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From: mike.o'brien@tclbbs.com (Mike O'brien)
Subject: Re: Honesty _DOES_ pay in
Date: 1996/05/17
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Hello Prob15@midget.Towson.Edu,

On 16 May 96  07:20 Prob15@midget.Towson.Edu wrote to All...

 P> From: prob15@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$qtu@sol.towson.edu> <199605160013.RAA09742@wolfe.net>


 P> On Wed, 15 May 1996, Happy Guy wrote:

 P> > In article <4nd5ud$qtu@sol.towson.edu>, prob15@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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Regards,

-=Mike=-

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