Slow Dance.Saw this "Poem to the Editor" in the paper version of this community rag. Supposed to be written by "a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital."
posted by kcchip (5 comments total)
The headline should read Journalist Taken in By Chain E-mail Hoax.
At least she didn't urge you to send money -- or worse, flood the real or virtual mailbox of one of the unfortunate forwarders of this drivel. (Which, once you take away the precious story that it came from a dying child, it appears to be. Funny how that works.) posted by dhartung at 7:15 AM on March 26, 2001
Yes, this story is completely true, and if you send this link to 10 of your friends, a 10 dollar gift certificate to the Sizzler appears on your screen that you can print. It really works! posted by bradth27 at 9:40 AM on March 26, 2001
~We goin' Sizzler, we goin' Sizzler...~
*does the Cabbage Patch* posted by Su at 11:54 AM on March 26, 2001
Well, I did have my suspicions about its origins, but whoever wrote the poem (Bill Gates, who's testing new software?), I still think it's a nice sentiment.
But maybe that's just because I saw it on paper first. Or maybe I'm just susceptible to "treacly" things in general.
Yes, this story is completely true, and if you send this link to 10 of your friends, a 10 dollar gift certificate to the Sizzler appears on your screen that you can print.
Dude, Sizzler's still around? Wow. posted by dagnyscott at 5:59 PM on March 26, 2001
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The poem Slow Dance has been attached to the Jessica Mydek 'dying cancer girl' hoax e-mail.
At least she didn't urge you to send money -- or worse, flood the real or virtual mailbox of one of the unfortunate forwarders of this drivel. (Which, once you take away the precious story that it came from a dying child, it appears to be. Funny how that works.)
posted by dhartung at 7:15 AM on March 26, 2001