I know this is off topic, please forgive the intrusion..

PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS MESSAGE........ Slow Dance

Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

You better slow down Don't dance so fast Time is short The music won't last

Do you run through each day on the fly When you ask "How are you?" do you hear the reply?

When the day is done, do you lie in your bed With the next hundred chores running through your head?

You'd better slow down Don't dance so fast Time is short The music won't last

Ever told your child, We'll do it tomorrow And in your haste, not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch, Let a good friendship die 'Cause you never had time to call and say "Hi"?

You'd better slow down Don't dance so fast Time is short The music won't last

When you run so fast to get somewhere You miss half the fun of getting there. When you worry and hurry through your day, It is like an unopened gift.... Thrown away...

Life is not a race. Do take it slower Hear the music Before the song is over.

Subject: please help > >>>> >>> > >>>> >>> PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO HELP THIS LITTLE GIRL > >>>> >>> Dear All, > >>>> >>> I just received this mail from a friend of mine in my College. > >>>> >>>Please respond to it. It will just mean employing a little bit of > >>>> time > >>>> >>>and won't cost you a penny. All it needs is the heart for you to > >>>> send > >>>> >>>this mail. PLEASE pass this mail on to everybody you know. It is > the > >>>> >>>request of a little girl who will soon leave this world as she has > >>>> been > >>>> >>>a victim of the terrible disease called CANCER. Thank you for your > >>>> >>>effort, this isn't a chain letter, but a choice for all of us to > >>>> save > >>>> >>>a little girl that's dying of a serious and fatal form of cancer. > >>>> >>>Please send this to everyone you know...or don't know. This little > >>>> >>>girl has 6 months left to live, and as her dying wish, she wanted > >>>> >>> to send a letter telling everyone to live their life to fullest, > >>>> since > >>>> >>>she never will. She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high > >>>> >>> school, or get married and have a family of her own. By you > sending > >>>> >>>this to as many people as possible, you can give her and her family > a > >>>> >>>little hope, because with every name that this is sent to, The > >>>> >>>American Cancer Society will donate 3 cents per name to her > treatment > >>>> >>>and recovery plan. One guy sent this to 500 people!!!! So,I know > >>>> that > >>>> >>>we can send it to at least 5 or 6. Come on you guys....Just think > it > >>>> >>>could be you one day.It's not even your money, just your time!!! > >>>> >>>PLEASE PASS ON > >>>> >>> Dr. Dennis Shields > >>>> >>> Professor > >>>> >>> Department of Developmental and > >>>> >>> Molecular Biology > >>>> >>> Albert Einstein College of > >>>> >>> Medicine of Yeshiva University > >>>> >>> 1300 Morris Park Avenue > >>>> >>> Bronx, New York 10461 > >>>> >>> Phone 718-430-3306 > >>>> >>> Fax 718-430-8567 > >>>> >>> > >>>>

-- Compassion (Compassion@forever.com), December 25, 1998

Answers

No offence, but that's an old con. The 'dying girl' chain letter. It's been around for a while, for years at least on the Net.

Please ignore it.

--Leo

-- Leo (leo_champion@hotmail.com), December 26, 1998.

Why in the world would the American Cancer Society donate 3 cents to someone's treatment just because someone else sent a message to still someone else? That is absurd.

(And just exactly _how_ would the ACS get a reliable count of the number of names to which the message was sent??????)

-- No Spam Please (anon@ymous.com), December 26, 1998.