On 11/16/03 10:45 AM, "Harry Zink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 11/14/03 5:49 PM, Bruce Klutchko at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Also about SPAM, does anybody know anyone who admits to buying from
>> spammers? Obviously, somebody buys, or spammers would be out of business.
>
> There are plenty of morons, ehm, I mean, ignorant people out there. I find
> that the folks responding to spammers (or who actually think their business
> can benefit from spamming) are the same ones who think that Bill Gates will
> send them $5,000 if they forward 50 e-mails, or who think the Red Cross will
> donate $1 for ever e-mail they forward.
>
> In other words, real stupid average joe's or jane's.
>
> I (as have you) invariably had the same problem with family members who just
> received e-mail accounts, and are thus clueless. After the 2nd or 3rd such
> junk sent to me (not to forget the 'pixie of happiness who will reward me
> with good fortune if I forward 50 e-mails' - I kid you not), I invariably
> send them a copy of the following. In 90% of all cases, it gets the point
> across:
>
> The Best Chain Letter Ever
>
> Hello, my name is Amber and I suffer from
> the guilt of not forwarding 50
> billion fucking chain letters sent to me
> by people who actually believe
> that if you send them on, a poor
> 6-year-old girl in Arkansas with a
> breast on her forehead will be able to raise
> enough money to have it removed
> before her redneck parents sell her to a
> traveling freak show.
>
> Do you honestly believe that Bill Gates
> is going to give you, and everyone
> to whom you send "his" email, $1000?
>
> How stupid are we?
>
> "Ooooh, looky here! If I scroll down
> this page and make a wish,
> I'll get laid by a model I just happen to
> run into the next day!"
>
> What a bunch of bullshit.
>
> Maybe the evil chain letter leprechauns
> will come into my house and
> sodomize me in my sleep for not
> continuing a chain letter that was
> started by Peter in 5 AD and brought to this
> country by midget pilgrims on
> the Mayflower.
>
> Fuck them.
>
> If you're going to forward something, at
> least send me something mildly
> amusing. I've seen all the "send this to
> 10 of your closest friends,and
> this poor, wretched excuse for a human
> being will somehow receive a nickel
> from some omniscient being" forwards
> about 90 times.
>
> I don't fucking care.
>
> Show a little intelligence and think
> about what you're actually
> contributing to by sending out these
> forwards. Chances are, it's our
> own unpopularity.
>
> The point being? If you get some chain
> letter that's threatening to leave
> you shagless or luckless for the rest of
> your life, delete it.
> If it's funny, send it on.
>
> Don't piss people off by making them feel
> guilty about a leper in Botswana with no teeth who has
> been tied to the ass of a dead
> elephant for 27 years and whose only
> salvation is the 5 cents per letter
> he'll receive if you forward this email.
>
> Now forward this to everyone you know.
>
> Otherwise, tomorrow morning your
> underwear will turn carnivorous and
> will consume your genitals.
>
> Have a nice day
>
lol You started my day off with a laugh, thanks.......................
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