Does NASA or the FAA have a Chicken Gun they use to test aircraft windshields? Did they loan it to the British, who later had to be told to use thawed chickens? Uh, kind of, and maybe-maybe not.
Quick! Your email says Denzel Washington visited Brooks Army Medical Center and was so worked up about about the Fisher House program that he took out his checkbook and wrote a check right there for the cost of a new Fisher House. On top of that, the email points out that his visit and generosity didn’t make the paper while the anti-war ravings of other celebrities make the front page. Do you forward it on? Tricky tricky.
Greater than nothing.
Suppose you get a forwarded email that looks like the following, and further suppose that you want to follow its instructions and pass it on to everyone you know. How should you proceed?
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>>>>This is
>>>amazing!!!!!!
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Stop shouting!
Sometimes we receive email that looks like this:
YOU HAVE TO READ THIS ITS VARY IMPORTANT!!! THE FACTS IN THIS EMAIL ARE WITHOUT QUESTION THE MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION YOU WILL RECEIVE TODAY ABOUT THE KING OF THE GOLD MONKEY COAST AND HIS INDUSTRIOUS PEOPLE, SO DON’T HESITATE TO READ IT SEVERAL TIMES TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION INTO YOUR HEAD BEFORE YOU FORWARD IT TO TEN FRIENDS FOR GOOD GOLD MONKEY LUCK…
This is incredible! Did you hear about poisonous West African Attic Monkeys? It’s so scary! NBC had some investigative report the other night. Turns out some shipping company wasn’t paying attention or something, and attic monkeys got shipped over here. They’re mostly harmless in their own environment, but over here domesticated animals are being ATTACKED BY THE 1000′S in the middle of the night by these monkeys who HAV E NO KNOWN PREDATORES. Call your congressman, alert your friends, hide the dogs and cats. Send this to absolutely everyone in your email list RIGHT NOW or you’ll have bad luk!!!
Wait a minute.
Before you do, think about it. Is it true? Is there such a thing as “attic monkeys?” Are they dangerous? Where is “over here?” Is that where you or your friends live? Will anyone care?