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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 07:46:23 -0700
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From: "Baumann, Charlie" <CBaumann@maintech.com>
Subject: The final word on these kinds of e mails,,,, might want to fwd...
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The final word on this kind of e mail...

>   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
> theircousin.  If you are hell-bent on believing the kidney-theft ring
> stories, see:
> 
>   <http://urbanlegends.tqn.com/library/weekly/aa062997.htm> And I quote:
> 
> "TheNational 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.  Good advice
> 
>   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 thatbegin
> 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.
> 
>   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 up your CD-ROM and
> reach
> out and slap you upside the head!