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"12-Step Program for People Who Send Chain Letters"

Here is a "joke" that I got in a chain letter, but it illustrates the types of chain letters that exist and seem to never end, so you may eventually get one. Chain letters will only stop when EVERYONE stops sending them. Though several are cute, many are outright frauds that play on people's ignorance of technology or economics. Some have been real, but the situation changed and they're years old. For information about actual chain letters, see the Chain Letter FAQ.

12-Step program for people who reflexively forward every hoax mail or chain letter they receive...

Step 1. I will NOT get bad luck, lose my friends, or lose my mailing lists if I DON'T forward an email!

Step 2. I will NOT hear any music or see a taco dog, if I do forward an e-mail.

Step 3. Bill Gates is NOT going to send me money, Victoria Secret doesn't know anything about a gift certificate they're supposed to send me.

Step 4. Ford will NOT give me a 50% discount even if I forward my e- mail to more than 50 people!

Step 5. I will NEVER receive gift certificates, coupons, or freebies from Coca Cola, Cracker Barrel, Old Navy, or anyone else if I send an e-mail to 10 people.

Step 6. I will NEVER see a pop-up window if I forward an e-mail . NEVER-- EVER!!

Step 7. There is NO SUCH THING as an e-mail tracking program, and I am not STUPID enough to think that someone will send me $100 for forwarding an e-mail to 10 or more people!

Step 8. There is NO kid with cancer through the Make-a-Wish program in England or anywhere else collecting anything!

Step 9. The government does not have an email postage bill in Congress called 901B (or whatever they named it this week) that, if passed, will enable them to charge us 5 cents for every e-mail we send.

Step 10. There will be NO cool dancing, singing, waving, colorful flowers, characters, or program that I will receive immediately after I forward an e-mail. NONE, ZIP, ZERO,NADA!!

Step 11. The American Red Cross will NOT donate 50 cents to certain individual dying of some never-heard-of disease for every e- mail address I send this to. The American Red Cross RECEIVES donations.

Step 12. And, finally, I WILL NOT let others guilt me into sending things by telling me I am not their friend or that I don't believe in the right religion. If God wants to send me a message, I believe the bushes in my yard will burn before He picks up a PC to pass it on!

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