The following is from an email that is circulating. It is a humorous reminder of some of the hoaxes and urban legends that are around.
Working with computers has taught me so much about technology
- the following sums it all up for me....
REPEAT AFTER ME: I will NOT get bad luck, lose my friends, or lose my mailing
lists if I don't forward an e-mail.
I will NOT hear any music, see a taco dog, or see a cool pop up screen if I do forward an e-mail.
Bill Gates is NOT going to send me money, Victoria's Secret doesn't know anything about a gift certificate they're supposed to send me and Ford will not give me a 50% discount even if I have forwarded my e-mail to more than 50 people.
I will NEVER receive gift certificates, coupons, or freebies from Coca Cola, Cracker Barrel, Old Navy, or anyone else if I send an e-mail to 10 people.
I will NEVER see a pop up window if I forward an e-mail...NEVER!!!!
My phone will not mysteriously ring after I forward an e-mail.
There is NO SUCH THING as an e-mail tracking program, and I am not stupid enough to think that someone will send me $100 for forwarding an e-mail to 10 or more people.
There is no kid with cancer through the Make a Wish program in England collecting anything. He did when he was 7 yrs old. He is now cancer free and 35 years old and DOESN'T WANT ANYMORE POST CARDS, CALLING CARDS or GET WELL CARDS!
The government does not have a bill in congress called 901B (or whatever they named it this week) that if passed will enable them to charge us 5 cents for every sent e-mail.
There will be NO cool dancing, singing, waving, colorful flower, character, or program I will receive immediately after I forward an e-mail.
The American Red Cross will NOT donate 50 cents to a certain individual dying of some never-heard-of-before disease for every e-mail address I send this to. The American Red Cross RECEIVES donations, they don't donate!
And finally, I will not let others guilt me into sending things on to my friends for fear they will think I am not their friend ... or by telling me I have no conscience or don't believe in Jesus Christ!! If God wants to send me a message, I believe the bushes in my yard will burn before He picks up a PC to pass it along .... but even if it does come by e-mail, He will send me one at which point I'm sure I will know it will be from Him. And if He does, I'm sure He will care enough to delete all those annoying forwards inside it!
Now, repeat this 4 times to yourself until you've memorized it and then send it along to at least 5 of your friends before the next full moon or you will surely be constipated for the next 3 months.
