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From: gary@hpavla.avo.hp.com (Gary Jackoway)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: humanitarian request
Message-ID: <9130020@hpavla.avo.hp.com>
Date: 13 Nov 90 20:08:16 GMT
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Jack Petrino writes:


> We would appreciate your responding to the request of Craig Shergold who
> is a seven year old boy with an inoperable tumor on his brain.
NO, NO, NO.

> He has not been given a very long time to live and it is Craig's ambition
> to enter the Guiness Book of World Records for the largest number of get
> well cards ever received by an individual.
WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!

> Please send your card to:

DON'T, DON'T, DON'T!!

In my six years on notes I have seen this same "request" at least 5 times.

THIS IS ALMOST CERTAINLY A FAKE.

Somebody starts it and others pick it up, and round and round it goes.
Then a hospital or an organization (or an individual) gets deluged
with mail.

> PS - I apologize for the possible redundancy of posting this net-wide. I
>      hope everyone can understand the necessity/urgency of the situation.

Sorry, Jack, you've been had.

Look, guys, if you really want to help, then send a check to Make-a-Wish.
It's a real organization, but I'd verify the address before sending anything.

Gary Jackoway