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From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Help Fulfill a dream!
Message-ID: <2215@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: 1 Apr 88 01:58:45 GMT
References: <8803301340.AA03573@work1.icase>
Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcb.tti.com (The Polymath)
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In article <8803301340.AA03573@work1.icase> csrobe%icase.arpa@BUITA.BU.EDU (Charles S. Roberson) writes:
>I came across this where I work and thought it was worth passing on.
>     
>   David is a 7 year old boy who is dying from cancer.
>   [ Usual story about postcards, Guinness, etc.]

This is getting ridiculous.  This is the third or fourth one of these I've
seen this month.  In four years of reading the net I've probably seen it
over a dozen times.  Don't people ever learn?

One more time:

This is a hoax.  It is an urban legend.  There is no category for most
postcards received in the Guinness Book of Records.  David does not exist.
(If he did, he'd be well into his teens, if he hadn't been crushed to
death by the weight of postcards already recieved).

Please stop spreading this on the net, especially in inappropriate
newsgroups.

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