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Article #1882Re: Request for Business Cards
From: Small Systems Solutions
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1992 23:24
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1992 23:24
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In article <9143@risky.Convergent.COM> baimba@risky.Convergent.COM (Baimba John) writes: No, No, No!!! What, did you just fall off of the turnip truck yesterday? This bogus story crops up every 3 months or so on the net! DO NOT SEND ANY CARDS TO CRAIG SHERHOLD!! >A 7 year old boy by the name of Craig Shergold has terminal >cancer. His wish is to be entered in the Guinesses Book of >Wold Records as the person that has collected the most >number of business cards. Craig is in his 20's and alive and well and doing fine! Guinness has retired the entire category because of the trouble it has caused, fueled by people like you, who pass on a stupid rumor as if it were fact. >If you would be kind enough to help Craig reach this goal >please forward your business card and any other business >cards you can get hold of to: > > Craig Shergold > c/o Children's Make A Wish Foundation > 32 Perimeter Center East, > Atlanta, Georgia 30346. If you would *call* these people *before* asking people to flood them with cards, they would explain to you that this is *not* welcome. > >I am sure he will appreciate all your efforts! I'm sure *we'll* appreciate it when this story finally dies! >Thanks >Baimba John 3:16 "For God so loved the world..." I don't recall anywhere where the Lord says to assassinate your brains! -- Small Systems Solutions 1563 Solano Avenue, Suite 123 sss@netcom.com Berkeley, CA 94707-2116 The above-expressed opinions aren't necessarily
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,6dc8f27be391a14d X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: f824f,6dc8f27be391a14d X-Google-Attributes: gidf824f,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-03-14 16:47:01 PST Newsgroups: ca.general,ba.general Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!decwrl!amdcad!netcomsv!mork!sss From: sss@netcom.com (Small Systems Solutions) Subject: Re: Request for Business Cards Message-ID: <7j6hj!psss@netcom.com> Date: Sat, 14 Mar 92 23:24:01 GMT Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) Summary: DO NOT SEND ANY CARDS TO CRAIG!!!! References: <9143@risky.Convergent.COM> Keywords: Help Terminal Cancer Patient