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I don't know how appropriate the next is, but I can't resist the temptation to show
it to you guys. It's a fine example of a chainletter designed to ridicule chainletters.
Phil.
>>>>Hello, my name is John and I suffer from the guilt of not forwarding 50
>>>>billion fucking chain letters sent to me by people who actually believe
>>>>that if you send them on, a poor 6-year-old girl in Arkansas with a
>>>>breast on her forehead will be able to raise enough money to have it
>>>>removed before her redneck parents sell her to a traveling freak show.
>>>>Do you honestly believe that Bill Gates is going to give you, and
>>>>everyone to whom you send "his" email, $1000? How stupid are we? "Ooooh,
>>>>looky here! If I scroll down this page and make a wish, I'll get laid by
>>>>every good looking model in the magazine!" What a bunch of bullshit.
>>>>Maybe the evil chain letter leprechauns will come into my house and
>>>>sodomize me in my sleep for not continuing a chain that was started by
>>>>Peter in 5 AD and brought to this country by midget pilgrims on the
>>>>Mayflower. Fuck them.
>>>>If you're going to forward something, at least send me something mildly
>>>>amusing. I've seen all the "send this to 10 of your closest friends, and
>>>>this poor, wretched excuse for a human being will somehow receive a
>>>>nickel from some omniscient being" forwards about 90 times. I don't
>>>>fucking care. Show a little intelligence and think about what you're
>>>>actually contributing to by sending out these forwards. Chances are,
>>>>it's your own unpopularity.
>>>>The point being? If you get some chain letter that's threatening to
>>>>leave you shagless or luckless for the rest of your life, delete it. If
>>>>it's funny, send it on. Don't piss people off by making them feel guilty
>>>>about a leper in Botswana with no teeth who has been tied to a dead
>>>>elephant for 27 years and whose only salvation is the 5 cents per letter
>>>>he'll receive if you forward this email.
>>>>Now forward this to everyone you know. Otherwise, tomorrow morning your
>>>>underwear will turn carnivorous and will consume your genitals.
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