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Article #75823What a waste! (was Re: A request I saw)
From: Kyle Jones
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 1990 13:21
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 1990 13:21
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J R Evans writes: > Craig Shergold and his mother appeared on national TV in the UK this > morning. They said that he has received and opened 7.5 million cards, > and has about 2 million left to open. The Guiness Book of Records will > close their count at the end of April, so they specifically say > > "Thank you, but please do not send any more cards" It troubles me to think of all that money wasted on postcards Craig Shergold will probably never even look at. They're going to hard pressed to count 9 million postcard let alone give any attention to them. A part of me wants people to continue sending postcards by the millions, and maybe, just maybe someone will learn a lesson from this mess. But then I think of all that postage and money spent on the cards that could be going toward medical research, and it all seems a such sickening waste.
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From: kjones@talos.pm.com (Kyle Jones)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,talk.rumors,misc.misc
Subject: What a waste!
(was Re: A request I saw)
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Date: 12 Apr 90 13:21:34 GMT
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Posted: Thu Apr 12 14:21:34 1990