winkgirl4's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Or you're gonna DIE!!!! CASE 1: Kelly Sedey had one wish, for her boyfriend of three years, David Marsden, to propose to her. Then one day when she was out to lunch David proposed! She accepted, but then had to leave because she had a meeting in 20 min. When she got to her office, she noticed on her computer she had some e-mail's. She checked it, the usual stuff from her friends, but then she saw one that she had never gotten before. It was this poem. She simply deleted it without even reading all of it. BIG MISTAKE! Later that evening, she received a phone call from the police. It was about DAVID! He had been in an accident with an 18 wheeler. He didn't survive! I did not, in fact, read the poem. Actually, I�m not entirely sure that I read the complete set of case studies. I didn�t have to, really. I�ve received this before. Oh, probably not this one exactly but ones that are so close that I can�t tell the difference. I get one or two of these a day. Now, not all of them threaten me with impending doom should I fail to send it to the FULL TEN PEOPLE. Some of them actually offer me some motivational story about someone who stands up for God or who overcomes insurmountable obstacles by having a positive attitude. But then, at the end, I always get this line: �Pass this message to 7 people, including the person who sent it to you and you will receive a miracle tomorrow. Now, STOP! Did you hear what I just said? You WILL receive a miracle tomorrow. So send it right now!� The problem is that these are circulated throughout my company- which means I get seven or eight copies of each of them. And why, OH WHY should you have to send it back to the person who sent it to you? Why? So that that person could feel crushed by the guilt or hope and (again) try to find another ten people on their address list who won�t threaten to block them if they keep sending these to them? I know I�ve probably complained about these in the past but, come on!!! What if the rest of the world worked this way? You finish reading a good book and instead of leaving you with words that move you, you are left with this: �Thank you for buying this book. I hope that you enjoyed it. You must now have ten of your friends buy this book or you, like Margaret, from the story, will die a tragic death.� Or, better yet! What if every movie turned out to be like The Ring where, unless you show it to more people, you will be sucked in through the screen by some socially-challenged pre-teen having a bad hair day? Couldn�t these sweet, motivational stories just stand on their own merit? Couldn�t they just inspire you to believe in the God or Country you already believe in? Couldn�t they just dig you out of the dumps and put a smile on your face, allowing you to believe that, �Hey, maybe things really aren�t so bad!� Do you really have to go so far as to insist that anyone who doesn�t pass along a �Dubbya Is Great� email is un-American or that they hate and despise the soldiers that fight for our country? (Sigh) Every time I get one of these, I just want to walk to the office of the person who sent it to me and slap them. 4:24 p.m. - November 04, 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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