I'll never understand...

[Jazzman]

I'll never understand why otherwise highly intelligent people will disengage their minds and forward obviously "urban legend" emails to me with subject lines like; "Urgent! Beware! This happened to my sister's neighbor's son's camp counselor!"

I mean, really. Does anyone really believe that if you pay a traffic fine with a check for an extra dollar, then never cash or deposit the refund check that the ticket will never process and post to your record?

Or that forwarding an email to fifty people within two minutes will make winning lottery numbers pop up on your screen, true love to find you, and some kid in Sheboygan get his liver transplant paid for by Nike/Bill Gates/ Sheik Imn Ala Dumbass?

Goooood grief....

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Jazzman

I'll never understand why otherwise highly intelligent people will disengage their minds and forward obviously "urban legend" emails to me with subject lines like; "Urgent! Beware! This happened to my sister's neighbor's son's camp counselor!"

I mean, really. Does anyone really believe that if you pay a traffic fine with a check for an extra dollar, then never cash or deposit the refund check that the ticket will never process and post to your record?

Or that forwarding an email to fifty people within two minutes will make winning lottery numbers pop up on your screen, true love to find you, and some kid in Sheboygan get his liver transplant paid for by Nike/Bill Gates/ Sheik Imn Ala Dumbass?

Goooood grief....

I don't understand why more people don't use Snopes. If you send me an e-mail like one described, you will get Snopesed by me!

[wendybeth]

Jazzman's e-mail comment made me think of this one:
I will never understand why someone hasn't helped that poor high ranking Nigerian official get his funds out of Nigeria.

[Matterhorn Fan]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Jazzman's e-mail comment made me think of this one:
I will never understand why someone hasn't helped that poor high ranking Nigerian official get his funds out of Nigeria.

I BET IT'S THE ALLCAPS. Do computers in "Nigeria" not have lower-case letters?

I will never understand why I get junk email in French.