if you

>send it to fewer than 10 people you will have BAD LUCK FOR SEVEN YEARS). So

>anyway the poor guy tried to drive himself to the hospital, but on the

>way he

>noticed another car driving without its lights on.To be helpful, he

>flashed his

>lights at him and was promptly shot as part of a gang initiation. Send

>THIS to

>all the friends who send you their junk mail and you will receive 4 green

>M & Ms-if you don't, the owner of Proctor and Gamble will report you to his

>Satanist friends and you will have more bad luck: you will get sick from

>the

>Sodium Laureth Sulfate in your shampoo, your spouse/mate will develop a

>skin

>rash from using the antiperspirant which clogs the pores under your

>arms, and

>the U.S. government will put a tax on your e-mails forever.

>

>I know this is all true 'cause I read it on the Internet.

>

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[Guest guest]

Aubrey,

My apology, I didn't see the humour at first and was taking it personally

since I had forwarded info from another support group. Didn't mean to get

'sassy'

Patti

>

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>To: egroups

>Subject: Re: This information could change your life!]

>Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 21:58:36 AST

>

>could I be so bold as to ask if you are pointing this email at any one of

>us

>in particular or is it for all of us to peruse and ponder?

>Patti

>

>>

>>Reply-To: egroups

>>Subject: This information could change your life!]

>>Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 10:33:15 -0500

>>

>>It could happen to you...

>>

>>I was on my way to the post office to pick up my case of free M & M's

>>(sent to me

>>because I forwarded an e-mail to five other people, celebrating the

>>fact that

>>the year 2000 is " MM " in Roman numerals), when I ran into a friend whose

>>neighbor, a young man, was home recovering from having been served a rat

>>in his

>>bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken (which is predictable, since as

>>everyone knows,

>>there's no actual chicken in Kentucky Fried Chicken, which is why the

>>government made them change their name to KFC). Anyway, one day this guy

>>went to

>>sleep and when he awoke he was in his bathtub and it was full of ice and

>>he was

>>sore all over and when he got out of the tub he realized that HIS KIDNEY

>>HAD

>>BEEN STOLEN. He saw a note on his mirror that said " Call 911! " but he was

>>afraid to use his phone because it was connected to his computer, and

>>there was

>>a virus on his computer that would destroy his hard drive if he opened

>>an e-mail

>>entitled " Join the crew! " He knew it wasn't a hoax because he himself

>>was a

>>computer programmer who was working on software to prevent a global

>>disaster in

>>which all the computers get together and distribute the $250 Neiman-Marcus

>>cookie recipe under the leadership of Bill Gates. (It's true - I read it

>>all

>>last week in a mass e-mail from BILL GATES HIMSELF, who was also

>>promising me a

>>free Disney World vacation and $5,000 if I would forward the e-mail to

>>everyone

>>I know.) The poor man then tried to call

>>911 from a pay phone to report his missing kidneys, but a voice on the

>>line

>>first asked him to press #90, which unwittingly gave the bandit full

>>access to

>>the phone line at the guy's expense. Then reaching into the coin-return

>>slot he

>>got jabbed with an HIV-infected needle around which was wrapped a note

>>that

>>said, " Welcome to the world of AIDS. " Luckily he was only a few blocks

>>from the

>>hospital - the one where that little boy who is dying of cancer is, the

>>one

>>whose last wish is for everyone in the world to send him an e-mail and the

>>American Cancer Society has agreed to pay him a nickel for every e-mail he

>>receives. I sent him two e-mails and one of them was a bunch of x's and

>>o's in

>>the shape of an angel (if you get it and forward it to more than 10

>>people, you

>>will have good luck but for 10 people only you will only have OK luck

>>and if you

>>send it to fewer than 10 people you will have BAD LUCK FOR SEVEN YEARS).

>>So

>>anyway the poor guy tried to drive himself to the hospital, but on the

>>way he

>>noticed another car driving without its lights on.To be helpful, he

>>flashed his

>>lights at him and was promptly shot as part of a gang initiation. Send

>>THIS to

>>all the friends who send you their junk mail and you will receive 4 green

>>M & Ms-if you don't, the owner of Proctor and Gamble will report you to his

>>Satanist friends and you will have more bad luck: you will get sick from

>>the

>>Sodium Laureth Sulfate in your shampoo, your spouse/mate will develop a

>>skin

>>rash from using the antiperspirant which clogs the pores under your

>>arms, and

>>the U.S. government will put a tax on your e-mails forever.

>>

>>I know this is all true 'cause I read it on the Internet.

>>

>>------------------------------------------------------------------------

>>You have a voice mail message waiting for you at iHello.com:

>>http://click./1/2377/5/_/24674/_/953307393/

>>

>>-- Talk to your group with your own voice!

>>-- /VoiceChatPage?listName= & m=1

>>

>>

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