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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>. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------