Xref: utzoo news.misc:4444 comp.mail.misc:3097 comp.os.misc:1115 comp.protocols.misc:746 comp.sys.misc:2723 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!bu.edu!bu-pub.bu.edu!ckd From: ckd@bu-pub.bu.edu (Christopher Davis) Newsgroups: news.misc,comp.mail.misc,comp.os.misc,comp.protocols.misc,comp.sys.misc Subject: Re: Child's Wish Summary: Don't believe the hype Message-ID: Date: 20 Mar 90 06:30:11 GMT References: <1733@dsac.dla.mil> Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Reply-To: ckd@bu-pub.bu.edu (Christopher Davis) Followup-To: news.misc Organization: Boston University School of Management Lines: 28 In-reply-to: dfc4354@dsac.dla.mil's message of 19 Mar 90 17:22:05 GMT >>>>> On 19 Mar 90 17:22:05 GMT, dfc4354@dsac.dla.mil (Al Ethridge) said: > am posting this message for a 9 year old boy who has a brain tumor. If > I have posted this in the wrong place please excuse me. The boy is not > expected to live past the year. The boy has only one request. he would > like to have his name put in the Guiness Book of world records. To do > this feat he would need to receive over 1 million get well cards. If you > would be willing to have this boy's wish come true send him a card at > the following address. Thanks for helping out. > Craig Shergold > % Childrens Wish Foundation > 32 Perimeter Center E. > Atlanta, Ga 30346 He moved! Neat! Seriously, though, folks, this *isn't true*. The Guinness folks won't accept entries for this sort of thing anymore, *because* of the number of fake ones that show up...and "Craig Shergold" has been dying for a while, as I recall. Followups to news.misc. -- Christopher Davis, BU SMG '90 <...!bu.edu!bu-pub!ckd> "Dammit, we're all going to die, let's die doing something *useful*!" --Hal Clement on comments that space exploration is dangerous