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From: pes@ux63.bath.ac.uk (Smee)
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Subject: Re: A little help for a little boy
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Date: 8 Apr 88 11:43:54 GMT
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(With apologies to Susan Scheide, who thinks this topic has run on long
enough, and that as the people involved created this monster, they
deserve whatever they've brought upon themselves.)

According to "That's Life" (a UK 'consumer protection and human
interest' sort of TV show) on Sunday night, March 13th, and the Bristol
Evening Post of March 14th:

The postcard story was (basically) true -- except that the boy's name
is Mario; David is is father's name.  Mario has responded well to
treatment.

He achieved his goal in December, with something like 150000 cards, and
will be in the next Guiness.  His father says that it went well thru
December, and then things seemed to be quieting down, but just recently
there's been a new avalanche of cards from all over the world.  Also,
in the last week, the story has been repeated on at least two US
television stations and in a Hong Kong newspaper, so they fear it will
get worse.  (Not to mention USENET.)

Mario, his parents, Miss McWilliams, and the St Martin de Porres Infant
School express deep appreciation to everyone who has responded, but ask
'could you please stop now?' They are being buried in postcards, and
the school is getting nothing done, between the influx of cards, and
the continual phone calls asking if it is real.

Miss McWilliams is real.  The St Martin de Porres Infant School is
real.  The Post Office is really burying them alive under piles of mail
(something like 3-5 bags per day, at last count).  THEY DONT WANT ANY
MORE POSTCARDS.  IT IS INTERFERING TERRIBLY WITH THEIR WORK WITH THE
CHILDREN.

(Sorry to shout. :-)  But really, please don't do it.

So, thanks, everyone.  But no more please.

Cheers, Paul