Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!BRL.MIL!abc From: abc@BRL.MIL (Brint Cooper) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: [davidbrierley: A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS CARD] Message-ID: <8812151741.aa16651@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 15 Dec 88 22:41:35 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 45 Baltimore Sun carried an article yesterday, I believe, alleging the following to be a hoax. In view of the fact that a number of similar hoaxes arise each year at this time on the nets and bulletin boards, I suggest a small amount of skepticism. In fact, most of the past hoaxes have reported that the person was: male, young, dying of leukemia or cancer, wanted to get into the Guinness Book. _Brint ----- Forwarded message # 1: Received: from SMOKE.BRL.MIL by SMOKE.brl.MIL id ab15334; 15 Dec 88 16:03 EST Received: from HELIOS.NORTHEASTERN.EDU by SMOKE.BRL.MIL id aa14954; 15 Dec 88 15:49 EST From: davidbrierley@lynx.northeastern.edu Date: Thu, 15 Dec 88 15:46:56 EST To: info-apple@brl.arpa Message-Id: Subject: A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS CARD Source-Info: From (or Sender) name not authenticated. I know this is not a very appropriate place to put this note - but I hope my fellow Apple enthusiasts could help. There is a boy dying of leukemia in Springfield, Florida, and he would like to be entered into the Guiness Book of World Records as receiving the largest number of Christmas cards. I ask that everyone who reads this message send one to him and to tell everyone they know (posting on other networks, if possible) about the request. The address is: David Child's Last Wish P.O. Box 5997 Springfield, FL 34603 Thanks for your help. ----- End of forwarded messages