dddean@bluemoon.uucp (David D. Dean) (05/07/91)
Hello:
I have been a user of the News Net for some time, and I know that
whenever someone posts somethig totaly irrelevent to the sig that
he/she gets flamed something fierce!
That is why I am donning my fire-proof suit to make this little post.
It is one that I doubt anyone will flame me for, but I thought I'd
be safe.
You see, there is a seven year old dying, and his one last wish was
not that he get everything that everyone wants, but instead is a
fairly reachable goal. I think that if you were to comletely read
what I am going to show you; you too will agree.
The following is a text file that I found very touching, and thought
that others could help out:
LAST WISH
A brain tumor is cutting short the life of seven-year-old
Craig Shergold. His Last Wish doesn't seem very much to ask; simply
that he receive some Get Well cards---hopefully enough to break The
Guiness Book of World Records. If everyone reading this message
could send him a card (or several!) and post this note on any
bulletin boards or in any publications he/she may be in contact with,
or even word of mouth, surely Craig's Last Wish will come true.
Send your card(s) to:
Craig Shergold
c/o Children's Wish Foundation
Suite 100
3200 Perimeter Center E.
Atlanta, Ga. 39346
P.S. If you are a person who believes in prayer, a prayer for this
young man may, perhaps, find its way into another Book---and who
knows?
He may just get a Get Well "wish" from someone else.
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Please, if you can, send him at least ONE card. I know about the
vastness of the net, and I think that we can all fulfill this young
man's wish.
To do this, would be a kindness that eveyone can show!
Thank you for taking your time and reading this. Maybe some of us
can relate to this. Maybe others can do more to help... who knows...
You can send any replies to:
David D. Dean, President David D. Dean, Vice Chairman
Explorer Post 891 Exploring Officer's Association
AT&T Systems/Bell Labs Central Ohio Council
dddean@bluemoon.uucp Columbus, OH 43227
**** Any opinions are that of the author, and NOT of AT&T ****rehrauer@apollo.HP.COM (Steve Rehrauer) (05/09/91)
In article <3VwJ23w164w@bluemoon.uucp> dddean@bluemoon.uucp (David D. Dean) writes: >Hello: (Sigh. UseNet is a lossless transmission medium at all the wrong times.) > LAST WISH > > A brain tumor is cutting short the life of seven-year-old >Craig Shergold. His Last Wish doesn't seem very much to ask; simply As has been stated innumerable times within countless groups, Craig has enough cards. Send no more. Stop propagating this chain-article. Tell your friends not to propagate it. This is not a flame, just a wish that this thread would die someday. (I fully expect it'll outlive me -- some day, somewhere in a galaxy far far away, three-eyed Slobors will be faxing cards to Craig...) -- "The goons are riding motorcycles, but WE'VE | (Steve) rehrauer@apollo.hp.com got a whole big metal car! This will be like | Hewlett-Packard stepping on ants..." -- Freelance Police | Massachusetts Languages Lab
henry@argosy.UUCP (Henry Polard) (05/10/91)
In article <3VwJ23w164w@bluemoon.uucp> dddean@bluemoon.uucp (David D. Dean) writes: <tear-jerking stuff> > A brain tumor is cutting short the life of seven-year-old >Craig Shergold. His Last Wish doesn't seem very much to ask; simply >that he receive some Get Well cards---hopefully enough to break The THIS IS A HOAX!! See alt.folklore.urban for details. Henry Polard | REAL net address: | Reality / Virtual 17-line .sig (408) 736-3300 | henry@maspar.com | is an allusion. \ with spiffy graphics.
stevedc@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Stephen Carter) (05/10/91)
From article <5175d1d7.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM>, by rehrauer@apollo.HP.COM (Steve Rehrauer): > In article <3VwJ23w164w@bluemoon.uucp> dddean@bluemoon.uucp (David D. Dean) writes: >>Hello: > > (Sigh. UseNet is a lossless transmission medium at all the wrong times.) > >> LAST WISH >> >> A brain tumor is cutting short the life of seven-year-old >>Craig Shergold. His Last Wish doesn't seem very much to ask; simply > > As has been stated innumerable times within countless groups, Craig has > enough cards. Send no more. Stop propagating this chain-article. Tell > your friends not to propagate it. This is not a flame, just a wish that > this thread would die someday. (I fully expect it'll outlive me -- some > day, somewhere in a galaxy far far away, three-eyed Slobors will be faxing > cards to Craig...) > -- > "The goons are riding motorcycles, but WE'VE | (Steve) rehrauer@apollo.hp.com > got a whole big metal car! This will be like | Hewlett-Packard > stepping on ants..." -- Freelance Police | Massachusetts Languages Lab Agreed agreed and agreed again. It is even in Spaf's regular new user questions postings! Craig is now 11, so this thing has been going for 4 years. If the bonehead CEO's at the place that first posted this want to ring me (in the UK) for verificattion of this then my number is below. (Perhaps we should all send cards to Cliff Stoll? :-) Stephen Carter, Systems Manager, The Administration, The University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RH, UK Tel: +44 273 678203 Fax: +44 273 678335 JANET: stevedc@uk.ac.sussex.syma EARN/BITNET : stevedc@syma.sussex.ac.uk UUCP: stevedc@syma.uucp ARPA/INTERNET: stevedc%syma.sussex.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk A few lines for the newsreader
esj@harvee.UUCP (Eric S Johansson) (05/11/91)
In article <3VwJ23w164w@bluemoon.uucp> dddean@bluemoon.uucp (David D. Dean) writes: [ stuff about Craig Shergold wanting get well cards. ] as the potted petunia said in the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy "oh no, not again" DON'T SEND CARDS! craig has gotten enough cards to win several times over, Guiness has closed the category, and everyone associated with craig and the card request, would like the cards to stop coming. You might say his last request is to not get any more Get Well cards :-) For more info, I suggest folks check into alt.folklore.urban for the FAQ list of over discussed urban legends which include the Craig Shergold card request. --- eric -- ... ^^^ eric johansson UUCP ...!uunet!wang!harvee!esj esj@harvee.uucp * * a juggling fool AT&T (617) 577-4068 (w) o HAM ka1eec \_/ CSNET johansson%hydra@polaroid.com or hydra!johansson@polaroid.com source of the public's fear of the unknown since 1956