for what it's worth... The URL for this page is http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/internet.htm according to snopes, one should never pass on email petitions, good luck chains, prayer chains unless the person is known to you, for the reasons in the above article. personally I seldom have just because I won't have my daily fortunes held hostage to the whims of the internet mail. of course if they start tracking all the jokes, then I'm up the creek without a paddle.
I've never liked chain mail -- especially the ones that threaten you with bad things happening if you don't pass it on to a dozen more people. :irked: I NEVER pass on chain letters, regardless of the sender's good intentions or how upbeat the message might be, but especially not if its promising bad luck if you don't! What a horrible thing to do to your friends. Does anyone remember those idiotic things that promised you all kinds of money if you sent a dollar on to the next person on the list and added your name and address at the bottom? I consider those to be particularly awful, and always gleefully broke the chain. :mischievous: Actually, I don't even pass on jokes, not as a broadcast to everyone in my email address book. I will, however, cut and paste Michelle's jokes into my emails to my daughter or son, being as how they are always the funniest thing I've seen all day.
Usually, i only get chain letters from one annoying friend. She has a lotta friends and the letters usually apply ONLY to the other friends and dont make sense to me. eg- send this and ill take you to the mall she lives a long way away so it doesnt apply to me. and i find that she has little to do to send these 3.5 mile long chain letters.
