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From: mpsimon@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (M. Patrick Simon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: A little help for a little boy
Message-ID: <2274@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 1 Apr 88 00:28:13 GMT
References: <8803301334.AA03567@work1.icase>
Reply-To: mpsimon@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (M. Patrick Simon)
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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In article <8803301334.AA03567@work1.icase> csrobe@ICASE.ARPA (Charles S. Roberson) writes:
:I came across this where I work and thought it was worth passing on.
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:"...and they told two friends, and they told two friends..."
:-chip
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:> Read this on internal MITRE mail, thought I might pass it on........
:>     
:>   David is a 7 year old boy who is dying from cancer.
:>   Before he does, he has a dream of one day being in the Guiness Book of
:>   Records for the person who has had the most postcards sent to him.
:>   If you would like to help David achieve his dream, all you have to do is send
:>   a postcard to him as soon as possible.
:>   Send to :
:>              David
:>              c/o Miss McWilliams
:>              St. Martin de Porres Infant School
:>              Luton,
:>              Bedfordshire
:>              England       **DON'T FORGET TO SIGN YOUR NAME**
:>
:>
:>_________________________________________________________________
:>Paul F. Tsuchiya		The MITRE Corp.
:>tsuchiya@gateway.mitre.org	7525 Colshire Dr.
:>703-883-7352			McLean, VA 22102 USA
:>_________________________________________________________________


I have seen this request before. It is not authentic. It is a hoax that
got out into the news media, that somehow cannot be purged from all the
mass media archives at once. It has actually been around for several years.

No flame of the original author intended. It would be a nice thing to do
if it were a real request.

I learned about this last year when I saw a very similar posting in the
laboratory where I work.

--Patrick Simon    mpsimon@phoenix.princeton.edu    3/31/88