Actually no, it hasn’t, but you’d be amazed at the amount of people that have responded “Really?” to that verbal statement over the years. A cheap and nasty joke I admit, but good enough entertainment nonetheless.
You’d be amazed at the amount of emails I receive weekly informing me that…
… I need to send money to fund little Maria’s cancer treatment or else she will die,
… I apparently have long lost Nigerian relatives who want to give me millions of dollars,
… I must protest against the movie being made portraying Jesus as a homosexual,
… I need to pass this on to ten people or else something bad will happen to me,
… I need to pass this on to ten people and Microsoft will give me a free laptop,
… I need to have more than 8.1 children or else the Muslims will take over the world,
… I just witnessed authentic video footage of two New Zealanders getting attacked by Bigfoot,
Yadda yadda yadda
Quite frankly, responding to well-meaning (but gullible) people gets a little tiring at times.
So, let me give you the great advice I give them…
1. Don’t believe everything you read.
2. Wikipedia and Youtube do occasionally tell lies.
3. Learn that www.snopes.com is your friend.
In conclusion, if you share this post this on Facebook, all your wildest dreams will come true ;-)
This post will end up on Snopes in no time…
Posted by PaisleyJade | November 19, 2009, 8:40 pmI laughed a lot at this. So true!
Posted by Jon | November 19, 2009, 9:15 pmhahaha that's awesome! Don't even get me started on having to print chain letters for people at work…
Posted by Rachel Kate | November 20, 2009, 8:05 amI think you're almost there with the Muslim one… ;)
Posted by Kate | November 20, 2009, 5:09 pm