I got this from a friend who says he got it from a
friend who got it 
from his cousin whose mother say's it's absolutely
true. Really. 
You be the judge:

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I know this guy whose neighbor, a young man, was home recovering from 
having been served a rat in his bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken.  
So anyway, one day he went to sleep and when he awoke he was in his 
bathtub and it was full of ice and he was sore all over.  When he got 
out of the tub he realized that HIS KIDNEYS HAD BEEN STOLEN and he saw 
a note on his mirror that said "Call 911!" But he was afraid to use his 
phone because it was connected to his computer, and there was a virus on 
his computer that would destroy his hard drive if he opened an e-mail 
entitled "Join the crew!"  He knew it wasn't a hoax because he himself 
was a computer programmer who was working on software to save us from 
Armageddon when the year 2000 rolls around.  His program will prevent a 
global disaster in which all the computers get together and
distribute the $600 Neiman-Marcus cookie recipe under the leadership of
Bill Gates.  (It's true -- I read it all last week in a mass e-mail from
BILL GATES HIMSELF, who was also promising me a free Disney World
vacation and $5,000 if I would forward the e-mail to everyone I know.)  
Except that the government is trying to charge everyone long distance charges
for all Internet use, which would kill off any of Gate's profits in that
regard regardless.  Anyway, the poor man then tried to call 911 from a
pay phone to report his missing kidneys, but reaching  into the coin-return 
slot he got jabbed with an HIV-infected needle  around which was
wrapped a note that said,"Welcome to the world of AIDS."

Luckily he was only a few blocks from the hospital --the one where that 
little boy who is dying of cancer is, the one whose last wish is for 
everyone in the world to send him an e-mail and the American Cancer 
Society has agreed to pay him a nickel for every e-mail he receives.  I 
sent him two e-mails and one of them was a bunch of x's and o's in the 
shape of an angel (if you get it and forward it to 20 people you will have
good luck but 10 people you will only have OK luck and if you send it to 
less than 10 people you will have BAD LUCK FOR SEVEN YEARS).  So anyway 
the poor guy tried to drive himself to the hospital, but on the way he 
noticed another car driving along with its brights on.  To be helpful, he 
flashed his lights at him and was promptly shot as part of a gang initiation.

Oh, and Y1K caused the Dark Ages!

John McL.


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