X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,ebb810c6ddda8733 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Michael Naylor Subject: Re: A question about sigs Date: 1997/08/21 Message-ID: <33FC345E.4AEB@math.fsu.edu--remove.to.reply>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 265693578 References: <33F4BC94.3E76@reincarnate.com> <19970816153201.LAA24392@ladder01.news.aol.com> <33F9BBAB.60AA@frii.com> <33F9C79B.2781E494@nospam.sm.luth.se> Organization: Florida State University Reply-To: mnaylor@math.fsu.edu--remove.to.reply Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art > CJ wrote: > > I have a question that I hope someone will answer. > > > > I recently got 2 really nice ASCII things in my email, both without > > SIGs. One is a very nice flower, and I was asked to send it on to > > 5 people as a kind gesture. The other one looks like a leprechaun, > > and I was asked to send it out as a good luck charm. I've email both > > people with a request for SIGs, but they don't know who made them, just > > got them the same way they sent them to me. > > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > That sounds like a particularly irritating form of chain mail. When I > get something like that I usually send it back to whoever sent it to me Well, there is a big difference between a "Send each of these people $1 and post to 200 newsgroups" and "Here's a nice thought and happy picture, send it to five of your friends". If you get one of these pleasant chain letters, go ahead and send it to your friends. Never send to strangers, you might send it to Veronica by mistake! ;) Michael -- T mnaylor@math.fsu.edu \`. T Michae| T .--------------.___________) \ | T ! Nay|or |//////////////|___________[ ] ! T | ! `--------------' ) ( | ! http://www.math.fsu.edu/~mnaylor '-' !