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>Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 00:18:06 -0400 >From: Michel Margosis <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Slow Down > >This was forwarded by Michel, with the best of intentions--but please do >not send it on! It is a hoax. >I include an excerpt from the website that tracks this stuff : > > http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/bljess.htm > >>A lot of people who have redistributed the dying kid hoax letter have >>asked "who could it hurt?" The answer is the American Cancer Society >>who now is forced to redirect a significant part of its time and >>resources to combating this hoax. Considering the damage that this >>hoax is causing the American Cancer Society, if you receive the dying >>kid hoax letter from one of your friends, it would be a good idea if >>you talked that friend into making a public retraction AS >>QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. > >>=====================[ Tourbus Rider Information ]=================== > The Internet Tourbus - U.S. Library of Congress ISSN #1094-2238 > Copyright 1995-98, Rankin & Crispen - All rights reserved > Archives on the Web at http://www.TOURBUS.com > >>Join Send SUBSCRIBE TOURBUS Your Name to [log in to unmask] >Leave Send SIGNOFF TOURBUS to [log in to unmask] > >********* >---------------------- Information from the mail header >----------------------- >Sender: "Caregivers Are Really Essential (CARE)" > <[log in to unmask]> >Poster: Michel Margosis <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Slow Down >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >-----Original Message----- >From: Rod Kirkendall [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 1:18 PM >To: Strt >Subject: Slow DOWN >Importance: High >Sensitivity: Personal > > >Ever told your child, >We'll do it tomorrow >And in your haste, >not see his sorrow? >Ever lost touch, >Let a good friendship die >'Cause you never had time >to call and say "Hi"? >SNIPPED > >PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO HELP THIS LITTLE GIRL. ALL FORWARDED EMAILS ARE >TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT. > >Dear All, > >I just received this mail from a friend of mine in my college. Please >respond to it. It will just mean employing a little bit of time and >won't >cost you a >penny. All it needs is the heart for you to send this mail. PLEASE pass >this >mail on to everybody you know. It is the request of a little girl who >will >soon leave this world as she has been a victim of the terrible disease >called CANCER. > >SNIPPED > >