Re: This is too weird

2001-09-26 Thread Mike Johnston
Nenad wrote: This is a hoax not a 'bizarre coincidence'. The first plane to hit the WTC was Flight Q33NY 1. Open up WORD, as if beginning a new document... [etc.] Yes it was a hoax, and I'm sorry for posting it here. I wasn't aware of the history of Wingding and Webding messages. It

Re: This is too weird

2001-09-26 Thread Nenad Djurdjevic
Mike wrote: Yes it was a hoax, and I'm sorry for posting it here. I wasn't aware of the history of Wingding and Webding messages. It includes a charge against Microsoft that the Wingdings for NYC are thought to be an anti-semitic message. Which is indeed a coincidence, and does seem sinister

Re: This is too weird

2001-09-25 Thread Norman Baugher
I think you've been had Mike. The first flight was American Airlines flight 11? Norm Mike Johnston wrote: I don't usually go for stuff like this, but this is really a bizarre coincidence. --Mike The first plane to hit the WTC was Flight Q33NY 1. Open up WORD, as if beginning a new

Re: This is too weird

2001-09-25 Thread Ralf Stubner
Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The first plane to hit the WTC was Flight Q33NY [...] This is: 1) Meanwhile rather old. 2) Wrong, search for 'Q33NY' and 'hoax' with your prefered search engine or see URL:http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blwingdings.htm. cheerio ralf --

RE: This is too weird

2001-09-25 Thread Skofteland, Christian
see http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/wingding.htm Christian Skofteland System Administrator ServerVault Inc. -Original Message- From: Norman Baugher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 11:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: This is too weird I think

Re: This is too weird

2001-09-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Check out http://www.snopes.com/ (particularly http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/wingding.htm where, at the bottom, it says, The last coincidence is strictly a manufactured one. Although typing the characters Q33NY using the Wingdings font does produce the string of images

Re: This is too weird

2001-09-25 Thread Mark Roberts
My favorite of the recent urban legends is the Nostradamus prophecy that was actually written by a Canadian student in the early 1990s. (It's also on snopes.com) There are two schools of thought on Nostradamus: either (1) he had supernatural powers which enabled him to prophesy the future with

OT: Nostradamus (was: Re: This is too weird)

2001-09-25 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
25, 2001 6:53 PM Subject: Re: This is too weird My favorite of the recent urban legends is the Nostradamus prophecy that was actually written by a Canadian student in the early 1990s. (It's also on snopes.com) There are two schools of thought on Nostradamus: either (1) he had supernatural

RE: OT: Nostradamus (was: Re:= 20This is too weird)

2001-09-25 Thread Mark Roberts
- From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 6:53 PM Subject: Re: This is too weird My favorite of the recent urban legends is the Nostradamus prophecy that was actually written by a Canadian student in the early 1990s. (It's also on snopes.com

Re: Nostradamus (was: Re: This is too weird)

2001-09-25 Thread Martin Corro
, September 25, 2001 6:53 PM Subject: Re: This is too weird My favorite of the recent urban legends is the Nostradamus prophecy that was actually written by a Canadian student in the early 1990s. (It's also on snopes.com) There are two schools of thought on Nostradamus: either (1) he had

Re: This is too weird

2001-09-25 Thread Nenad Djurdjevic
This is a hoax not a 'bizarre coincidence'. - Original Message - From: Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 11:08 PM Subject: This is too weird I don't usually go for stuff like this, but this is really a bizarre coincidence.