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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Forward This To Everyone In The Whole Universe

It's one of those REALLY AMAZING! YOU GOTTA SEE THIS! YOUR HEALTH IS AT RISK! FORWARD THIS WARNING TO EVERYONE IN THE UNIVERSE e-mails.

Today's AMAZING video to which the e-mail directs you shows people sitting around a table popping popcorn using their cell phones. If the microwaves emitted from cell phones can pop popcorn, what are they doing to your brain?

No, wait. We have to shout this: WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO YOUR BRAIN?

Go watch the video, then come back here.

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/portable/video/x5odhh_pop-corn-telephone-portable-microon_news

Welcome back! Did you throw away your cell phone yet?

Remember the story about the couple making out at lover's lane and the bloody hook? How about the girl who used a Coke bottle for um, self-gratification.... and the vacuum created in the bottle sucked out her reproductive organs? And there's the 'fact' that hair grows back darker or thicker after it has been shaved. All of those must be true, because they actually happened to a friend of a friend (aka FOAF).

Here's everything you need to know about the e-mails and the FOAF tales: One word, six letters: S-N-O-P-E-S.

Huh?

Snopes.com is where anyone who can use a computer should go to check out the e-mail that says that Barack Obama is a Muslim whose Christian pastor hates America and Obama therefore Obama is a Chrisitan Muslim who will force our children to pray using the Koran and commie-pinko-fag-junkies are going to put LSD in the water supply right after they detonate a dirty bomb in a suitcase that says "Democrats Love Terrorists."

Consider these tips as you slog your way through your overloaded Inbox:

• If the e-mail discusses anything about politics, it's probably a lie.
• If the e-mail talks about something that is REALLY AMAZING! YOU GOTTA SEE THIS! YOUR HEALTH IS AT RISK! FORWARD THIS WARNING TO EVERYONE IN THE UNIVERSE, it's a hoax.
• If the e-mail USES A LOT OF CAPITAL LETTERS, it's written by - and forwarded by - people who should not be considered reliable sources of anything. [ I'm being very polite. ]
  

When you get such an e-mail, either delete it, or check it out at SNOPES (or both).

In the case of the popcorn video, here's the truth: Cell Phones Fry Your Brain . Note: there is a 30-second ad for UPS at the beginning. Hang in there, it's worth the wait.

And stop forwarding those moronic e-mails.

Labels: cell phone, forward e-mail, popcorn, scam, spam

posted by Recovering Republican® © ™  # 8:20 PM

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