Re: Honesty _DOES_ pay in
From Mike O'brien <mik...@tclbbs.com>
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· 17 May 1996 00:00 · View full thread
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Hello Pro...@midget.Towson.Edu,
On 16 May 96 07:20 Pro...@midget.Towson.Edu wrote to All...
P> From: pro...@midget.towson.edu
P> Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
P> Subject: Re: Honesty _DOES_ pay in the U.S.
P> Organization: Towson State University
P> References: <4nd5ud$qt...@sol.towson.edu> <199...@wolfe.net>
P> On Wed, 15 May 1996, Happy Guy wrote:
P> > In article <4nd5ud$qt...@sol.towson.edu>, pro...@midget.towson.edu
P> says...
P> > >
P> > > If you invest 10 minutes of your time, $5, (just under
P> > > the cost of a gallon of gas) 5 stamps, and NOTHING else,
P> > > you WILL DEFINITELY gain back at least your initial
P> investment.
P> > > So be honest, please read on, and give this a try.
P> > >
P> > >$15 or so. So I did it!! As per the instructions in the
P> > >article, I mailed out ('snail mail'for you e-mail fanatics) a
P> > >single dollar bill to each of the five people on the list that
P> > >was contained in the article. I included a small note, with the
P> > >dollar, that stated "Please Add Me To Your List." I then removed
P> > >the first name of the five names listed and moved everyone up one
P> > >position, and I put my name in position five of the list. This
P> > >
P> >
P> >
P> > First off, since when did a gllon of gas cost $5??? Highest I've
P> seen
P> is
P> > just under $2. Oh.... and has anyone ever noticed the wonderful success
P> > stories that are in these things, that must have been written BEFORE
P> the
P> > article was sent?? If they wrote it after they sent the article and
P> made
P> the
P> The gas reference was obviously sarcastic, spastic boy. Also, the people
P> supposedly are on their second run when the cash flows in.
P> > should just post five addresses at a time, and not the whole scheme of
P> how
P> > it works. Enough of us have seen it, and wouldn't need the instructions
P> if
P> > we wanted to participate.... which we don't.
P> If you've seen it, you're not the target audience. I think you're just
P> jealous because I have $34,768 from this and you don't.
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* wsOMR 1.00 [NR] * If ignorance is bliss, you sir are in nirvana!
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