| Checking around the net for a little information about | | | | is it that gets people to pass along chain letters in |
| the chain e-mail dilemma one needs to stop and think | | | | today's information age? Threat of death is a big one. |
| for at least two or three seconds. Am I becoming part | | | | Making a bunch of cash is another. But, currently, the |
| of the problem, assuming there is one, or part of the | | | | possibility of being possessed by a dead African girl is |
| solution? The stuff that is describing these chain | | | | the biggie on MySpace and YouTube. One might think |
| e-mails is in of itself a chain e-mail. | | | | that MySpace and YouTube would be safe from |
| Try thinking | | | | chain mail. Nope, they're hot beds of chain mail. |
| One listing describes an Abercrombie and Finch chain | | | | Unfortunate consequences are more likely on |
| e-mail as a hoax, and does a nice job at it as well. It | | | | MySpace where the younger set is easy pickings. On |
| shows the chain letter in grey and in nice plain text | | | | YouTube, however, the crowd is not so ready to be |
| below the letter it describes it as a hoax. But, hang on | | | | taken in. After all, there is the potential for making |
| those 2 or 3 seconds. What's this in blue? "E-mail to a | | | | money, and not through a stinking chain mail threat |
| friend." Ok, sure Susie will want to know about this. | | | | either. Think about it, dead African girl, possession, |
| Hello! Check me if I'm wrong here but isn't this the | | | | making money? As Mickie Rooney might say "hey |
| whole idea of a chain letter in the first place? Think | | | | kid's let' put on a show", OOP's sorry, wrong |
| people! Heck, if you need more time print the darn thing | | | | generational reference there. Let's rephrase; as Toby |
| out on your Epson printer and post it on your punch | | | | Mquire might say "hey creative people with to much |
| board. That's one of the beauties of Epson printers | | | | time on your hands, lets make a YouTube video and |
| you can print and think. Yes, those were the days. | | | | sell it to a corporation after getting 2.6 million hits." Chain |
| People actually thought about things before they acted | | | | e-mails? How passé, get your web cam out and |
| (sarcasm.) | | | | chain away. Oh, and don't forget to e-mail this to a |
| Combining death, money and a dead African girl | | | | friend. |
| So, outside of good old Abercrombie and Finch, what | | | | |