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Message no. 1
From: Joshua James Harrison <harrij4@***.EDU>
Subject: Oh God...
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 01:45:23 -0500
I wondered how long it would be before this happened...

Guys, DON'T BUY THIS! It isn't even worth it! It is a stupid chain letter that
plays off of people's superstitions and fears of the "unknown". IT DOESN'T
WORK.

Please, if you ever see something like this, let it go, and don't perpetuate
the cycle. It wastes bandwidth and time.

The examples of bad luck are coincidence and due to other factors. I will give
you an example... I received a chain letter (hardcopy) about a year ago and
didn't respond. Now, I am failing out of school, I have no money, no job, no
place to really live, and currently my general life is not too great. PLus, I
banged my shin on the desk as I sat down here tonight...

Am I to blame all of this on the fact that I didn't answer a letter? No. It
would be easier, and would remove my responsibility, but the fact is that most
of what has happened is my fault. I made some bad decisions and I'm paying the
consequences.

Besides, some good things have happened to me recently as well... I realized
that I wasn't happy doing what I was doing, and I'm taking steps to change
them... I realized that my reasons for oing to college were wrong, and am
fixing that... I am doing really well in my theatrical hobby, and I found a
five dollar bill on the road this afternoon.

Truth is, when we're looking for good luck, we see it. When we're looking for
bad, we see it. You gotta step back and take a look at the big picture... can
a letter have that much power? Only if you let it.

We make our own luck. And that, chummers, is Chiptruth.



--
Josh Harrison | A Elbereth Gilthoniel | "The Hedgehog"
aka A.M. Hawke | o menel palan-diriel, | \ \ | / /
Internet: | le nallon si di'nguruthos! | \ \ | / /
harrij4@***.edu | A tiro nin, Fanuilos! | --- O O ---
------------------------------------------------------------| / C \
'Now come, you filth!' he cried. 'You've hurt my master, | / m\_/m \
you brute, and you'll pay for it. We're going on; but we'll |---------------
settle with you first. Come on, and taste it again!' - Sam, "The Two Towers"
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GE/T/O d++(--) -p+ c+(++) l u e+ m+(-) s+/ !n h f+(*) !g w+@ t+@ r(+) y?
Message no. 2
From: Matt <mosbun@******.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Oh God...
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 09:34:08 -0500
As an added thought, what wastes more bandwidth- chain letters or the
people who flame them and the people who send them? :)

Matt
Message no. 3
From: Joe Bay <bay@*******.RUTGERS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Oh God...
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 12:44:46 EST
Illegal? I don't know, but I'd like to keep the authority involvement to
a minimum. MAybe he was drunk :)

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Message no. 4
From: Joshua James Harrison <harrij4@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: Oh God...
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 13:08:27 -0500
On Apr 1, 9:34am, Matt wrote:
> Subject: Re: Oh God...
> As an added thought, what wastes more bandwidth- chain letters or the
> people who flame them and the people who send them? :)
>
> Matt
>-- End of excerpt from Matt


Well, you must admit that my response to the chain was not the typical "This
sucks, don't do it!" Kinda thing... I actually expounded philisophically on
the ramifications of beliveing in such superstitious drek... gave real-life
examples, and made a valid point. As such, I do not believe that my post
wasted bandwidth...

Now, about wasting bandwitdth... what about people who flame flamers? Don't
you think they waste bandwidth? Ande what about people who respond to such
flames (ie, flaming a flame from a flaming flamer)? Doesn't that just get your
dander up too? And what about a flame from a....

***Sound effect: 10-ton weight falling from a great height***

***SPLAT***

Uhm... never mind then... :)


--
Josh Harrison | A Elbereth Gilthoniel | "The Hedgehog"
aka A.M. Hawke | o menel palan-diriel, | \ \ | / /
Internet: | le nallon si di'nguruthos! | \ \ | / /
harrij4@***.edu | A tiro nin, Fanuilos! | --- O O ---
------------------------------------------------------------| / C \
'Now come, you filth!' he cried. 'You've hurt my master, | / m\_/m \
you brute, and you'll pay for it. We're going on; but we'll |---------------
settle with you first. Come on, and taste it again!' - Sam, "The Two Towers"
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GE/T/O d++(--) -p+ c+(++) l u e+ m+(-) s+/ !n h f+(*) !g w+@ t+@ r(+) y?
Message no. 5
From: Nightfox <DJWA@******.UCC.NAU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Oh God...
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 15:38:28 -0700
>I wondered how long it would be before this happened...
>
>Guys, DON'T BUY THIS! It isn't even worth it! It is a stupid chain letter that
>plays off of people's superstitions and fears of the "unknown". IT DOESN'T
>WORK.

I Know - just as a joke (and a little hoping) I sent out 20 copies of the
"You will have good sex if you send this out - and if you don't you will
have bad luck" chain letter about a year + a half ago.

Well, I didn't meet any girls who were interested in me (probably because I sit
on the computer to much relaying the chain letter).

The worst part was that one Of my copies went to my friend Rob in the Air Force,
Rob sent copies out to other people, and got in lots of trouble for them. In
fact it kept him from an early promotion.

SO in all, because of their stupidity chain letters tend to ALWAYS bring
"Bad luck"

'Nuff said.


BOINGEE!!!BOINGEE!!!BOINGEE!!!BOINGEE!!!BOINGEE!!!BOINGEE!!!BOINGEE!!!BOINGEE!!!
Daniel Waisley + SCA - March of Ered Sul - Flagstaff AZ
DJWA@******.UCC.NAU.EDU + Nau fencing club.
"Nightfox" + Brotherhood of the Cryptic Demesne -household
BOINGEE!!!BOINGEE!!!BOINGEE!!!BOINGEE!!!BOINGEE!!!BOINGEE!!!BOINGEE!!!BOINGEE!!!
GE - d+(-) -p+@ c++(++++) !L u(--) e+(*) m+ s+/ !n+(-) h* f+ g+ w+++ t+ r+ y+
"infinity = zero" - Daniel Waisley "Nightfox"
BOINGEE!!!BOINGEE!!!BOINGEE!!!BOINGEE!!!BOINGEE!!!BOINGEE!!!BOINGEE!!!BOINGEE!!!
Message no. 6
From: Matt <mosbun@******.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Oh God...
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 18:24:18 -0500
>Now, about wasting bandwitdth... what about people who flame flamers? Don't
>you think they waste bandwidth? Ande what about people who respond to such
>flames (ie, flaming a flame from a flaming flamer)? Doesn't that just get your
>dander up too? And what about a flame from a....

>***Sound effect: 10-ton weight falling from a great height***

>***SPLAT***

>Uhm... never mind then... :)


Ahem...




T H W A P ! ! !
Message no. 7
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Oh God,
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 17:19:47 +0100
And verily, did David Foster hastily scribble thusly...
| Welcome! THat brings the Adam count up to what, five?
| You'll find a great many EvilGM (tm) ideas in here... just hang
|around and you'll see.

*sigh*
You didn't look at the Subject line, did you?
That was me, posting Adam Js first message.
:)

The subject line WAS:HEY ADAM! Look what I found! :)

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Message no. 8
From: Caric <caric@********.COM>
Subject: Re: Oh God,
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 10:34:18 +0000
Spike wrote:

> And verily, did David Foster hastily scribble thusly...
> | Welcome! THat brings the Adam count up to what, five?
> | You'll find a great many EvilGM (tm) ideas in here... just hang
> |around and you'll see.
>
> *sigh*
> You didn't look at the Subject line, did you?
> That was me, posting Adam Js first message.
> :)
>
> The subject line WAS:HEY ADAM! Look what I found! :)

Well you know genius is so often misunderstood Spikey. :)


Caric
Message no. 9
From: Kaptiv Audienz <G8TWAY@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Oh God,
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:23:54 EDT
In a message dated 9/4/1998 11:16:06 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
fixer@*******.TLH.FL.US writes:

> Welcome! THat brings the Adam count up to what, five?
> You'll find a great many EvilGM (tm) ideas in here... just hang
> around and you'll see.

I actually perceived the first posting from Adam as being an archived post
that someone else had discovered.
Message no. 10
From: Nexx <nexx@********.NET>
Subject: Re: Oh God,
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 17:17:54 -0500
----------
> From: David Foster <fixer@*******.TLH.FL.US>
> On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, Spike wrote:
>
> -> First post, so go easy on me.

> Welcome! THat brings the Adam count up to what, five?
> You'll find a great many EvilGM (tm) ideas in here... just hang
> around and you'll see.

Uhhh, Fixer? I do believe this was Adam J's first post to RN, not some
new Adam...

***************
Rev. Mark Hall, Bard to the Lady Mari
aka Pope Nexx Many-Scars
*
"One thing's for sure: It'll be years before Chelsea is willing to give a
guy a blow job."
Rick Leahy, Carpenter
Message no. 11
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Oh God,
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 21:40:52 +0100
And verily, did Kaptiv Audienz hastily scribble thusly...
|
|In a message dated 9/4/1998 11:16:06 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
|fixer@*******.TLH.FL.US writes:
|
|> Welcome! THat brings the Adam count up to what, five?
|> You'll find a great many EvilGM (tm) ideas in here... just hang
|> around and you'll see.
|
|I actually perceived the first posting from Adam as being an archived post
|that someone else had discovered.
|

And you are indeed..... Correct.
Buy that man a beer.
:)
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|u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk| Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a |
| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
| Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
| Finalist in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
| Computer Science | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
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|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ |
|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |

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