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Good Morning, janet. You really are a most excellent ListMom. First you give us Magic Cookies, and now candy. But I was taught not to eat sweets before breakfast, and as I'm waiting for my Sinemet to kick in before I eat breakfast...Carole H. --- Bob Chapman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Janet this is very interesting info. but which > address do I send my > request for the free M&M's to?? Hackettstown NJ or > Hershy PA ?? and by > the way, can I get some free Mars Bars too? > > janet paterson wrote: > > > from T h e I n t e r n e t T o u r B u s at: > > http://www.TOURBUS.com: > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The Urban Legend That Melts in Your Email, Not in > Your Hands ... > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > As continuing proof that the brightness knob on my > computer doesn't > > work, I offer the following gem that has been > cluttering up email > > inboxes over the past couple of weeks: > > > > Hi. My name is Jeffrey Newieb. I am a > marketing analyst for > > M&Ms chocolate candies based in Hershey, > Pennsylvania. As the > > year 2000 approaches, we want to be the > candy of the millennium > > ... We are asking you to pass on this e-mail > to 5 friends ... > > Everytime [this message] reaches 2000 > people, you will receive a > > free case (100 individual 55 gram packs)of > delicious M & M > > candies. > > > > It is a cute story, but there's just one problem: > M&Ms come from the > > M&M/Mars company in Hackettstown, New Jersey, not > from the Hershey > > Foods Corporation in Hershey, Pennsylvania. In > fact, M&M/Mars and > > Hershey are bitter rivals. You'd think that the > "marketing analyst > > for M&Ms" would know that. > > > > Obviously, this is yet another "forward an email > message to all of > > your friends and something great will happen" > story. Unfortunately, > > if you forward the "free M&Ms" email to all of > your friends, you won't > > receive any candy. You'll only make yourself look > silly to your > > friends and peers. And I guess that is the whole > point of this and > > other Internet hoaxes. > > > > For more information about both the free M&M hoax > and all of its > > ancestors (remember the "free trip to Disney" > hoax?), take a look at > > Barbara Mikkelson's wonderful "Thousand Dollar > Bill" article at > > > > <A > HREF="http://www.snopes.com/spoons/faxlore/billgate.htm"> > > http://www.snopes.com/spoons/faxlore/billgate.htm > </A>. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com