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From: jetzer@studsys.mu.edu (jetzer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc,rec.humor,misc.misc
Subject: Re: A true story
Message-ID: <120@studsys.mu.edu>
Date: 13 Apr 88 00:32:10 GMT
References: <100@studsys.mu.edu> <566@lakesys.UUCP>
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Organization: Marquette University - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Summary: THAT ARTICLE WAS TRUE!!!  Yeah, right

In article <566@lakesys.UUCP>, tom@lakesys.UUCP (Tom Baas) writes:
> In article <100@studsys.mu.edu>, jetzer@studsys.mu.edu (jetzer) writes:
> > You've probably been reading about that false story abou the six year old
> > boy in England who's collecting postcards before he dies.  As you know, this
> > story is completely false.

> I'll Have You Know that THAT ARTICLE ABOUT A YOUNG BOY IN ENGLAND HAVING CANCER
> WAS TRUE!

> I printed out a copy of the original mailing and sent it to the Milwaukee
> Journal and wrote the boy a letter myself.  The Journal called me & told me
> that they felt it was a hoax.

I remember reading a newspaper article several years ago about a hoax
concerning a boy named David who lived in England who wanted to set the
world's record for number of cards received.  Said the boy was 6 years old,
and that was several years ago.

Either this is another go-around of the same hoax, or this is some incredible
coincidence.

> I received a very nice reply from the boy's
> mother in Birmingham England thanking me for the letter.
> "He received his world record of 147,944 postcards and will be going in next
> years record books."

I find it hard to believe that a mother who is taking care of her dying son
is going to have enough time to write 147,944 thank you letters.  (Maybe
she only sends letters to those people who believe this story :-)

Stamps would bring up another interesting question.  Even if it only cost
$.25 to send a letter from England to here (I assume that it costs more; I'm
just using the current U.S. first class stamp cost for comparison), it would
cost nearly $37,000 to send thank you letters.  Not to mention the cost
of all those envelopes.  That would be a great burden to any family, not
to mention a family that has to pay for chemotherapy for their son.

> So POH to you and POH to you, Milwaukee Journal!

Lesse, my ASCII chart says that SOH is 01, but I can't seem to find POH :-)
-- 
Mike Jetzer
"If you can't be right, be forceful"