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Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: Corin Stormhands
Guess what... I just got this email from a friend who believes it.
Subject: FW: THIS IS FOR REAL. IT WAS ON THE NEWS LAST NIGHT.
Dear Friends,
> Please do not take this for a junk letter. Bill Gates is sharing his
> fortune. If you ignore this you will repent later. Microsoft and AOL
> are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure
> that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program,
Microsoft
> and AOL are running an e-mail beta test. When you forward this e-mail
> to friends, Microsoft can and will track it (if you are a Microsoft
> Windows user) for a two week time period.
> For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay
> you $245.00, for every person that you sent it to that forwards it
on,
> Microsoft will pay you $243.00 and for every third person that
receives
> it,
> you will be paid $241.00. Within two weeks, Microsoft will contact
you
for
> your address and then send you a cheque.
> Regards.
> Chinu! I thought this was a scam myself, but two weeks after
> receiving this e-mail and forwarding it on, Microsoft contacted me
> for my address and within days, I received a cheque for US$24,800.00.
You
> need to respond before the beta testing is over. If anyone can afford
this
> Bill Gates is the man. It's all marketing expense to him. Please
forward
> this to as many people as possible. You are bound to get at least
> US$10,000.00.
>
AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGG!
What do I do for my friend... Can this idiot be saved?
To: Corin Stormhands
Yeah - you would get banned... If there is justice in the world!
I have seen it before though... it went around email circles a while back. And I am not on many of those lists... so I bet most of the wise-acres have seen it!
Although - It would be funny if they haven't!
To: Corin Stormhands
Hey man...I'm happy...and you know why?...
Cos ahm dead sexy!!
To: htur_75
Since I don't think the boys told you... here is a cool thread. There is an instruction there for posting pictures.
HTML Sandbox
You can even try stuff there... that is what the thread is for... or you can come try it here!
To: HairOfTheDog
Hair, I get those all the time, and the bogus stories about Capt Kangaroo bein' a WWII combat vet/hero and the PBS interview where the general compares the newswoman to a prostitute...I always reply to the sender with the link to
truthorfiction.com and
urbanlegends.com and politely tell them that the truth is out there, it just ain't on the internet... do some research before they forward something... show a little common sense...and to quit wasting my time...I don't usually get bothered by that peson again...come to think of it, I don't get very many e-mails anymore...
To: HairOfTheDog
What do I do for my friend... Can this idiot be saved? Some people view the internet as a toy. Can you imagine? They don't realize it's for serious business like freeping and sneaking...
As for the people who do believe those emails, I'll either blast 'em back with a link from Snopes.com or in the case of my sister and my sister-in-law, I'll delete their email without opening it.
To: HairOfTheDog
I have seen it before though... it went around email circles a while back... A columnist in our local paper did his story today on worthless Internet sites...
To: HairOfTheDog
What do I do for my friend... Can this idiot be saved? Try pointing her at this page. This scam is a variation of what Snopes cleverly calls the "Inboxer Rebellion".
Or, just let her be disappointed when her check doesn't arrive in two weeks!
To: Corin Stormhands
This is what shows up everytime I try to post the image.
[img]http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/smilie/peepwall.gif[/img] 
Do you know what I am doing wrong? Or should I just ask my hubby again to show me. (I have asked a couple of times, and he has yet to show me.)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear; Corin Stormhands
I don't want to hurt her feelings... but the chick is a menace to herself and everyone if she is believing all the email she gets! Oh Dear.
There is no subtle way to give somebody a bottle of Scope... (Ann Landers)
To: g'nad
Hey man...I'm happy...and you know why?...Just so long as you haven't been eating any babies! ;)
To: Corin Stormhands
OK, I tried it. There should be a picture of my dog on my profile page now, if I did it right. It was kinda big too post on a thread.
To: htur_75
Yes - I know what is wrong.... some sites use a different HTML coding than this one, which uses standard perl language I think.
When you see the [ ] square brackets, we can't use that part of the code.... just copy the URL out of the middle of it. All you want is the "http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/smilie/peepwall.gif" part.
code: < IMG SRC="http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/smilie/peepwall.gif" >
There... try it again....
Just hearing on the news that Charleton Heston has Alzheimer's. What a shame.
To: htur_75
I'm not sure in what format the [img] command works:
Here's your image:
take out the [img] and [/img]
type: <*img src=http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/smilie/peepwall.gif*>
Take out the red * and close the spaces. (don't copy my source code)
To: HairOfTheDog; RosieCotton
Hair, I think Rosie's about there, but the pic she is trying to link on her profile is geocities...ain't gonna work...
To: RosieCotton
You did the coding right... the picture works if I copy the properties... but geocities pictures don't stay very well... Cute little weiner pooch!
To: HairOfTheDog
Just hearing on the news that Charleton Heston has Alzheimer's.That is horrible news.
To: HairOfTheDog
There is no subtle way to give somebody a bottle of Scope... (Ann Landers) A couple of years ago we hosted a Japanese teacher for a year. He was here to teach in the high schools in an exchange program. He was a nice guy, but had very bad body odor. Problem was he showered regularly, but didn't use deodorant.
We bought him some and told him why...
On a side note, he was the original stuntman for the Red Power Ranger!
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
It is horrible news.... I haven't been out to check if it is on breaking news yet.
To: HairOfTheDog
Darn...guess I'd better take the coding out, then. I haven't found a good photo hosting site that doesn't cost big bucks, or I wouldn't have even touched geocities. They're a pain in the neck.
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