You guys have hit on my ALL TIME TOP PET PEEVE!!! This grates on my nerves like you would not believe.
I certainly don't mind the informative forward, but dang it can you take 5 minutes to verify it's validity before you pass it on to everyone and their mother?!?!? And just because the e-mail SAID it was true because their boyfriend's mother's sister's next door neighbor used to work with a guy that it happened to does NOT mean that it is true!! Check it out for yourself!! Ask yourself, have you heard about this on the news, radio (although this is not always an indicator given the situation on the Tom Joyner Morning Show with Compaq recently)? How could they keep it a secret from the major media but it got in your email chain?
I enjoy the motivational message too, but if it worthwhile why do you feel the need to try to guilt me into passing it along by saying a pox will be placed on my house if I do not forward it???
FYI...a website for people who enjoy tracking down these legends and will give you back-up on why they are not true is
http://www.delphi.com/ab-urbanlegends/start
check them out BEFORE you pass on that message.
And if this is you....go sit in the corner and no internet for you!!!
