Saw a post on TB2000 about folks barfing along side road. Here is an Email I got the other day from my Grandson in the Navy.

Warning received from Police..please read and pass along Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 5:42 AM Subject: Warning received from Police...please read and pass along

A t t e n t i o n : This is very scary and is not a joke. Please read - it definitely is a serious threat to our lives and health. This is an alert about a virus in the original sense of the word...... one that affects your body.....not your hard drive. There have been 23 confirmed cases of people attacked by the Klingerman Virus, a virus that arrives in your real mailbox, not in your e-mail inbox. Someone has been mailing large blue envelopes, seemingly at random, to people in the U.S. and Canada. On the front of the envelope in bold black letters is printed " A Gift For You From The Klingerman Foundation". When the envelopes are opened, there is a small sponge sealed in plastic. This sponge carries what has come to be known as the Klingerman Virus and public health officials state this is a strain of virus they have not previously encountered. Those who have come in contact with the Klingerman Virus have been hospitalized with severe dysentery. So far seven of the twenty-three victims have died. There is no legimitate Klingerman Foundation, mailing unsolicited gifts. If you receive an oversized blue envelope in the mail marked "A Gift For You From The Klingerman Foundation". Do not open it !!!!! Place it in a strong plastic bag or container & call the police immediately. The "gift" is one you defiinitely do not want to open. PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE THAT YOU CARE ABOUT

-- For your information (Fsur439@aol.com), October 07, 2001

Answers

Just an FYI...

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/klingerman_hoax.htm

-- Kelly (toyotaw@hotmail.com), October 07, 2001.

Another...

http://www.stiller.com/klinger.htm

-- kelly (toyotaw@hotmail.com), October 07, 2001.

This is an internet hoax according to:

http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBUrbanMyths.shtml#klingerman

Check it out!

-- Aunt Bee (Aunt__Bee@hotmail.com), October 07, 2001.

Are these in anyway related to 'klingons' cuz I get a lot of those in here.

-- Porky (Porky@in.cellblockD), October 07, 2001.

And of course -- and I hate to be critical here -- but anyone with even shit for brains knows that any email that says "This is very scary and is not a joke" or "PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE THAT YOU CARE ABOUT" is a hoax.

Times are interesting enough without people posting this type of ignorant BS.

If anything like this were actually happening, you would be able to find reference to it on a legitimate media outlet, or the CDC web site. Anyone that passes on this type of BS without making at least some attempt to verify it is (IMHO) truly a jerk.

The "klingerman virus" hoax has been around for a very long time.

-- E.H.Porter (just.wondering@about.it), October 07, 2001.

"Irresponsible" is the right word.

Porky aka Hawk,

It's time to take your 11:00 meds. Sleep tight, little one.

-- (LadyLogic2000@yahoo.com), October 07, 2001.

I always get wood when yu post logjam!

-- Porky (Porky@in.cellblockD), October 07, 2001.