> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 09:29:35 -0800
> To: barnowl@rain.org
> From: c538128@mizzou1.missouri.edu (KMO)
> Subject: Sorry , another one (fwd)
>
> >Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 22:48:22 -0600 (CST)
> >From: Brian Stuhlman <c664792@showme.missouri.edu>
> >X-Sender: c664792@black.missouri.edu
> >To: "Kevin O'Connor" <c538128@mizzou1.missouri.edu>,
> > "Tim O'Donnell" <c665241@showme.missouri.edu>,
> > Joel Braden <c665193@showme.missouri.edu>,
> > Amy Friederich <c664807@showme.missouri.edu>,
> > Carrie Snyder <csnyder@husc.harvard.edu>,
> > Sara Hill <museh9@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>, Josh Wellman
<wellman@umr.edu>,
> > Jim Bunk <jmb@umr.edu>,
> > Julie Hoerr
<Julie_Hoerr_at_Students/G-L@ccmail.iwu.edu>,
> > Julie Janes <jaj283s@nic.smsu.edu>,
> > Brad Peuster
<s289%nemomus.bitnet@academic.nemostate.edu>,
> > Jay Gottman <c666429@showme.missouri.edu>,
> > Jason Miller <c663072@showme.missouri.edu>
> >Subject: Sorry , another one (fwd)
> >MIME-Version: 1.0
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 23:01:16 -0600 (CST)
> >From: c668958@showme.missouri.edu
> >To: "Jessica M. Nicol"
<s327%nemomus@ACADEMIC.NEMOSTATE.EDU>
> >Subject: Sorry , another one (fwd)
> >
> >--------------------------- Original Message
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> >--------------------------- Original Message
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> >
> >
> >---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 22:54:16 -0600 (CST)
> >From: c668958@showme.missouri.edu
> >To: Kimberly Corrine Kelley
<kkelle1@icarus.cc.uic.eduC>
> >Subject: Sorry , another one (fwd)
> >
> >
> >
> >---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 22:51:35 -0600 (CST)
> >From: c668958@showme.missouri.edu
> >To: Carrie Barnes <cbarnes@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>
> >Subject: Sorry , another one (fwd)
> >
> >
> >
> >---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 15:42:53 -0600 (CST)
> >From: moore megan ann <mamoore@students.uiuc.edu>
> >To: Michelle Ipema <ipema@uiuc.edu>, Kim Hushka
<hushka@uiuc.edu>,
> > Stephanie Young <sayoung@uiuc.edu>,
> > Mary Stancliff <stanc_ma@students.uwlax.edu>,
> > Amber Spaulding <aspauldi@uiuc.edu>,
> > Mindy Patten <patte_mc@students.uwlax.edu>,
> > Jason Morrise <morrise@uiuc.edu>, Molly Moore
<xmhh93d@prodigy.com>,
> > Lisa Lemke <lmlemke@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>,
> > Elizabeth Kraft <Kraft@uwplatt.edu>,
> > Steven Jerbi <c668958@showme.missouri.edu>,
> > Erika Flanigan <flaniga@uiuc.edu>, Nathan Basken
<basken@uiuc.edu>
> >Subject: Sorry guys, another one
> >
> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >* * * * * * * * * * * * *
> >>> >
> >>> > If you have read this far, you must keep
reading and follow
the
> >>> >instruction at the end.
> >>> > This letter was originated in India, and has
been received
by
> >>> >101,624
> > people. It is not your usual chain letter, as it can curse
> >you for
> >>> >eternity. When I first got this chain letter
it was so long
and had so
> >>> >many stories written by people who had
received it beforehand,
in an
> >>> >effort to warn those who will receive this
letter someday.
Since it was
> >>> >too long to copy them all, I only included the
original messages
when
> >>> >typing it into e-mail. If you want to add
something of your
own to this
> >>> >letter, you can; but don't forget to copy the
original paragraphs.
> >>> >
> >>> >Here is the story, as it was written by the
original author:
> >>> > In December of 1955, five of us gathered in
my house, and
we
> >>> >talked about chain letters, which had become
popular among
our peer. One
> >>> >of us proposed an idea that interested us:
making our own
chain letter.
> >>> >We started it just for fun, and we did enjoy
it when people
we knew
> >>> >believed that their bad luck was caused by the
letter. But
the fun didn't
> >>> >last for long...
> >>> > About four months later, one of us died from
a wound received
by one
> >>> >of his own dogs. We didn't know -- and didn't
believe --
that it had
> >>> >anything to do with the chain letter we had
written. Seven
months later,
> >>> >another one of us, the one who came up with
the idea to start
the chain
> >>> >letter, hung himself for no reason. We later
learned that
he had received
> >>> >the chain letter that we had made up (and
didn't send it,
since he knew
> >>> >it was not a real chain letter), but we still
could not believe
that
> >>> >he had been cursed by the letter. The chain
letter had at
that time been
> >>> >received by more than 800 people, and
contained the following,
written by
> >>> >a woman wrongly inprisoned in an insane asylum:
> >>> >
> >>> > "I got this mail exactly one year ago
tomorrow, and three
of my friends
> >>> > died. I am afraid that I will be the next one
who will die
unless
> >>> > people in this hospital believe my words and
let me sendthirteen
> >>> > copies of this letter..."
> >>> >
> >>> > Unfortunately, one of the three of us that
were still alive
was sent
> >>> >to a mental institution a few weeks ago, and I
feel that
this is my last
> >>> >hope. I don't think I have enough time to
explain what happened
to us in
> >>> >every detail. So, now I continue the chain in
hopes that
one of you is
> >>> >the one who can stop this cursed letter.
However, if you
are not totally
> >>> >sure that you are the one who can stop this,
please don't
test your luck.
> >>> >I will pray for you and everyone who will
receive this letter,
hoping
> >>> >that one day the curse can be broken.
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >INSTRUCTIONS:
> >>> >Forward this letter to thirteen (13) people.
> >>> >You must include the above paragraphs,
although you can write
more below
> >>> > these instructions. Do not erase anything
that appears within
the
> >>> > asterixes (*).
> >>> >Make sure you add 13 to the number of people
that have received
this
> >>>letter.
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >YOU HAVE SIX DAYS TO FORWARD THIS LETTER
> >>> >DO NOT BREAK THE CHAIN
> >>> >SEND THIS LETTER NOW, BECAUSE YOU MIGHT FORGET
LATER
> >>> >
> >>> >* * * * * * * * * * * * *
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>>
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