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help a dying child

help a dying child

alt.ascii-art · 68 messages · 16 Jul 1995 - 12 Aug 1995
In article <3uc7r9$jm...@park.interport.net>,
Smegma Sam  <spr...@interport.net> wrote:
>People I received this message today and decided to pass it on to you 
>all. Please pass it on to everyone you know on and off the net. I am 
>printing it out and making copies and distributing it to businesses, the 
>neighborhood and work. It breaks my heart that a child has to make a 
>dying wish so let's all help him achieve it. 


AAAARGH!!!!    Another person falls victim to Craig Shergold !!

	    DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES SEND *ANYTHING*

Craig Shergold *was* ill with a brain tumor.  He has since made a 
full recovery and is alive and well.  He broke his record many years
ago, and the post office continues to receive veritable tons of
cards each year.  They have long since stopped delivering it, at
the family's request.

The Atlanta post office begs you not to send anything.  And the
"Children's Wish Foundation" now wishes they never got involved.

Once again, PLEASE DO NOT SEND *ANYTHING* TO CRAIG SHERGOLD.  

-- 
Gabe Wiener  Dir., Quintessential Sound, Inc. |"I am terrified at the thought
Recording-Mastering-Restoration (212)586-4200 | that so much hideous and bad
PGM Early Music Recordings ---> (800)997-1750 | music may be put on records
gab...@panix.com     http://www.panix.com/~gabe | forever." --Sir Arthur Sullivan

Darrell Larose <dar...@cesani.newforce.ca> ASCII art 16 Jul 1995 00:00 · permalink · report
Smegma Sam (spr...@interport.net) wrote:
: People I received this message today and decided to pass it on to you 
: all. Please pass it on to everyone you know on and off the net. I am 
: printing it out and making copies and distributing it to businesses, the 
: neighborhood and work. It breaks my heart that a child has to make a 
: dying wish so let's all help him achieve it. 
: if you have a heart, (and i know you guys do.....) read on and act on it, 
: please..


KNOCK THIS OFF THE CRAIG SHERGOLD APPEAL is part of the internet folklore
Craig is alive and well and now well over twenty years old. His condition
was treated and Craig is doing well. The sentiment is good but instead of
sending an avalanche of get well cards just send a donation to the Children's
Wish Foundation it will help a lot of children that are seriously ill...

The original Craig Shergold was in England, but he seems to pop up all over
the World. The Original Hospital still is being duluged with cards from
caring people, but if everone sent the cost of the card it would be a large
sum of money.


: >        ***This is very serious***
: >
: >Craig Shirgold is a 7 year old boy who lives in Keen, N.H. He is
: >dying from an inoperable brain tumor.  He made a wish to Children's Wish
: >Foundation, that he wants one million get well cards sent to him by
: >August 15 so he can make the world book of records before he dies, cards
: >can be made or bought, PLEASE send the cards to the following address:
: >
: >                Craig Shirgold
: >                c/o Children Wish Foundation
: >                32 Perimeter Center East
: >                Atlanta, Georgia 30346
: >
: >PLEASE pass on to churches, schools, girl scouts, boy scouts, your
: >centers...
: >etc.
: >                                         -- thank you
: >

Smegma Sam <spr...@interport.net> wrote:

>People I received this message today and decided to pass it on to you 
>all. Please pass it on to everyone you know on and off the net. I am 
>printing it out and making copies and distributing it to businesses, the 
>neighborhood and work. It breaks my heart that a child has to make a 
>dying wish so let's all help him achieve it. 
>if you have a heart, (and i know you guys do.....) read on and act on it, 
>please..

[snip]

No, PLEASE don't pass this on!  This is not legit - the real Craig
Shergold recovered many years ago, and is now a healthy teenager whose
family can barely throw out the cards fast enough.  Please pass on the
following info whenever you see this mentioned, and you'll save people
a lot of hassle.

-----------------------------clip 'n' save-------------------------

     Dying child seeks cards

I write with reference to the letter about Craig Shergold, the 7
year old
child collecting business cards.

This story has circulated around the world many times, and is now
seriously
out of date.  Craig Shergold is still alive, having had a series
of
successful operations in England and the USA.  His 14th birthday
was on the
24th June 1993.  His mother was interviewed last year by the BBC,
and Craig
was also asked to give a message.  It was: "Please, no more
cards".

When he was 7, Craig was suffering from what was thought to be a
terminal
brain tumour, and he wanted to get into the Guinness Book of
World Records
by getting over a million get well cards.  But once the cards
started
coming, they would not stop.  Craig had caught the imagination of
people
round the world.  The count reached 33 million cards on 17
November 1989,
which is when they stopped counting, as you can confirm by
checking the
1992 edition of the book.  Guinness no longer accept records in
this
category.

The problem is that cards still pour in, to his home, to the
Royal Marsden
Hospital for Sick Children in England where he was treated, and
to the
"Children's Make a Wish" Foundation in the USA which had launched
the
campaign in there.  Now people are sending postcards and business
cards
too.  It has become a nightmare for all concerned.  The
Foundation had to
get 40 volunteers to sort the 30,000 cards they were receiving
every week.

Back in England, Craig and his mother are still swamped with
several bags
of mail a day.  Volunteers from a local church come round each
week to help
sort it, and extract the family post and bills that are lost in
the
flood.   The rest is stored in bags in their garden until it can
be taken
away as scrap paper - they long since ran out of room in their
small
house.

As well as the family, good people everywhere are putting huge
efforts into
this, then being disillusioned.  I attach a story showing what
can happen.

If you want to help sick children, do make a donation to UNICEF
or the Red
Cross, or to a local charity or hospital.  And please, if you
want to help
Craig Shergold, pass on this letter to everyone you know and tell
them,

     "Please, no more cards".

     With best regards, 
          David Wright




Extract from The Oregonian, Wednesday January 8, 1992, page C8
(off AP):

Class collects 57,555 cards - all in vain

    Kennewick, Washington - a class of eight graders collected
57,555
business cards to help a seriously ill British boy set a world
record.

    It was a mistake.

    It turns out 12-year-old Craig Shergold of Carshalton, Great
Britain,
was collecting get-well cards, not business cards. Craig set the
record and
has since recovered from his illness.

    Too bad the students in Sharon Davies' class at Finley High
School
never got the message.

    The eighth-graders collected five giant garbage bags worth of
cards, no
two alike.  There are ones in Braille, on microfilm and in
Norwegian. Some
look like envelopes, others like chemical waste drums.  They're
printed on
paper, wood, and metal.

    Their collection started with a chain letter sent to Bill
Davies' fax
machine at the Boise Cascade Container Corp. plant in Wallula.

    The letter said Shergold had cancer and that he wanted to be
included
in the Guinness Book of World Records for "the largest number of
business
cards ever collected by one person".

    Davies mentioned it to his school-teacher wife, and her
students
started their three-month project.

    Shergold did make it into the record book for receiving 33
million
greeting cards.

    Meanwhile, the class is stuck with 57,555 business cards,
which
unfortunately isn't one for the books, according to Guinness
editor Mark
Young.  "It's a terrific effort on their part, but all in vain
I'm afraid,"
he said.

In article <3uc7r9$jm...@park.interport.net>, spr...@interport.net 
says...
>
>People I received this message today and decided to pass it on to you 
>all. Please pass it on to everyone you know on and off the net. I am 
>printing it out and making copies and distributing it to businesses, the
> 
>neighborhood and work. It breaks my heart that a child has to make a 
>dying wish so let's all help him achieve it. 
>if you have a heart, (and i know you guys do.....) read on and act on it
>, 
>please..
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>        ***This is very serious***
>>
>>Craig Shirgold is a 7 year old boy who lives in Keen, N.H. He is
>>dying from an inoperable brain tumor.  He made a wish to Children's Wis
>h
>>Foundation, that he wants one million get well cards sent to him by
>>August 15 so he can make the world book of records before he dies, card
>s
>>can be made or bought, PLEASE send the cards to the following address:
>>
>>                Craig Shirgold
>>                c/o Children Wish Foundation
>>                32 Perimeter Center East
>>                Atlanta, Georga 30346
>>
>>PLEASE pass on to churches, schools, girl scouts, boy scouts, your
>>centers...
>>etc.
>>                                         -- thank you
>>
>
>
This is a very old post that refuses to die.  He is better now after 
corrective surgery.  The entire story is documented in Internet for 
Dummies by John Levine and Carol Baroudi.  See pages 95 and 144.

In short the message is "DON'T DO IT!"

Smegma Sam (spr...@interport.net) wrote:
: People I received this message today and decided to pass it on to you 
[   ]
: if you have a heart, (and i know you guys do.....) read on and act on it, 

: >Craig Shirgold is a 7 year old boy who lives in Keen, N.H. He is
[   ]                                              ^^^^^^^^^
: >
: >                Craig Shirgold
: >                c/o Children Wish Foundation
: >                32 Perimeter Center East
: >                Atlanta, Georga 30346
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
And we all know he really lives in England.

Congratulations, SS, you have shenned, i.a., the Shen group!

In <DBv...@crash.cts.com> cap...@crash.cts.com (Carolyn Capps) writes:

] Smegma Sam (spr...@interport.net) wrote:
] : People I received this message today and decided to pass it on to you 
] [   ]
] : if you have a heart, (and i know you guys do.....) read on and act on it, 

] : >Craig Shirgold is a 7 year old boy who lives in Keen, N.H. He is
] [   ]                                              ^^^^^^^^^
] : >
] : >                Craig Shirgold
] : >                c/o Children Wish Foundation
] : >                32 Perimeter Center East
] : >                Atlanta, Georga 30346
]                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
] And we all know he really lives in England.

] Congratulations, SS, you have shenned, i.a., the Shen group!

And please don't send mail.... the boy's been in remision for several years,
and is no longer wanting the cards/postcards/buisness_cards/etc.

Pick up a recent copy of the Guiness Book of Records and check it out....

Sean

-- 
The best seller book M*A*S*H was turned down by over 21 publishers before
William Morrow of New York bought it.  The successful movie also helped
to launch it into a T.V. series and stardom.
Sean Ennis <ume...@castor.cc.umanitoba.ca>

Smegma Sam (spr...@interport.net) sez . . .

>People I received this message today and decided to pass it on 
to you 
>>        ***This is very serious***
>>
>>Craig Shirgold is a 7 year old boy who lives in Keen, N.H. He 
is
>>dying from an inoperable brain tumor.  He made a wish to 
Children's Wish
>>Foundation, that he wants one million get well cards sent to 
him 


               SS   CC   AA   MM      ALERT!

This is exactly like a well-known scam that was perpetrated a 
few years ago with a chain letter.

Many people, feeling sorry for this 'dying child' sent money, 
too, which was the scam artist's intent.  If only 10% of a 
gizillion people sent money, he still gets to fleece the 
kindhearted out of beacoup bucks.

If you feel like responding, I'd advise not to send money!!



-- 
_/_/_/  Alfredo Jacobo Perez Gomez ( alfredo @ crl.com )  _/_/_/
_/_/_/  El Salvador  / Costa Rica  / San Francisco, USA   _/_/_/

In article <3uc7r9$jm...@park.interport.net> Smegma Sam <spr...@interport.net> writes:
>From: Smegma Sam <spr...@interport.net>
>Subject: help a dying child
>Date: 16 Jul 1995 23:37:13 GMT
>People I received this message today and decided to pass it on to you 
>all. Please pass it on to everyone you know on and off the net. I am 
>printing it out and making copies and distributing it to businesses, the 
>neighborhood and work. It breaks my heart that a child has to make a 
>dying wish so let's all help him achieve it. 
>if you have a heart, (and i know you guys do.....) read on and act on it, 
>please..
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>        ***This is very serious***
>>
>>Craig Shirgold is a 7 year old boy who lives in Keen, N.H. He is
>>dying from an inoperable brain tumor.  He made a wish to Children's Wish
>>Foundation, that he wants one million get well cards sent to him by
>>August 15 so he can make the world book of records before he dies, cards
>>can be made or bought, PLEASE send the cards to the following address:
>>
>>                Craig Shirgold
>>                c/o Children Wish Foundation
>>                32 Perimeter Center East
>>                Atlanta, Georga 30346
>>
>>PLEASE pass on to churches, schools, girl scouts, boy scouts, your
>>centers...
>>etc.
>>                                         -- thank you
>>
>
>
Everyone -

A faculty member at the university that I work for (the University of 
North Texas in Denton, just north of Dallas-Fort Worth) also heard about 
Craig Shirgood's request and asked my office, the public affairs office, 
to print something in our faculty/staff newspaper.

We called the Children's Wish Foundation and learned that Craig Shirgood 
made this request more than 10 years ago! He is no longer a 7-year-old boy 
with a life-threatening disease; he is a teenager and is in perfect health, 
as his medical condition was never incurable.

Yet the Children's Wish Foundation says that Craig has continued to receive 
thousands of get-well cards over the years because of the rumor that he is 
still ill. Members of the media have attempted to educate the public to 
stop sending cards; in fact, Dear Abby and Ann Landers both wrote about it 
in their columns.

So, please, everyone - do not send cards to Craig.

Nancy Andersen
University of North Texas  

In article <DBv...@crash.cts.com>, cap...@crash.cts.com (Carolyn Capps)
wrote:

> Smegma Sam (spr...@interport.net) wrote:
> : People I received this message today and decided to pass it on to you 
> [   ]
> : if you have a heart, (and i know you guys do.....) read on and act on it, 
> 
> : >Craig Shirgold is a 7 year old boy who lives in Keen, N.H. He is
> [   ]                                              ^^^^^^^^^
> : >
> : >                Craig Shirgold
> : >                c/o Children Wish Foundation
> : >                32 Perimeter Center East
> : >                Atlanta, Georga 30346
>                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
> And we all know he really lives in England.
> 
> Congratulations, SS, you have shenned, i.a., the Shen group!

FYI, Shergold-at last report-is a healthy young man living in England.
Apparently a risky bone marrow transplant was 100% successful, and his
cancer is gone. Nevertheless, he is STILL recieving cards from
wellwishers. It seems that his request simply will not die, even though he
is now well. The Guiness Book of World Records has pulled the plug on this
particular category due to the problems that Shergold's request has
encountered. Just so everybody knows.
-Loquisimo

Victor Escobar <Bar...@cris.com> ASCII art 17 Jul 1995 00:00 · permalink · report
Smegma Sam (spr...@interport.net) wrote:
: People I received this message today and decided to pass it on to you 
: all. Please pass it on to everyone you know on and off the net. I am 
: printing it out and making copies and distributing it to businesses, the 
: neighborhood and work. It breaks my heart that a child has to make a 
: dying wish so let's all help him achieve it. 
: if you have a heart, (and i know you guys do.....) read on and act on it, 
: please..
You dumbfuck...this shit has been going on for 10 or 15 years.  The kid 
is in his 20s and cured.  Get a life...






: >        ***This is very serious***
: >
: >Craig Shirgold is a 7 year old boy who lives in Keen, N.H. He is
: >dying from an inoperable brain tumor.  He made a wish to Children's Wish
: >Foundation, that he wants one million get well cards sent to him by
: >August 15 so he can make the world book of records before he dies, cards
: >can be made or bought, PLEASE send the cards to the following address:
: >
: >                Craig Shirgold
: >                c/o Children Wish Foundation
: >                32 Perimeter Center East
: >                Atlanta, Georga 30346
: >
: >PLEASE pass on to churches, schools, girl scouts, boy scouts, your
: >centers...
: >etc.
: >                                         -- thank you
: >



--
Syd Barrett
--------------------------------------
`Threatened by shadows at night/
 And exposed in the light.'
--------------------------------------

Smegma Sam <spr...@interport.net> wrote:
>People I received this message today and decided to pass it on to you 
>all. Please pass it on to everyone you know on and off the net. I am 
>printing it out and making copies and distributing it to businesses, the 
>neighborhood and work. It breaks my heart that a child has to make a 
>dying wish so let's all help him achieve it. 
>if you have a heart, (and i know you guys do.....) read on and act on it, 
>please..

ARGH!  Not again!  Take it to alt.folklore.*

It's a farce, a joke, ...  

It's been around the net so many times/years it's rediculous.

-- 
        \    /
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       ((    ))       Software Engineer/QA
        \\^^//        Non-HP Personnel
        {o\/o}        pau...@hpfriend.rose.hp.com
         \)(/
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Jim Dutton <jj...@MCS.COM> 17 Jul 1995 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <loq...@dial-sf1-12.iway.aimnet.com>,
Loquisimo <loq...@aimnet.com> wrote:
>In article <DBv...@crash.cts.com>, cap...@crash.cts.com (Carolyn Capps)
>wrote:
>
>> Smegma Sam (spr...@interport.net) wrote:
>> : People I received this message today and decided to pass it on to you 
>> [   ]
>> : if you have a heart, (and i know you guys do.....) read on and act on it, 
>> 
>> : >Craig Shirgold is a 7 year old boy who lives in Keen, N.H. He is
>> [   ]                                              ^^^^^^^^^
>> : >
>> : >                Craig Shirgold
>> : >                c/o Children Wish Foundation
>> : >                32 Perimeter Center East
>> : >                Atlanta, Georga 30346
>>                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
>> And we all know he really lives in England.
>> 
>> Congratulations, SS, you have shenned, i.a., the Shen group!
>
>FYI, Shergold-at last report-is a healthy young man living in England.
>Apparently a risky bone marrow transplant was 100% successful, and his

 I heard he is living in New York now. He just recently got busted
trying to knock over a crack house with that kid from "Different Strokes"
or "Pee Wee" or it might have been he was knocked over by "Michael
Jackson". Well maybe it was all three.
 
-Jeem, I'm pretty sure.
 
========================================================================
 Steatopygias's 'R' Us.          doh#0000000005 That ain't no Hottentot.
 Sesquipedalian's 'R' Us. ZX-10. AMA#669373 DoD#564. There ain't no more
========================================================================

In article <loq...@dial-sf1-12.iway.aimnet.com>, loq...@aimnet.com (Loquisimo) writes:
|> In article <DBv...@crash.cts.com>, cap...@crash.cts.com (Carolyn Capps)
|> wrote:
|> 
|> > Smegma Sam (spr...@interport.net) wrote:
|> > : People I received this message today and decided to pass it on to you 
|> > [   ]
|> > : if you have a heart, (and i know you guys do.....) read on and act on it, 
|> > 
|> > : >Craig Shirgold is a 7 year old boy who lives in Keen, N.H. He is
|> > [   ]                                              ^^^^^^^^^
|> > : >
|> > : >                Craig Shirgold
|> > : >                c/o Children Wish Foundation
|> > : >                32 Perimeter Center East
|> > : >                Atlanta, Georga 30346
|> >                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
|> > And we all know he really lives in England.
|> > 
|> > Congratulations, SS, you have shenned, i.a., the Shen group!
|> 
|> FYI, Shergold-at last report-is a healthy young man living in England.

Didn't his head explode when he drank a Coke while eating Pop-rocks?

-- 
Daniel - dan...@is.morgan.com - 

Humm.  I wonder if they have a catagory for biggest mishap while obtaining a worlds
record.

CyberKnght <cyb...@aol.com> 18 Jul 1995 00:00 · permalink · report
Since he's a teenager now...

why don't we all send condoms instead?

I'm sure we can set the world's record for the most condoms received by
mail.


      *(*(*(*(* CyberKnight *(*(*(*(*(*
             Cyb...@Aol.Com

In article <3uc96k$21...@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>, dvo...@ix.netcom.com
(Denise Voskuil) wrote:

> Smegma Sam <spr...@interport.net> wrote:
> 
(snip)
> 
> No, PLEASE don't pass this on!  This is not legit - the real Craig
> Shergold recovered many years ago, and is now a healthy teenager whose
> family can barely throw out the cards fast enough.  Please pass on the
> following info whenever you see this mentioned, and you'll save people
> a lot of hassle.
Thanks! This is a lot better than relying on my feeble memory. ;)
> 
> -----------------------------clip 'n' save-------------------------
> 
>      Dying child seeks cards
> 
> I write with reference to the letter about Craig Shergold, the 7
> year old
> child collecting business cards.
Actually, he was originally collecting *get well* cards. 
> 
> This story has circulated around the world many times, and is now
> seriously
> out of date.  Craig Shergold is still alive, having had a series
> of
> successful operations in England and the USA.  His 14th birthday
> was on the
> 24th June 1993.  His mother was interviewed last year by the BBC,
> and Craig
> was also asked to give a message.  It was: "Please, no more
> cards".
I thought this was the case. BTW, if he was 14 in 1993, that means he is
*16* today-and I'm 20! Yikes! 
> 
> When he was 7, Craig was suffering from what was thought to be a
> terminal
> brain tumour, and he wanted to get into the Guinness Book of
> World Records
> by getting over a million get well cards.  
(snip)
So this has been going on for NINE YEARS!!
> Back in England, Craig and his mother are still swamped with
> several bags
> of mail a day.  Volunteers from a local church come round each
> week to help
> sort it, and extract the family post and bills that are lost in
> the
> flood.   The rest is stored in bags in their garden until it can
> be taken
> away as scrap paper - they long since ran out of room in their
> small
> house.
And you thought you had a junk mail problem!
(snip)
> If you want to help sick children, do make a donation to UNICEF
> or the Red
> Cross, or to a local charity or hospital.  And please, if you
> want to help
> Craig Shergold, pass on this letter to everyone you know and tell
> them,
> 
>      "Please, no more cards".
> 
>      With best regards, 
>           David Wright
Yep, no matter where you live there are worthy charities who could use any
time you could give as well as money. (And it would help the outside image
of the hacker community too. :) [I'm posting from alt.2600.]) 
-Loquisimo
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Extract from The Oregonian, Wednesday January 8, 1992, page C8
> (off AP):
> 
> Class collects 57,555 cards - all in vain
> 
(snip)

In article <3uc7r9$jm...@park.interport.net>, Smegma Sam <spr...@interport.net> says:

I remember a couple of times this sort of thing has happened, and it's really cool,
but make sure you tell people what YEAR the august is.  Some of them
go on forever...

>
>People I received this message today and decided to pass it on to you 
>all. Please pass it on to everyone you know on and off the net. I am 
>printing it out and making copies and distributing it to businesses, the 
>neighborhood and work. It breaks my heart that a child has to make a 
>dying wish so let's all help him achieve it. 
>if you have a heart, (and i know you guys do.....) read on and act on it, 
>please..

----
Jeff Bailey
jba...@aurora.net

well if you consider yourself a freak or you just want to talk to one, 
i'd be most obliging to serve you.  
if you're a little boy or girl interested in talking to me and you are 
atleast old enough to go to school, or older, i am a well rounded 
cultured adventure seeker.
i hope to one day either to be in an industrial band (which is my 
favorite type of music)  or to join a traveling circus.
i love animals if you want to talk about that.
i have lots of fantasies and sexual experiences i like to talk about, 
but i don't have to if you don't think you're old enough to handle that.
i live in the u.s., in maryland.
we could talk about satanism even if you don't agree with it, maybe we 
could both learn something from each other, 
i love quentine taratino movies, my two favorite movies are pulp fiction 
and natural born killers (which i've seen about 30 times).  i can recite 
natural born killers.
basically i'm just looking for new people with different situations to 
share with me and other door ways that could lead to new experiences for 
myself or you!
email me!

dvo...@ix.netcom.com (Denise Voskuil) wrote:
>No, PLEASE don't pass this on!  This is not legit - the real Craig
>Shergold recovered many years ago, and is now a healthy teenager whose
>family can barely throw out the cards fast enough.  Please pass on the
>following info whenever you see this mentioned, and you'll save people
>a lot of hassle.

I recognized this story for what it was, as I know the background,
which is why I thought it was posted to alt.shenanigans in the
first place.  This has to rank up there near the top.  :)

-DanD

OrdonezJim <ord...@aol.com> 19 Jul 1995 00:00 · permalink · report
I want you in my life, you are exciting, freaky, clandestine and
dangerous. Let's be together but not get together. Let's Know each other
and never touch each other. Let's go inside one another and never fuck
each other. Let's just be apart, and distantly be together. Let's have sex
apart and just think about each other not being there having sex with one
another. Let's be the unsick! Let's be.

I just wrote that for you, Beetle Bailey :-)

In <3ukmj1$pn...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> gro...@aol.com (G Rose1) writes: 
>
>EMail me at GRo...@aol.com
you cant mailher and tell her that? stop wasting fucking bandwidth like
i just did flaming you.

Smegma Sam <spr...@interport.net> wrote:
>
> People I received this message today and decided to pass it on to you 
> all. Please pass it on to everyone you know on and off the net. I am 
> printing it out and making copies and distributing it to businesses, the 
> neighborhood and work. It breaks my heart that a child has to make a 
> dying wish so let's all help him achieve it. 
> if you have a heart, (and i know you guys do.....) read on and act on it, 
> please..
> 
> > 
> >        ***This is very serious***
> >
> >Craig Shirgold is a 7 year old boy who lives in Keen, N.H. He is
> >dying from an inoperable brain tumor.  He made a wish to Children's Wish
> >Foundation, that he wants one million get well cards sent to him by
> >August 15 so he can make the world book of records before he dies, cards
> >can be made or bought, PLEASE send the cards to the following address:
> >
> >                Craig Shirgold
> >                c/o Children Wish Foundation
> >                32 Perimeter Center East
> >                Atlanta, Georga 30346
> 

Sam, thank you, i have sent 5 letter, and have gotten many of my friends
to do the same

tim...

Quoth san...@ix.netcom.com (SANDRA SHERMAN):
] well if you consider yourself a freak or you just want to talk to one, 
] i'd be most obliging to serve you.  
] if you're a little boy or girl interested in talking to me and you are 
] atleast old enough to go to school, or older, i am a well rounded 
] cultured adventure seeker.


...........


Gee, another terminal left unattended, huh?

gro...@aol.com (G Rose1) wrote:

>EMail me at GRo...@aol.com

Oh hooray for AOL, again.  I think the Exon amendment should at least
require that AOL spay its users before they're allowed out to play.
It's the only hope for the future.





----
Evan Morris
wor...@interport.net

Words, Wit and Wisdom, a language
column syndicated in the U.S., Mexico
and Japan -- now available on the Web at:

http://www.interport.net/~words1/

Semper Ubi Sub Ubi
New York City

OrdonezJim (ord...@aol.com) wrote:
: I want you in my life, you are exciting, freaky, clandestine and
: dangerous. Let's be together but not get together. Let's Know each other
: and never touch each other. Let's go inside one another and never fuck
: each other. Let's just be apart, and distantly be together. Let's have sex
: apart and just think about each other not being there having sex with one
: another. Let's be the unsick! Let's be.

: I just wrote that for you, Beetle Bailey :-)

Get the FUCK out of this news group you damn spammer!

Do not pass this message on. It was genuine at one stage, many years
ago. For those who want to know how it turned out : Craig Shirgold
recovered after a successful operation, made the world record, the
Guinness Book of Records scrapped that category because it had become a
nuisance, and the Children's Wish Foundation is getting heartily sick of
receiving cards. Please inform those who sent this to you that it is no
longer genuine.

	Geoffrey Brent
-- 
	(gbr...@rsc.anu.edu.au)
	To add your name to the petition against French nuclear 
	testing, check out http://www.icepp.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~shige/ 
	or http://www.icepp.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~keshi/help.html

G Rose1 <gro...@aol.com> 20 Jul 1995 00:00 · permalink · report
EMail me at GRo...@aol.com

G Rose1 (gro...@aol.com) wrote:
: EMail me at GRo...@aol.com

um...you sound like just the person for me...but, sorry, you can't write 
a subject line for your post that doesn't scroll off the screen. Sorry, 
you lose, thanks for playing, come again soon.


--

	|\/| James David Brockman <> bro...@wfu.edu<>(910)759-6689
	|/\| P.O. Box 6123, Winston-Salem, NC 27109

	Doesn't have a point of view, knows not where he's going to,
	isn't he a bit like me and you?

					The Beatles, 'Nowhere Man'

In article <DC1...@agora.rdrop.com>, jha...@agora.rdrop.com (John Hart)
wrote:

> OrdonezJim (ord...@aol.com) wrote:
> : I want you in my life, you are exciting, freaky, clandestine and
> : dangerous. Let's be together but not get together. Let's Know each other
> : and never touch each other. Let's go inside one another and never fuck
> : each other. Let's just be apart, and distantly be together. Let's have sex
> : apart and just think about each other not being there having sex with one
> : another. Let's be the unsick! Let's be.

Are you friends with my ex-wife?

seawater

@aprdlgtr.sps.mot.com 23 Jul 1995 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <3um8cs$9...@news1.best.com>, ala...@Babylon5.BabCom.com (Phil V.
Stracchino) wrote:

> Quoth san...@ix.netcom.com (SANDRA SHERMAN):
> ] well if you consider yourself a freak or you just want to talk to one, 
> ] i'd be most obliging to serve you.  
> ] if you're a little boy or girl interested in talking to me and you are 
> ] atleast old enough to go to school, or older, i am a well rounded 
> ] cultured adventure seeker.
> 
> Gee, another terminal left unattended, huh?

  And people wonder why there is kid porn!!!!!!

-- 
These rantings are my own. I dont make enough money to speak for Motorola.

SANDRA SHERMAN (san...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: well if you consider yourself a freak or you just want to talk to one, 
: i'd be most obliging to serve you.  
: if you're a little boy or girl interested in talking to me and you are 
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

: i have lots of fantasies and sexual experiences i like to talk about, 
: but i don't have to if you don't think you're old enough to handle that.


What kind of sick perverted @#$% would give this kind of letter WORLD 
distibution.  I'm sure this is the same person responsible for the 
want-it-hot letters et al.

I kinda believe that we sould have this persons acount put in serious 
jeperdy.  Write to the admins of netcom.

The message itself is bad enough, the distribution worse.

Graeme Russ :- c94...@alinga.newcastle.edu.au

mgo...@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au ASCII art 24 Jul 1995 00:00 · permalink · report
YEA YEA - YOUR REALLY SICK - SEE A DOCTOR - PSYCO

Smegma Sam (spr...@interport.net) wrote:
: People I received this message today and decided to pass it on to you 
: all. Please pass it on to everyone you know on and off the net. I am 
: printing it out and making copies and distributing it to businesses, the 
: neighborhood and work. It breaks my heart that a child has to make a 
: dying wish so let's all help him achieve it. 
: if you have a heart, (and i know you guys do.....) read on and act on it, 
: please..







: >        ***This is very serious***
: >
: >Craig Shirgold is a 7 year old boy who lives in Keen, N.H. He is
: >dying from an inoperable brain tumor.  He made a wish to Children's Wish
: >Foundation, that he wants one million get well cards sent to him by
: >August 15 so he can make the world book of records before he dies, cards
: >can be made or bought, PLEASE send the cards to the following address:
: >
: >                Craig Shirgold
: >                c/o Children Wish Foundation
: >                32 Perimeter Center East
: >                Atlanta, Georga 30346
: >
: >PLEASE pass on to churches, schools, girl scouts, boy scouts, your
: >centers...
: >etc.
: >                                         -- thank you
: >

Nancy Andersen (and...@ABN.unt.edu) wrote:
: In article <3uc7r9$jm...@park.interport.net> Smegma Sam <spr...@interport.net> writes:
: >From: Smegma Sam <spr...@interport.net>
: >Subject: help a dying child
: >
: Everyone -

: A faculty member at the university that I work for (the University of 
: North Texas in Denton, just north of Dallas-Fort Worth) also heard about 
: Craig Shirgood's request and asked my office, the public affairs office, 
: to print something in our faculty/staff newspaper.

  This isn't really directed at you Nancy but since I've seen this thread 
a million times I just have to give a tongue-in-cheek response.
  _I_ personally have a terminal illness, heck, I was supposed to have 
died well over 6 months ago. Now I don't want get well cards, but 8 meg 
SIMM chips, 28.8k modems, cash, I welcome it all. I may only have a few 
months left but I mean, if people will send one-zillion cards to someone 
who doesn't want them anylonger I'll certainly take some spare hardware 
off of folks. *grin*
  Oh bummer, I'm 24, I guess I'm too old for it to be a 'cutesy' thing.
Well, I don't mean to make fun of the previously ill kid but come on, 
I've heard of this 'scam ' of sorts years before I even got on the Internet!
I'm not kidding about being sick myself, and for me there is no cure, let 
alone any hope of one.
 
  Oh well, can't believe I followed up to this thread. It's my 
pain-killers fault, really, I swear. *grin*

Sincerely,
Dan Garerson

DLSwank <dls...@aol.com> 25 Jul 1995 00:00 · permalink · report
AND YET ANOTHER POOR DYING CHILD!

>Smegma Sam (spr...@interport.net) wrote:
>: >dying from an inoperable brain tumor.  He made a wish to Children's
Wish
>: >Foundation, that he wants one million get well cards sent to him by

Back when newspapers had Western Union Teletype machines for their
wire services, small-town reporters tended to get bored on long midsummer
afternoons and amuse themselves by fabricating and filing bizarre "news"
stories to see if they could sucker other inattentive editors into running
them.  They called midsummer  "The Silly Season".

. . . . And today we have the  INTERNET!
Wishing you all a happy and fun-filled Silly Season,
-Doug-

Winston Edmond <wb...@psr.com> ASCII art 25 Jul 1995 00:00 · permalink · report
   I sent the following to "Smegma Sam".  You may want to file this away for
when you see the Craig Shergold message in the future.
 -WBE
===========================================================================

   Please forward this message back up to wherever you originally heard
about Craig, asking them to forward it to their source, etc.  Below is a
news item from 1991.
 -WBE
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 91 18:31 EDT
From: Winston Edmond <wb...@BBN.COM>
Subject: Craig Shergold (again)

   Perhaps you remember the email chain letter asking everyone to please
send Craig Shergold a postcard so he could break the Guiness Book of
Records for most cards received or some such.  Although many people have
thought that this is an urban legend and there is no such person, he is
quite real.  HOWEVER, if you ever see that chain letter again, you may
want to send this message as a followup.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, March 25, 1991                        The Boston Herald, page 13

		Richest man in U.S. saves dying Brit boy

   Britain's most famous little patient and his working-class parents
have thanked America's richest man for arranging the brain surgery in
the United States that saved the boy's life.

   Craig Shergold, an 11-year-old from London, received a record 33
million get-well cards after he was diagnosed as having an incurable
brain tumor.

   Then John Kluge paid Craig's expenses for treatment in this country.
Kluge is the founder of Metromedia and was listed by Forbes magazine
last fall as the country's richest man, with an estimated worth of $5.2
billion.

   University of Virginia neurosurgeons had hoped to extend Craig's life
up to a year with a risky operation March 1 -- instead, they were able
to remove nearly all of the egg-sized tumor, which turned out to be
benign.

   Kluge and the Shergolds met for the first time this weekend.

   "This really is a miracle," Craig's mother, Marion, told Kluge.  "And
you are our guardian angel."

   Craig's father, Ernie Shergold, 51, said he didn't have words to
describe his thankfulness.

   Craig told Kluge, "I can't say anything big enough.  I'd kiss you all
over if I could."  The 76-year-old businessman stood up, leaned over and
they kissed.

   Kluge gave Craig his lucky quarter -- it has heads on both sides.
Craig gave Kluge a framed photo of himself posing as a boxer and a copy
of the 1991 Guinness Book of World Records with the listing of him and
his cards.

   Craig tires easily, his speech is slow and his left limbs are weak.
But neurosurgeon Neal Kassell said he is recovering "far better than
anticipated."

   It will take about six months to determine if Craig's speech and
coordination will return to normal.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -WBE
===========================================================================
Newsgroups: talk.bizarre,news.admin,uk.misc
From: L.H...@lut.ac.uk
Subject: Craig Shergold makes heartfelt plea
Originator: ell...@hpl.lut.ac.uk
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 1994 22:06:43 GMT
Reply-To: L.H...@lut.ac.uk (Lloyd Wood)
Nntp-Posting-Host: hpl.lut.ac.uk
Organization: Loughborough University, UK.

ENGLAND, UK - Tonight, at 9:35pm on BBC1, I witnessed history being made.
Craig Shergold, the legendary cancer sufferer whose tumour turned out to
be benign (as detailed in the alt.folklore.urban FAQ and numerous well-
meaning posts on usenet) appeared on 'That's Life' to make an emaotional
plea.

No more postcards.

He was the climax of an item talking about the perils of junk mail. Craig
has now received over 150 million items of mail. The Post Office has given
him his own sorting code and machine (cue standard picture of mail being
sorted). He is now receiving business cards (old news to the FAQ) and 
doctors' letterheads. He receives more than eight bags of mail a day.

And he wants it to stop.

All of it. He's in the Guiness Book of Records, after all. His position
there looks safe. He's achieved something.

Talk was made of chain letters with Craig's name on them. A plea was made
to all us good citizens watching television to start a reverse chain letter,
mailing all the people in the chain letter list to tell them not to send
Craig any more postcards, and to pass this information on to the people
in the chain letter lists that they themselves received.

Somehow, I can't see this working. It's like shutting the barn door after
the horse has bolted. Or forging a cancel for GLOBAL ALERT after GLOBAL
ALERT was posted. It's simply a non-starter, and it will never be completely
successful.

But, as the attempted cancellation of a readily-accepted meme, it's could
well be a first. Especially considering that 'That's Life' helped publicise
it in the first place.

Craig himself seemed bright, bronzed and perky, if a little overweight.
"I don't want no more business cards" he declared in confident tones.

His parents complained of losing gas bills, phone bills and wedding
invitations. It looks as if moving and changing their names had never
crossed their befuddled minds.

Unfortunately I didn't capture it on video, so don't ask. I'm sure someone
who did would be willing to post GIFs, QuickTime movies and soundbites.

And, if someone could tell alt.folklore.urban, they'll probably wet their
pants.

L.
===========================================================================
[END]

Chad Gerson <cge...@su1.in.net> ASCII art 25 Jul 1995 00:00 · permalink · report
This guy is NOT sick; there are notices concerning this little boy in my 
office.  I work in a LARGE office (35,000 people). It is REAL. Please 
send him something.
> mgo...@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au wrote:

: YEA YEA - YOUR REALLY SICK - SEE A DOCTOR - PSYCO

: Smegma Sam (spr...@interport.net) wrote:
: : People I received this message today and decided to pass it on to you 
: : all. Please pass it on to everyone you know on and off the net. I am 
: : printing it out and making copies and distributing it to businesses, the 
: : neighborhood and work. It breaks my heart that a child has to make a 
: : dying wish so let's all help him achieve it. 
: : if you have a heart, (and i know you guys do.....) read on and act on it, 
: : please..







: : >        ***This is very serious***
: : >
: : >Craig Shirgold is a 7 year old boy who lives in Keen, N.H. He is
: : >dying from an inoperable brain tumor.  He made a wish to Children's Wish
: : >Foundation, that he wants one million get well cards sent to him by
: : >August 15 so he can make the world book of records before he dies, cards
: : >can be made or bought, PLEASE send the cards to the following address:
: : >
: : >                Craig Shirgold
: : >                c/o Children Wish Foundation
: : >                32 Perimeter Center East
: : >                Atlanta, Georga 30346
: : >
: : >PLEASE pass on to churches, schools, girl scouts, boy scouts, your
: : >centers...
: : >etc.
: : >                                         -- thank you
: : >

In article <3v3ip2$8c...@su2.in.net> cge...@su1.in.net (Chad Gerson) writes:
>From: cge...@su1.in.net (Chad Gerson)
>Subject: Re: help a dying child
>Date: 25 Jul 1995 20:04:50 GMT
>This guy is NOT sick; there are notices concerning this little boy in my 
>office.  I work in a LARGE office (35,000 people). It is REAL. Please 
>send him something.

Chad -

At one time, this was real, but as I wrote before, Craig Shirgood is no 
longer a small child with a life-threatening disease. He is a teenager and 
is well. Yet he and his family are still being bombarded by thousands of get-
well cards from well-meaning people who are going on old information. The 
media has written stories in an attempt to put a stop to this (even Dear 
Abby wrote about it some time ago), but obviously it hasn't worked. This is 
a downside to the InterNet - people believe everything they read without 
verifying whether it is true or not.

I repeat - DO NOT send cards to Craig.

Nancy

>> mgo...@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au wrote:
>
>: YEA YEA - YOUR REALLY SICK - SEE A DOCTOR - PSYCO
>
>: Smegma Sam (spr...@interport.net) wrote:
>: : People I received this message today and decided to pass it on to you 
>: : all. Please pass it on to everyone you know on and off the net. I am 
>: : printing it out and making copies and distributing it to businesses, the 
>: : neighborhood and work. It breaks my heart that a child has to make a 
>: : dying wish so let's all help him achieve it. 
>: : if you have a heart, (and i know you guys do.....) read on and act on it, 
>: : please..
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>: : >        ***This is very serious***
>: : >
>: : >Craig Shirgold is a 7 year old boy who lives in Keen, N.H. He is
>: : >dying from an inoperable brain tumor.  He made a wish to Children's Wish
>: : >Foundation, that he wants one million get well cards sent to him by
>: : >August 15 so he can make the world book of records before he dies, cards
>: : >can be made or bought, PLEASE send the cards to the following address:
>: : >
>: : >                Craig Shirgold
>: : >                c/o Children Wish Foundation
>: : >                32 Perimeter Center East
>: : >                Atlanta, Georga 30346
>: : >
>: : >PLEASE pass on to churches, schools, girl scouts, boy scouts, your
>: : >centers...
>: : >etc.
>: : >                                         -- thank you
>: : >
>
>

In article <WBE...@crucible.psr.com> wb...@psr.com (Winston Edmond) says:
>No more postcards.

[snip]

>His parents complained of losing gas bills, phone bills and wedding
>invitations. It looks as if moving and changing their names had never
>crossed their befuddled minds.

I'm sure they'd love to move.  But who in their right mind would buy a house
that receives 50,000 unsolicited postcards a day?

(A better solution would be to petition their local post office to get a new
 number for their house.  Legitimate mail could go to the new address, and
 mail to the old address would be recognized by the post office as unwanted
 mail, and tossed before it ever got to them.  But, if UK postal workers are
 as boneheaded as US postal workers, they'd deliver the mail to the new
 address anyway.)

-- Jack

p.s. followups to alt.shenanigans.

-- 
dee...@netcom.com

Nancy Andersen (and...@ABN.unt.edu) wrote:

: Chad -

: At one time, this was real, but as I wrote before, Craig Shirgood is no 
: longer a small child with a life-threatening disease. He is a teenager and 
: is well. Yet he and his family are still being bombarded by thousands of get-
: well cards from well-meaning people who are going on old information. The 

The last thing I heard was that Craig felt so guilty at what the 
constant onslaught of mail had done to his family that he ran away 
from home. He currently lives in Thompkins Square Park.

wb...@psr.com (Winston Edmond) wrote:


>...has now received over 150 million items of mail. The Post Office has given
>him his own sorting code and machine (cue standard picture of mail being
>sorted). 

>And he wants it to stop.

I wonder if he's into recycling?

*sunbird*

In article <DCC...@dorsai.org>, fli...@news.dorsai.org (Robt_Martin) writes:
|> Nancy Andersen (and...@ABN.unt.edu) wrote:
|> 
|> : Chad -
|> 
|> : At one time, this was real, but as I wrote before, Craig Shirgood is no 
|> : longer a small child with a life-threatening disease. He is a teenager and 
|> : is well. Yet he and his family are still being bombarded by thousands of get-
|> : well cards from well-meaning people who are going on old information. The 
|> 
|> The last thing I heard was that Craig felt so guilty at what the 
|> constant onslaught of mail had done to his family that he ran away 
|> from home. He currently lives in Thompkins Square Park.

Doesn't he live in a small hut made from re-cycled paper products ?
-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
These thoughts are mine alone and not supported by my company, friends or
relatives.  Please consult  your  parent,  guardian, lawyer and local law
enforcement ageny prior to following any advice contained above.

Dorothee2 <dor...@aol.com> 26 Jul 1995 00:00 · permalink · report
>Subject: Re: help a dying child
>From: and...@ABN.unt.edu (Nancy Andersen)
>Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 12:49:29 GMT
>
>>From: cge...@su1.in.net (Chad Gerson)
>>Subject: Re: help a dying child
>>Date: 25 Jul 1995 20:04:50 GMT
>>This guy is NOT sick; there are notices concerning this little boy in my

>>office.  I work in a LARGE office (35,000 people). It is REAL. Please 
>>send him something.
>

>Chad -
>
>At one time, this was real, but as I wrote before, Craig Shirgood is no 
>longer a small child with a life-threatening disease.

It's true. I've seen more than one newsmagazine story about this "kid" and
how his family is still being inundated with thousands of cards a day,
even though he, quite fortunately, got better years ago.  By sending
something, you are really doing these people more harm than good.

Dorothy

Chad Gerson (cge...@su1.in.net) wrote:
: This guy is NOT sick; there are notices concerning this little boy in my 
: office.  I work in a LARGE office (35,000 people). It is REAL. Please 
: send him something.

Which only means that you have a larger number of well-meaning though
terribly uninformed people around you and you happen to be one of them. 
This tedious thread is as bullshit today as it was ten years ago when little
Craig made his first appearance on Usenet.  I know we'll see some NetNewbie
start it up again in the near future but let's end this one now, okay?

Jim Dutton <jj...@MCS.COM> 27 Jul 1995 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <3v63es$1b...@cnn.exu.ericsson.se>,
*sunbird*  <exu...@exu.ericsson.se> wrote:
>wb...@psr.com (Winston Edmond) wrote:
>
>
>>...has now received over 150 million items of mail. The Post Office has given
>>him his own sorting code and machine (cue standard picture of mail being
>>sorted). 
>
>>And he wants it to stop.
>
>I wonder if he's into recycling?
 
 I've recently heard he regressed. He's twelve again and wants lots more
cards and letters. When he hits four he'd like it to stop as he will be
too young to read.
 
-Jeem, and you know that.
 
========================================================================
 Steatopygias's 'R' Us.          doh#0000000005 That ain't no Hottentot.
 Sesquipedalian's 'R' Us. ZX-10. AMA#669373 DoD#564. There ain't no more
========================================================================

David Hitt <hc...@pic.net> 27 Jul 1995 00:00 · permalink · report
>: >Craig Shirgold is a 7 year old boy who lives in Keen, N.H. He is
>: >dying from an inoperable brain tumor.  He made a wish to Children's Wish
>: >Foundation, that he wants one million get well cards sent to him by
>: >August 15 so he can make the world book of records before he dies, cards
>: >can be made or bought, PLEASE send the cards to the following address:
>: >
>: >                Craig Shirgold
>: >                c/o Children Wish Foundation
>: >                32 Perimeter Center East
>: >                Atlanta, Georga 30346
>: >
>: >PLEASE pass on to churches, schools, girl scouts, boy scouts, your
>: >centers...
>: >etc.
>: >                                         -- thank you
>: >

I havn't lurked the group in awhile, but I'm sure that this is getting
big play in alt.folklore.urban, where these things ultimately belong.

David Hitt

Antonio Tello (sno...@bnr.ca) wrote:

: Doesn't he live in a small hut made from re-cycled paper products ?

That's the guy. Ya know him?

Chad Gerson (cge...@su1.in.net) wrote:
: This guy is NOT sick; there are notices concerning this little boy in my 
: office.  I work in a LARGE office (35,000 people). It is REAL. Please 
: send him something.
: > mgo...@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au wrote:

Look again - read the whole thread and then YOU send him $1,000.

Kindest Regards, Mick Gooch.

In article <DCF...@dorsai.org>, fli...@news.dorsai.org (Robt_Martin) writes:
|> Antonio Tello (sno...@bnr.ca) wrote:
|> 
|> : Doesn't he live in a small hut made from re-cycled paper products ?
|> 
|> That's the guy. Ya know him?

No, but I sent him a card once or was it twice... no actually I think I
forward all my mail to him ;)

-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
These thoughts are mine alone and not supported by my company, friends or
relatives.  Please consult  your  parent,  guardian, lawyer and local law
enforcement ageny prior to following any advice contained above.

In article <DCC...@dorsai.org>, fli...@news.dorsai.org (Robt_Martin) writes:
|> Nancy Andersen (and...@ABN.unt.edu) wrote:
|> 
|> : Chad -
|> 
|> : At one time, this was real, but as I wrote before, Craig Shirgood is no 
|> : longer a small child with a life-threatening disease. He is a teenager and 
|> : is well. Yet he and his family are still being bombarded by thousands of get-
|> : well cards from well-meaning people who are going on old information. The 
|> 
|> The last thing I heard was that Craig felt so guilty at what the 
|> constant onslaught of mail had done to his family that he ran away 
|> from home. He currently lives in Thompkins Square Park.

I heard his head exploded when he ate Pop-Rocks and drank a Coke.

-- 
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Jane Wolff <wol...@j51.com> ASCII art 30 Jul 1995 00:00 · permalink · report
Dorothee2 (dor...@aol.com) wrote:
: >Subject: Re: help a dying child
: >From: and...@ABN.unt.edu (Nancy Andersen)
: >Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 12:49:29 GMT
: >
: >>From: cge...@su1.in.net (Chad Gerson)
: >>Subject: Re: help a dying child
: >>Date: 25 Jul 1995 20:04:50 GMT
: >>This guy is NOT sick; there are notices concerning this little boy in my

: >>office.  I work in a LARGE office (35,000 people). It is REAL. Please 
: >>send him something.
: >

: >Chad -
: >
: >At one time, this was real, but as I wrote before, Craig Shirgood is no 
: >longer a small child with a life-threatening disease.

: It's true. I've seen more than one newsmagazine story about this "kid" and
: how his family is still being inundated with thousands of cards a day,
: even though he, quite fortunately, got better years ago.  By sending
: something, you are really doing these people more harm than good.

: Dorothy

He is better i read it in some magazine!
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    The following message is old, old, old!  Craig Shirgold is alive
and well, and over the path 2-3 years, both he and his mother have
repeatedly and respectfully requested through the media that no more
cards or mail or any sort be set to him.

        I continue to be amazed at (1) the consistent lack of
comprehension  and (2) the guillibilty on the part of some individuals.
 
    Since Craig has specifically requested NO MORE CARDS, please, let's
do him the kindness of honoring his request.  There are zillion of
other causes and indivduals in need of our energies and desires to do
good.  Seek and you shall find!

Kind regards.

Alice Claire Mansfield  Falls Church, VA
Magnificat anima mea Dominum!   Lk.1:46 

In <3v6rt5$rc...@gandalf.pic.net> hc...@pic.net (David Hitt) writes: 
>
>
>>: >Craig Shirgold is a 7 year old boy who lives in Keen, N.H. He is
>>: >dying from an inoperable brain tumor.  He made a wish to
Children's Wish
>>: >Foundation, that he wants one million get well cards sent to him
by
>>: >August 15 so he can make the world book of records before he dies,
cards
>>: >can be made or bought, PLEASE send the cards to the following
address:
>>: >
>>: >                Craig Shirgold
>>: >                c/o Children Wish Foundation
>>: >                32 Perimeter Center East
>>: >                Atlanta, Georga 30346
>>: >
>>: >PLEASE pass on to churches, schools, girl scouts, boy scouts, your
>>: >centers...
>>: >etc.
>>: >                                         -- thank you
>>: >
>

Just in case anyone is interested in getting the REAL facts before
they decide whether to propagate this hoax: ftp rtfm.mit.edu, go to
/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/alt/folklore/urban/ and take a look at Part
3 of the a.f.u. FAQ.

[Followup line left intact as a public service]

>That's the guy. Ya know him?
>
Ya I know him. He bummed 5 bucks off me for a bottle of Wild Turkey!!

Iell-meaning people who are going on old information. The 
> 
> The last thing I heard was that Craig felt so guilty at what the 
> constant onslaught of mail had done to his family that he ran away 
> from home. He currently lives in Thompkins Square Park.

I heard that he was killed in vietnam with Leave it to Beaver and Dennis
the Menace. Or was it that he was hiking in the mountain with Bigfoot?

jma...@i-2000.com (Curly Joe Mallia), while summoning a demon, chanted...

>>That's the guy. Ya know him?
>>
>Ya I know him. He bummed 5 bucks off me for a bottle of Wild Turkey!!

How did they get the turkey into the bottle?



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mgo...@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au writes:

>Chad Gerson (cge...@su1.in.net) wrote:
>: This guy is NOT sick; there are notices concerning this little boy in my 
>: office.  I work in a LARGE office (35,000 people). It is REAL. Please 
>: send him something.
>: > mgo...@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au wrote:

>Look again - read the whole thread and then YOU send him $1,000.

>Kindest Regards, Mick Gooch.

I'll send him a rubber hammer and hope someone bashes him with it!

Who CARES!

I am sick, send me money!

Mike.

please do not believe this message, for it is a classic rumor that has 
been in the net for several years already.  

	Please stop this message.

102...@compuserve.com. (Red Beard) wrote:
>Iell-meaning people who are going on old information. The

>> The last thing I heard was that Craig felt so guilty at what the
>> constant onslaught of mail had done to his family that he ran away
>> from home. He currently lives in Thompkins Square Park.
>I heard that he was killed in vietnam with Leave it to Beaver and Dennis
>the Menace. Or was it that he was hiking in the mountain with Bigfoot?

  Nah...   he found some ex-Nazi greeting card/business card collector in
Brazil and sold his collection for US$5,000,000.

  Now... he's on that island off of South America living with JFK (but not
Bobby Kennedy), Marilyn Monroe, Jimmies Hoffa and Hendrix and Elvis.  Some
rumors say Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison are there, but that's not true...
they're both really, really, really dead.

  BTW... Elvis is REALLY upset about Lisa Marie marrying Micheal Jackson.
No, he's not a racist... he didn't expect that Lisa Marie would necessarily
marry "within" her race, but he was kinda hoping she'd marry within her species.

****CP*****

Robt_Martin (fli...@news.dorsai.org) wrote:

  Not Craig Shergold AGAIN !!!  I thought we'd finished this last year
(but then again, I thought we'd finished it the year before too!!)

: The last thing I heard was that Craig felt so guilty at what the 
: constant onslaught of mail had done to his family that he ran away 
: from home. He currently lives in Thompkins Square Park.

  Funny ... by now I thought he'd be living in a house of cards.

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I have made an important observation.  the amount of time it takes for
people to stop warning us about Craig Shergold and his cards being a hoax
is apparently an exponential function of the number of groups to which the
original chain letter is crossposted. 

email for my PROOF of this important THEOREM.


Michael "Unlawful DISSEMINATION of this IMPORTANT information is ENCOURAGED!"


Curt Phillips (KD4...@cphillips.pdial.interpath.net) sez . . .

>  BTW... Elvis is REALLY upset about Lisa Marie marrying 
Micheal Jackson.
>No, he's not a racist... he didn't expect that Lisa Marie would 
necessarily
>marry "within" her race, but he was kinda hoping she'd marry 
within her species.



What are you, speciecist?


-- 
_/_/_/  Alfredo Jacobo Perez Gomez ( alfredo @ crl.com )  _/_/_/
_/_/_/  El Salvador  / Costa Rica  / San Francisco, USA   _/_/_/

MICHAEL F. SMITH <msm...@osf1.gmu.edu> ASCII art 6 Aug 1995 00:00 · permalink · report
Curt Phillips (KD4...@cphillips.pdial.interpath.net) wrote:
: 102...@compuserve.com. (Red Beard) wrote:
: >Iell-meaning people who are going on old information. The

: >> The last thing I heard was that Craig felt so guilty at what the
: >> constant onslaught of mail had done to his family that he ran away
: >> from home. He currently lives in Thompkins Square Park.
: >I heard that he was killed in vietnam with Leave it to Beaver and Dennis
: >the Menace. Or was it that he was hiking in the mountain with Bigfoot?

:   Nah...   he found some ex-Nazi greeting card/business card collector in
: Brazil and sold his collection for US$5,000,000.

:   Now... he's on that island off of South America living with JFK (but not
: Bobby Kennedy), Marilyn Monroe, Jimmies Hoffa and Hendrix and Elvis.  Some
: rumors say Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison are there, but that's not true...
: they're both really, really, really dead.

WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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\__/   /  / /  |/ __/__ \___/   /___ __/__  |/ /___ \___/  O

She is the best 4-ever man!  You can not fuck with Janis Joplin!!!!!  She 
is not dead!!!!!

P.S.  I've got all her albums, but anybody with any other Janis stuff, 
posters, etc., e-mail me if you might be lookin' 2 part with it for some 
$$$...  Or if ya just wanna hang out & get wasted...

				        _
		     "][ p|-|3aR B!11 ga|3Z!"

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In article <402v16$j4...@nntp.crl.com>, alf...@crl.com says...
>
>Curt Phillips (KD4...@cphillips.pdial.interpath.net) sez . . .
>
>>  BTW... Elvis is REALLY upset about Lisa Marie marrying Micheal Jackson.
>>No, he's not a racist... he didn't expect that Lisa Marie would 
>>necessarily marry "within" her race, but he was kinda hoping she'd marry 
>>within her species.

>What are you, speciecist?

Specious comment.

alf...@crl.com (Alfredo Jacobo Perez Gomez) wrote:
>
> 
> 
> Curt Phillips (KD4...@cphillips.pdial.interpath.net) sez . . .
> 
> >  BTW... Elvis is REALLY upset about Lisa Marie marrying 
> Micheal Jackson.
> >No, he's not a racist... he didn't expect that Lisa Marie would 
> necessarily
> >marry "within" her race, but he was kinda hoping she'd marry 
> within her species.
> 
> 
> 
> What are you, speciecist?
> 
> 
I can't understand the problem. Jackson's white, isn't he.
Human? I'm not to sure. Yep. Sorry you must be a speciecist.
;)

In article an...@portal.gmu.edu, msm...@osf1.gmu.edu (MICHAEL F. SMITH) writes:
|She is the best 4-ever man!  You can not fuck with Janis Joplin!!!!!  She 
|is not dead!!!!!

If the fact that she is not dead prevents you from performing sexual intercourse 
with her, your sexual preferences differ quite grave-ly fro mine.

In article <402lf0$an...@portal.gmu.edu>,
MICHAEL F. SMITH <msm...@osf1.gmu.edu> wrote:
>Curt Phillips (KD4...@cphillips.pdial.interpath.net) wrote:
>: 102...@compuserve.com. (Red Beard) wrote:
>: >Iell-meaning people who are going on old information. The
>
>:   Now... he's on that island off of South America living with JFK (but not
>: Bobby Kennedy), Marilyn Monroe, Jimmies Hoffa and Hendrix and Elvis.  Some
>: rumors say Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison are there, but that's not true...
>: they're both really, really, really dead.
>
>WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>   ______ ___  	    _____ __	       _____ 	  ___ __      /
>     /   /  / /|  /   /	 /  \	  /      /  |  / /   /  \    /
>    /   /--/ / | /   /	 \___ 	 /      /   | / /--  \___   /
>\__/   /  / /  |/ __/__ \___/   /___ __/__  |/ /___ \___/  O
>
>She is the best 4-ever man!  You can not fuck with Janis Joplin!!!!!  She 
>is not dead!!!!!
>
>P.S.  I've got all her albums, but anybody with any other Janis stuff, 
>posters, etc., e-mail me if you might be lookin' 2 part with it for some 
>$$$...  Or if ya just wanna hang out & get wasted...
>
>					  ///
>			-Mike, aka    \\\/// 
>		    --==>David K.<==-- \XX/
>		      msm...@osf1.gmu.edu
>
Rock on. She's the queen! (not that that had much to do with alt.shen, 
but, what the hell, she rocks anyway :)

Kristi   ear...@tenet.edu

--This space for rent. Apply within.--

g95...@giraffe.ru.ac.za 10 Aug 1995 00:00 · permalink · report
What does this have to do with recreational pyrothecnics?

Help a dying child? Recreation Pyrotechnics? Tie a rocket to him? SAdistic 
anc unmodern approach.

Thomas Christensen (t...@login.dknet.dk) wrote:
: In article <-2307952345580001@222.22.248.153>, @aprdlgtr.sps.mot.com wrote:

: >> Quoth san...@ix.netcom.com (SANDRA SHERMAN):
: >> ] well if you consider yourself a freak or you just want to talk to one,
: >> ] i'd be most obliging to serve you.
: >> ] if you're a little boy or girl interested in talking to me and you are
: >> ] atleast old enough to go to school, or older, i am a well rounded
: >> ] cultured adventure seeker.
: >>
: >> Gee, another terminal left unattended, huh?
: >
: >  And people wonder why there is kid porn!!!!!!

: Thats it! I was once molested by and unattended terminal and since then I've
: been into kiddy porn.

: "Look at the *size* of that newsgroups: line"

:  -TC

i got a good number for all you freaks to call

1-900-send-me-to-hell
or
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only 5.99 i second, kids get your parents Master Card befor you call...

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