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Fwd: Don't Break the Chain -Forwarded

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Subject: Fwd: Don't Break the Chain -Forwarded
From: adamw@a2a.com (adam wahler)
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 09:14:01 -0500 (EST)
>From: SMediana@aol.com
>Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 00:13:16 -0500
>To: adamw@a2a.com, Studiotri@aol.com, mediana@students.uiuc.edu,
>        pszczepa@cisco.com, MPAZ@mail.bolling.af.mil, Rpilar@ix.netcom.com,
>        Lewjacq@aol.com, SENAUDREY@aol.com
>Subject: Fwd: Don't Break the Chain -Forwarded
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>Forwarded message:
>Subj:    Fwd: Don't Break the Chain -Forwarded
>Date:    96-11-27 13:03:01 EST
>From:    SafeDav
>To:      SMediana
>
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>Forwarded message:
>From:   hawk@terminal.cz (John Hawkes)
>To:     safedav@aol.com
>Date: 96-11-27 06:05:59 EST
>
>
>>>>
>>>>PLEASE READ THESE TIDBITS AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS.  DON'T BE THE ONE WHO
>>>>BREAKS THE CHAIN AND ENDS THE GOOD LUCK!
>>>>
>>>>IMPORTANT: Do not keep this message, pass it on to five people.
>>>>
>>>>     *  Why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor when
>>>>        you can't drink and drive?
>>>>
>>>>     *  Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
>>>>
>>>>     *  Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?
>>>>
>>>>     *  Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead
>>>>        of parachutes?
>>>>
>>>>     *  Why are cigarettes sold in gas stations when smoking is
>>>>        prohibited there?
>>>>
>>>>     *  Do you need a silencer if you are going to shoot a mime?
>>>>
>>>>     *  Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical
>>>>        situations?
>>>>
>>>>     *  How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work
>>>>        in the mornings?
>>>>
>>>>     *  If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are
>>>>        there locks on the doors?
>>>>
>>>>     *  If a cow laughed, would milk come out her nose?
>>>>
>>>>     *  If nothing ever sticks to TEFLON, how do they make TEFLON
>>>>        stick to the pan?
>>>>
>>>>     *  If you tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped
>>>>        it from a height, what would happen?
>>>>
>>>>     *  If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what
>>>>        happens when you turn on the headlights?
>>>>
>>>>     *  You know how most packages say "Open here".  What is the
>>>>        protocol if the package says, "Open somewhere else"
>>>>
>>>>     *  Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the
>>>>        drive-up ATM?
>>>>
>>>>     *  Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
>>>>
>>>>     *  Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's
>>>>        called a shipment, but when you transport something by
>>>>        ship, it's called cargo?
>>>>
>>>>     *  You know that little indestructible black box that is
>>>>        used on planes, why can't they make the whole plane out
>>>>        of the same substance?
>>>>
>>>>     *  Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an
>>>>        address, you turn down the volume on the radio?
>>>>
>>>>     *  Did you know who in 1923 was:
>>>>
>>>>        1.      President of the largest steel company?
>>>>        2.      President of the largest gas company?
>>>>        3.      President of the New York Stock Exchange?
>>>>        4.      Greatest wheat speculator?
>>>>        5.      President of the Bank of International Settlement?
>>>>        6.      Great Bear of Wall Street?
>>>>
>>>>     *  These men should have been considered some of the world's
>>>>        most successful men.   At least they found the secret of
>>>>        making money.  Now more than 55 years later, do you know
>>>>        what has become of these men?
>>>>
>>>>        1.      The President of the largest steel company,
>>>>                Charles Schwab, died a pauper.
>>>>        2.      The President of the largest gas company,
>>>>                Edward Hopson, is insane.
>>>>        3.      The President of the N.Y.S.E.,
>>>>                Richard Whitney, was released from prison to
>>>>                die at home.
>>>>        4.      The greatest wheat speculator,
>>>>                Arthur Cooger, died abroad, penniless.
>>>>        5.      The President of the Bank of International
>>>>                Settlement shot himself.
>>>>        6.      The Great Bear of Wall Street,
>>>>                Cosabee Rivermore, died of suicide.
>>>>
>>>>        *       The same year, 1923, the winner of the most
>>>>                important golf championship, Gene Sarazan, won the
>>>>                U.S. Open and PGA Tournaments.  Today he is still
>>>>                playing golf and is solvent.
>>>>
>>>>      CONCLUSION:       STOP WORRYING ABOUT BUSINESS AND
>>>>                        START PLAYING GOLF
>>>>
>>>>    *   This letter originated in The Netherlands, has been passed
>>>>        around the world at least 20 times, bringing good luck to
>>>>        everyone who Passed it on.
>>>>
>>>>    *   Do not keep this letter.  Do not send money.  Just have your
>>>>        wonderful, efficient cpu make five additional copies and
>>>>        send it to five of your friends to whom you wish good luck.
>>>>        You will see that something good happens to you four days
>>>>        from now if the chain is not broken.
>>>>
>>>>        This is not a joke.  You will receive good luck in four
>>>>        days.
>
>John Hawkes
>Bar Manager
>Terminal Bar, Internet Cafe s.r.o
>02/231-8890  tel.
>02/231-1774  fax
>hawk@terminal.cz
>http://www.terminal.cz
>



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