The Snowball War Continues

From: Chris Hind (chind@juno.com)
Date: Fri Dec 20 1996 - 10:52:53 MST


Oh boy, checkout this pathetic meme found in my mailbox.

>>>>>>>>Victoria Galloway wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This little boy at the Mayo Clinic is very sick
>>>>>>>> and he knows that he will die. Well you know how
>>>>>>>> they have those "Make a Wish Foundations" that
>>>>>>>> give terminally ill kids a dying wish, well this
>>>>>>>> is kind of like that. He likes computers and his
>>>>>>>> wish is to live forever by having his chain letter
>>>>>>>> be eternally passed on the Internet. This is not
>>>>>>>> some joke. And for those of you who care please
>>>>>>>> send this to as many people as possible so his
>>>>>>>> wish can be granted. (THIS IS NOT A CHAIN LETTER
>>>>>>>> JUST DO SOMETHING NICE FOR ONCE!) It's all you.
>>>>>>>> ___________________
>>>>>>>> Subject: My dying wish
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My name is Anthony Parkin, and you don't know me.
>>>>>>>> I'm 7 years old, and I have lukemea.
>>>>>>>> I found your name using gopher, and I would like
>>>>>>>> for you to carry out my dying wish of starting a
>>>>>>>> chain letter. Please send this letter to at least
>>>>>>>> five people you know so I can live forever.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank You very much.

Now lets analyze this:

>>>>>>>> This little boy at the Mayo Clinic is very sick
>>>>>>>> and he knows that he will die.

Right a person would be feeling compassion for him.

>>>>>>>>He likes computers and his
>>>>>>>> wish is to live forever by having his chain letter
>>>>>>>> be eternally passed on the Internet.

Yeah right. Why don't I buy this? Perhaps I have a memmunity against
blatant chain letters.

>>>>>>>> (THIS IS NOT A CHAIN LETTER
>>>>>>>> JUST DO SOMETHING NICE FOR ONCE!) It's all you.

Oh boy! State the obvious!

>>>>>>>> Subject: My dying wish
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My name is Anthony Parkin, and you don't know me.
>>>>>>>> I'm 7 years old, and I have lukemea.
>>>>>>>> I found your name using gopher, and I would like
>>>>>>>> for you to carry out my dying wish of starting a
>>>>>>>> chain letter. Please send this letter to at least
>>>>>>>> five people you know so I can live forever.

I smell, I smell, I smell bullshit! :) Oh yeah, the letter states he found
my name using Gopher. I don't think so if it's already been forwarded eight
times looking at the quote marks.
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