Re: FN-FORUM: PERS: Guinness Book of Records Attempt

date posted 21st July 2005 16:30

On Thursday 21 Jul 2005 12:02 pm, Charlie wrote:
> No not at all but if it had come from someone out of the back of beyond=
I
> would have been a little more sceptical - trust me being a lawyer I hav=
e
> great cynicism for things like this. =20

No offence intended, but I think you have just demonstrated that you do n=
ot.
Put it this way, you're still a nice person.

*Anything* asking you to forward it to "everyone you know" (or even just
"ten people") should be viewed with great suspicion. I've made this offe=
r=20
here before - if anybody on the list gets something they are tempted to=20
start forwarding to lots of people, send it to me and I'll tell you if it=
's=20
legitimate or a sensible thing to do (it never is). I've had a lot of
practice at digging up the relevant facts and FAQs.

Even things that start off with the best of intentions end up running=20
out of control and annoying people for years to come.

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