garry@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Garry Wiegand) (03/31/88)
In a recent article csrobe%icase.arpa@BUITA.BU.EDU (Charles S. Roberson) wrote: > David is a 7 year old boy who is dying from cancer. >... > David > c/o Miss McWilliams > St. Martin de Porres Infant School > Luton, > Bedfordshire > England **DON'T FORGET TO SIGN YOUR NAME** I can't prove it, but it seems like each time this story turns up, it's got a new & different (but very precise) name and address on it - I have a mental picture of a blob like in the Game of Life (the Scientific American computer exercise) blobbing out new versions of itself, each one wandering off spinning, decaying, growing, dying. The dynamics of an "urban myth", if only we could really watch, would be fascinating. [Um, "comp.society.futures" surely isn't the right place for this posting. I'd redirect the followups, if only I knew where to. :-)] garry wiegand (garry@oak.cadif.cornell.edu - ARPA) (garry@crnlthry - BITNET)