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With an IQ of 7, it would be difficult to swallow water.
STOOPID


iandt wrote in message ...
>A FABULOUS WAY TO TURN $6 DOLLARS INTO A HORROR STORY
>Thursday,   16 feb-2000
>
>I found this on a bulletin board (which was a little strange as it keeps
>mentioning to post it to newsgroups) and decided to try it.  A little
>while back, I was browsing through newsgroups and came across an article
>similar to this that said you could make thousands of dollars within
>weeks with only an initial investment of $6.00 and an IQ of 7!
>
>So I thought, "Yeah right, this must be a scam" (mainly because my mind
>can't encompass any word larger than 5 letters), but like most of us, I
>was curious and more than a little stupid, so I kept reading.  Anyway,
>it  said that you send $1.00 to each of the 6 names and address stated
>in the article.  You then place your own name and address in the bottom
>of the list at #6, and post the article in at least 200 newsgroups
>(there are thousands).  No catch, that was it.  So after thinking it
>over, and talking to a few people first (most of them called me a
>gullible moron), I thought about trying it.  I figured, "What have I got
>to lose except 6 stamps, my credibility, all my friends, 6 dollars and
>potentially my life right?"
>
>Then I invested the measly $6.00.  Well, GUESS WHAT!!...  Within 7 days,
>I started getting death threats in the mail! I was shocked! I figured it
>would end soon but no.  By the end of the second week I had a bad case
>of nerves and I'm sure someone is hiding in the attic.  In the third
>week I had major depression, there were strange figures hanging around
>my house and following me to work.  This is now my fourth week and all
>the pychos who read the newgroups (and remember I sent it to over 200 of
>them) have got my address and regularly have parties at my house.  I am
>posting this whilst hiding in my closet and hoping they dont drag me
>around the streets again on the end of a rope.
>
>Aaarrrggghhhh!!!
>
>
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>:)
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>Ian
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