Re: [Fwd: FW: [Fwd: [Fwd: FW: PLEASE READ! YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID!]]]

Hexslinger ( hexslngr@internet-frontier.net )
Mon, 9 Feb 1998 02:57:29 -0800 (PST)

On Mon, 9 Feb 1998, Dr Jones wrote:

> Well I just delete mindless crap. I donrt bother reading it.

Obviously not so in this case.

> You must be like those whinging useless poms who complain about junk mail
> when normal people just use it as a free source of kitty-box liner.

No, I normally roundfile junkmail (except AOL disks - I erase those and
recycle them). But I don't expect to find junk mail, chains letters, and
spam in a MAILING LIST.

> Anyway, precedent set and matter settled.

Thank god. :)

> I thought it was kinda funny anyway.

The Bill Gates part was amusing - but not as amusing as getting hit in the
face with a pie. :)

> PS I thought it was an interesting psychological experiment. If this message
> was dressed up as a free energy device, half the people on this list would
> have accepted it without a second thought.

Yes - because people would've thought it a legitimate offer (although I
doubt they would've followed through with the chain-mailing proposal).
But this - this is crap. :)