Foo - I have great news regarding chain emails...

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Lamplight
08-23-09, 05:50 PM
This may come as a complete shock to many, but, contrary to popular belief, chain emails almost never contain reliable information! I know---shocking! For example, there is a chain email going around claiming that within a few years Europe and possibly even North America will be mostly populated by Muslims, due to their astounding birth rate of 8.1! Well, not quite...

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/demographics.asp

Another example: An email circulating showing photographic evidence that a Smart Car isn't so "smart" after all! OMG LOL!

http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/graphics/smallcar.jpg

Lo and Behold, it's not a Smart Car at all, but an SUV! Who would have thought an email would make a false claim?

http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/smallcar.asp

And of course, I must mention this beautiful piece of work, where a young Christian Einstein humiliates his arrogant atheist professor. Amazingly, this picture perfect story is not true, believe it or not!

http://www.snopes.com/religion/einstein.asp

And so on and so forth. What I'm getting at is, if you receive a chain email like these, please do yourself a favor and investigate it yourself.

no1mad
08-23-09, 06:15 PM
I'm a chain breaker. Any and all chain mails go straight to the trash.
kache_98
08-23-09, 06:19 PM
I'd be skeptical before opening .ASP pages...

x136
08-23-09, 06:27 PM
...Now forward this thread to ten people, or your dog will die.
Hillary 2016
08-23-09, 07:38 PM
My mom sends me emails about Obama being a secret Muslim who was born in Kenya. Do you have any proof to debunk that?
couch_incident
08-23-09, 07:58 PM
My mom sends me emails about Obama being a secret Muslim who was born in Kenya. Do you have any proof to debunk that?

Yes.

Supreme Rulla
Wordbiker
08-23-09, 08:20 PM
...Now forward this thread to ten people, or your dog will die.

My dog is ten.

How many years does she have left?

Is that dog years or human years?
fuzzbox
08-23-09, 11:47 PM
My dog is ten.

How many years does she have left?

Is that dog years or human years?

Orly mine too. Dog years don't exsist. Hopefully mine has 6 years to go.
Skones MickLoud
08-23-09, 11:55 PM
If you hold onto this money for me, I'll give you half of it...
Wordbiker
08-24-09, 12:00 AM
This may come as a complete shock to many, but, contrary to popular belief, chain emails almost never contain reliable information! I know---shocking! For example, there is a chain email going around claiming that within a few years Europe and possibly even North America will be mostly populated by Muslims, due to their astounding birth rate of 8.1! Well, not quite...

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/demographics.asp

Another example: An email circulating showing photographic evidence that a Smart Car isn't so "smart" after all! OMG LOL!

http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/graphics/smallcar.jpg

Lo and Behold, it's not a Smart Car at all, but an SUV! Who would have thought an email would make a false claim?

http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/smallcar.asp

And of course, I must mention this beautiful piece of work, where a young Christian Einstein humiliates his arrogant atheist professor. Amazingly, this picture perfect story is not true, believe it or not!

http://www.snopes.com/religion/einstein.asp

And so on and so forth. What I'm getting at is, if you receive a chain email like these, please do yourself a favor and investigate it yourself.

Oh, crap...I meant to hit FWD, not Reply.
Tude
08-24-09, 06:53 AM
I'm a chain breaker. Any and all chain mails go straight to the trash.

:thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb:
jsharr
08-24-09, 07:00 AM
I save all my chain emails and some day, I am going to make a full suit of chain email armor out of it. Then I shall truly be invincible, but unable to move forward.
skijor
08-24-09, 07:38 AM
http://oviedos.com.mx/data/phoo/2006_03_17/No_Spam_matas_gatos.jpg
Tude
08-24-09, 08:10 AM
http://oviedos.com.mx/data/phoo/2006_03_17/No_Spam_matas_gatos.jpg

hehe - that's not how I under stand that thing. ;)
jsharr
08-24-09, 10:38 AM
hehe - that's not how I under stand that thing. ;)

Spam is supposed to go good with eggs..........
ModoVincere
08-24-09, 10:43 AM
chain emails?
Is that like the internet version of chainmail?

http://www.diyhappy.com/wp-content/images/Chainmail!.jpg
jsharr
08-24-09, 10:44 AM
MV, please report to post 12 in this thread for redundancy training class
ModoVincere
08-24-09, 10:45 AM
MV, please report to post 12 in this thread for redundancy training class

like I bother to read all your posts. :p
And its monday...if you want me to read or understand your post, pictures are helpful.
jsharr
08-24-09, 10:46 AM
like I bother to read all your posts. :p
And its monday...if you want me to read or understand your post, pictures are helpful.

ban the blasphemer.
ModoVincere
08-24-09, 10:48 AM
ban the blasphemer.

Is that a European ban or an African ban?
skijor
08-24-09, 11:47 AM
Is that a European ban or an African ban?

how do you know so much about bans?
jsharr
08-24-09, 12:06 PM
how do you know so much about bans?

He is a king.
Wordbiker
08-24-09, 12:36 PM
He is a king.

I didn't vote for him.
ModoVincere
08-24-09, 12:38 PM
I didn't vote for him.

quiet, peasant.