The persistence of chain letters fascinates me. We all get them, I guess, and I’m sure quite a few of us never pass them on, despite their promises of bad luck if you break the chain or impossibly good luck if you don’t. Nevertheless enough people do pass them on to keep them alive. I’ve blogged twice about the “Chinese Proverb” chain letter that has been circulating most recently as a powerpoint file:
- Incredible Luck Guaranteed To Millions For Almost No Effort! a posting which derided the contents of the chain letter which made little sense.
- Who is Anthony De Croud? a posting which investigates the appearance of Anthony De Croud (who is mentioned in the “Chinese Proverb” chain letter and points to De Croud references going back to 2000.
I also blogged about Pearlas Sandborn:
- Who is Pearlas Sandborn, For That Matter? which points to mentions of Pearlas in a quite different chain letter, which promises that Bill Gates will pay you for simply forwarding the chain letter in order to help him test Microsoft email software. You might conclude that this email will die now that Bill has retired, but I suspect it will live on.
Take a look at the traffic graphs for those blog postings.
"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever."
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
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is this true or not
Are you serious? This is just irony. Of course it’s not true.
*lol*
Oh the sweet irony. How dumb are people?
I am from Norway. I got this letter today. I am a christian and have found reel and true hapiness and it`s for free! The Father God has promised me everything through his Son Jesus Christ ( God can not lie ), all that is good for me and that is not always money for example. All I and others have to do, is to repent from our sin and recive/say yes to Jesus and invite him into your heart ( He is standing at your heartdoor, knocking to get in). You will then be newborn, a child of God and get iternal life and salvation. You will never be the same again! Try it, you have nothing to loose, but everything to gain!!
“Money cannot buy a home, time, sleep, knowledgte, health, respect, life and love.” The Bible says in the book of Ecclesiastes 10:19, “A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry; but money answewrs everything”…King Solomon
I only know one Chinese proverb and I don’t know if this is true for I haven’t tried them. “Man before car get tired; man after car get exhausted; man whose hands in pocket feels ?????? all day.”
Good line. If only we could all be so witty when presented with such a situation. I stopped reading chain letter e-mails a while back, but it is still nice to take a break for a laugh once in a while.
I dont believe in chain letters because they always have conditions attached to it. It simply is a distraction and a waste of valuable time and energy. Do your job well…your success depends on you and you alone…
God is always in control of our lives whether you believe it or not…
@mon singian
You’re cent percent right. I’m getting back to my work. Let the fools go around the world another 8 or 16 times.
I just received the chinese fortune chain letter. How dumb can we be. First it tells you that money cannot buy you this and that and then you have to send it to 20 people within 96 hours and you will end up rich or else!!!. I have put my complete trust in the Lord and it has never failed and I sleep better at night not having to worry.