Personally I think it's sick that there are people who would stup so low. It just goes to show what kind of a world we are living in. When I was 10 years old we were too proud to ask for help. We were taught to work for what we got not try to sucker someone. Shirley -----Original Message----- From: janet marie paterson <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Saturday, February 05, 2000 8:14 AM Subject: NETNEWS: TOURBUS: "Burlap Boy" internet hoax parody >>---------- >>Burlap Boy >>---------- >> >>Spend any amount of time on the Net and you are bound to receive >>dozens of 'I'm a dying kid -- please forward this email to the entire >>planet' messages. As we've mentioned in the past, every one of these >>messages is a hoax. >> >>Well, TOURBUS rider Chris Dahl recently forwarded me a Yahoo! Internet >>Life article that is possibly the funniest parody of this type of hoax >>I have ever seen: the "burlap boy" story at >> >><http://www.zdnet.com/yil/content/depts/forward/fwd000125.html> >> >>If you want a good laugh, I strongly recommend that youcheck this page >>out. :) > ><http://www.TOURBUS.com> > >janet paterson >52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset >a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ >613 256 8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario Canada K0A 1A0