Dear Mr. HeartOfStone,
it is a good day to slap the sap
who wrote that crap.
it's a manipulative meme.
i very much doubt that it's a true story.
It is a true story.
It happens in every school in every town in every country.
Only the ending is usually a little more like this:
hollywood.com
(Click on the "Watch Video" for full effect of this post.)
<vbg> <ng>
I think the dude's chain letter would not have had the same effect if it ended that way though. Neither would it been successful if it ended like the story in Columbine.
I bet if someone had only fowarded it to Dick Cheney, Shrub, Saddam, and Osama, things might be a little different here. <g>
Besides, I think that chain letter took a lot more thought than this gem that I keep getting:
> THE PENNY
> >
> >
> Remember this every time you pass that little penny
> in the parking lot.
> I always thought that it was for Good Luck, but I
> love this version better:
>
> I found a penny today
> Just laying on the ground.
> But it's not just a penny,
> this little coin I've found.
>
> Found pennies come from heaven,
> that's what my Grandpa told me.
> He said Angels toss them down.
> Oh, how I loved that story.
>
> He said when an Angel misses you,
> they toss a penny down.
> Sometimes just to cheer you up,
> to make a smile out of your frown.
>
> So, don't pass by that penny,
> when you're feeling blue.
> It may be a penny from heaven,
> that an Angel's tossed to you.
>
> So now pass this on to the people who you care about
> and who you feel are
>
> Angels to you,
>
> I just did.
>
> An Angel is now watching over you.
>
>
Or how about this one:
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:04 AM
To: Kathy; Lara; Lisa; Toni; Amy; Ann; Christine; Heather; Diane
Iuliucci
Subject: Fwd: FW: IMPORTANT information regard driving in the rain
> Subject: DRIVING SAFETY . . SOMETHING I NEVER
> THOUGHT
> ABOUT
>
> An individual had a wreck a couple of weeks ago and
> totaled their
>
> Lincoln Town Car. She hydroplaned on Hwy 135 between
> Gladewater &
>
> Kilgore, Texas. She was not hurt, just emotionally
> rattled!
>
> She learned a lesson I'd like to pass on to you. You
> may know this
>
> already--but the highway patrolman told her that you
> should NEVER
>
> drive in the rain with your cruise control on. He
> said if you did and
>
> hydroplaned (which she did) that when your tires
> were off the road
>
> your car would accelerate to a high rate of speed
> (which it did).
>
> You don't have much, if any control when you
> hydroplane, but you are
>
> totally in the hands of God when the car
> accelerates. She took off
>
> like she was in an airplane. She is so thankful she
> made it through
>
> that ordeal. Please pass the word around about
> not using cruise
>
> control when the pavement is wet or icy. The
> highway patrolman
>
> said this should be on the sun-visor with the
> warning about airbags.
>
> The only person she found out who knew this
> (besides the
>
> patrolman) was a man who had a similar
> accident and totaled his car.
>
> This has made her wonder if this is not why so
> many of our young
> people
>
> are dying in accidents.
>
> Be careful out there!
>
> If you send this to 15 people and only one of
> them doesn't know
>
> about this, then it was all worth it. It might
> have saved his/her
> life.
>
> Perform random acts of kindness every day.
>
>
Or compare it to this one:
Subject: 9-11
> > Keep it going .....
> >
This has not been broken since 9/11/01, please keep it going...
This has been kept alive and moving since 9/11. In memory of all those
who perished this morning; the passengers and the pilots on the United Air
and AA flights, the workers in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and
all the innocent bystanders. Our prayers go out to the friends and families
of the deceased.
IF I KNEW
If I knew it would be the last time
That I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.
If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.
If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.
If I knew it would be the last time,
I could spare an extra minute
to stop and say "I love you,"
instead of assuming you would KNOW I do.
If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
Well I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.
For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything just right.
There will always be another day
to say "I love you,"
And certainly there's another chance
to say our "Anything I can do?"
But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget.
Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.
So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day,
That you didn't take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.
So hold your loved ones close today,
and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear
Take time to say "I'm sorry,"
"Please forgive me," "Thank you," or "It's okay."
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.
Send this to at least 10 people to show your support.
From my POV the chain letter Lurqer linked to is AOK!
JMVHO!
<VBG>
-CG
P.S. We should have an NNBM contest where we all attempt
to write a chain letter but first we must post it here.
Then we all send it out to strangers and see who is the
first one to receive one of these in their e-mail...
P.P.S. I just threw in a coupla grins in case my lack of sincerity didn't show through... |
