Conference rdvax::grateful

    Gee, they're running late this year.  This usually gets distributed in
    October ...
    
    			... Bobbb
    

You know the bit about the boy dying of cancer in England who's trying to
collect enough business cards to get into the Guiness book of world records?
Circulates about every year ... I always assumed it was a myth.  Well, it
was in the Nashua Telegraph on Sunday.  I mean, if it's in the newspaper, it
must be true, right?

- Dave

    The story about the kid in England collecting postcards was true.  I
    think he's in his 20's now and long since cured of cancer.  Guinness
    closed off the category so others wouldn't continue flooding the post
    office with cards.  It seems every so often the story pops up again in
    traditional urban myth fashion with slightly changed details.
    
    Scott
     

Here is a copy of the Blue Star retort I assembled 3.5 years ago. I took 
the notes from Grateful and Soapbox...

Please feel free to redistribute...


From:	WFOOFF::PECKAR       "Mike DTN: 242-2853" 30-JUN-1988 21:21:24.16
To:	@[PECKAR.BOM]DIS
CC:	
Subj:	RE: Blue Star LSD Alert memo

	The following messages, which were taken from various VAXNOTES 
Conferences and the VTX Vogon News Service, All speak to the "LSD Alert", 
which has recently been widely distributed via Enet and Hardcopy postings 
throughout the Corporation. Please read them carefully and decide for 
yourself whether the "LSD Alert" message should be passed on.
	Please feel free to forward this information to those from which you
have recieved the original "Alert".
	Some of the messages below have been edited in the interest of
reducing the length of this message, and the writers names have been deleted
to conform with company policies.

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Note 303.16            Why do people believe these things?              16 of 31
						     70 lines  12-MAY-1987 12:26
                         -< Today's Retelling in VNS >-
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Subj:	Drug warning is an urban legend

        I hate to rain on anyone's parade, but the "Blue Star Acid
        Warning" is an urban legend, an untrue story that circulates
        about, rather like the tales of the alligators in the New York
        City sewers and rumors that AT&T is about to buy Digital.

        Full documentation of this legend can be found in Jan Brunvand's
        book, "The Choking Doberman and Other 'New' Urban Legends." This
        book is available in paperback from most area bookstores.

        In short, the story has its origins in an off-the-cuff remark
        made by a police chief in the mid-west in the early seventies. A
        bust had been made of a large quantity of LSD, and they found
        blotters (not tattoos) with blue stars on them. A reporter asked
        if any LSD had been found on these blotters. The police chief
        said that he hadn't, but he had heard that the police in San
        Diego had. The story blossomed from that humble beginning.

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Note 109.3                Urban Legend or Real Warning                   3 of 29
						     20 lines  23-JUN-1988 16:42
                      -< This is a classic urban legend >-
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    This is a hoax. This is a classic urban legend. This is a myth about
    little acid-soaked stamps being sold to school kids. This is a myth. I
    repeat, this is a myth! 

    There is a fellow named Jan Brunvand who has collected all sorts of
    "Urban Legends." These are tales that may have a grain of truth in them
    somewhere that get circulated as part of modern folklore, including the
    alligators in the NYC sewers, the poodle in the microwave, and so on. 

    In Brunvand's book "The Choking Doberman" he traces the history of the
    Blue Star hoax. It originated some 15-20 years ago (I can't remember
    off the top of my head) when some police chief made an off-the-cuff
    remark that was misinterpreted by a newspaper reporter. It surfaces
    approximately every nine months. If you're interested in this and other
    tales, "The Choking Doberman" is readily available in paperback at just
    about any book store. 

    Please DO NOT circulate this around any more. Panic when there's
    something to panic over. Please do not circulate this mail message, and
    tell anyone that sends it to you that it is a hoax. 

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Note 303.32            Why do people believe these things?              32 of 33
						      8 lines  24-JUN-1988 14:20
                      -< One more round for "Blue Star" >-
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    I notice that the "Blue Star" story is circulating around the net
    once again.  If someone sends it to you, please do NOT forward it
    to anyone, and let the sender know it is a hoax.  The latest version
    purports to come from the "Manchester/Concord (NH) area", and a
    "Cumberland County Sherrif's Department".  Note that there is no
    Cumberland County in New Hampshire.
    

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Note 1158.22                  An urban myth, again                      22 of 84
						     14 lines  17-JUN-1988 19:00
                 -< my 2cents about that "LSD alert"....hohum >-
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    That message, or one like it is currently circulating around the
    Augusta area.  It seems to come around every year without fail, and
    creates the same silly hysteria each time.
    They even made copies and handed them out to as many people as would
    take them here at the plant.
    Every year the same thing happens, some of the school systems send
    a copy of this warning home with each and every student and some
    don't.  Then a week later a few hysterical parents of kids whose school
    didn't hand out this message write a letter to the editor of the
    local paper and make a big fuss because they think that the people
    running the school that their kids go to have no right to decide
    if this "important warning" is a valid concern or not.
    
    BTW  The LSD alert is distributed by the American Legion, nationally.

================================================================================
Note 1158.49                  An urban myth, again                      49 of 84
						     50 lines  22-JUN-1988 15:28
                        -< Swimming in misinformation >-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


    It bugs me to see people passing this misinformation around in
    something of a frenzy.  It's like a fire out of control.  Some
    people will probably have big long talks with their kids about how
    awful this is...and the kids will become very curious (at least,
    that's the way I was).
    
    I won't go into detail about how I feel about this, but I'll just say 
    that I feel strongly enough that I have replied to everyone in the 
    forwarding headers when I receive the message.  I may hear from people 
    who want to argue with my opinion, but it's something I feel I should 
    point out -- if for nothing more than to present another view of looking 
    at it.
    
    Here is the reply I've given to people:
    
--------
This is in reference to the mail about "Blue Star" LSD and various
other drug forms being sold to children...

This message has been circulated before and was discovered to be 
one of those urban myths.  Apparently it has even been published in 
a book about "Urban Myths".

I wanted to let you know because that mail is misinformation, and 
misinformation is dangerous to all of us.  It is always good to be
smart and aware, but this kind of warning gets people upset and
paranoid, and I don't think that's good either.  

It's easy to forward things via electronic mail, but it might be a 
good idea to be more aware of the accuracy and truth of things before 
forwarding them.  Otherwise, there's no limit to the amount of 
misinformation we will all be subjected to.

Thanks.

    
    Distributed by the American Legion??  Why?!?!?!
    
    Don't they know the life expectancy of a batch of blue star, and that
    it just can't last all these years? ;^)
    
    Hogan

    hey, I got mine in the third grade on the playground and it's still
    good! I just hold it in my hand for a while, every once in a while, and 
    zzzzoooooOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!
    
                                                              rfb

    Yeah, it still does what mythical LSD always did...
    
    					jon

    
    this silly thing really pisses me off! The thought that an acid
    dealer would hang around elementary schools to get new customers
    is the most ludicrous thing I ever heard.  Yep, those 8 year
    olds are a great target market.  They must walk around that
    playground every day with their pockets stuffed with money
    just dying to spend it on LSD which they have now become
    addicted to.  Grade school children rarely have much more
    than lunch money on them for christ sakes.  I can not imagine how
    any close to sane person would believe this garbage.  But aparently
    some do.  

    That people would needlessly foster distrust and fear is a shame.
    And blame never helps because its their perspective which is the real
    problem.  Where is the real root ?  Is it just that schools/life/people
    don't teach us how to be properly supportive of one another ?  Thus
    we end up fearful of our brothers and sisters ?
    
    			jon

    Speaking of putting fear into little kids... when I was little there
    was this guy, probably about 30 and looked like your average hippy of
    the time, lived alone in a fairly large house near the road that went
    into the cemetary.  My school was at the other end of the cemetary and
    on days that I had cub scout meetings the bunch of us would take the
    short cut through the cemetary.  There were stories going around about
    this guy that were scary.  They were probably all made up, since a
    person like that living in the ultra-conservative town of West Lebanon,
    New Hampshire, was rather rare.  One day we notice he was out shoveling
    snow from his driveway, and we were gonna have to walk right by him. 
    Soem of the guys were wondering what they should do, and I suggested we
    just say "hi" to him.  So we say "hi" to him, he smiles and says some
    friendly greeting, and we continue along the way.  One fear gone, from
    then on whenever we saw him he was friendly.
    
    Then one night his bouse burned flat (the fire was so big it even made
    it to the channel 9 news), and he died in the fire.  I was real sad
    that it happened, since it was obvious that the fire was set by
    someone, and I was upset that no one really cared about it.  I felt
    creepy walking by the cellar hole after that.
    
    Scott
    

    re .9
    
    	Brother Jon! Amen!!!
    
    	profound and right on the mark as far as I'm /concerned
    
    	Peace bro
    
    							/
    

	Scott, that is a sad story about that guy.  Did the local
	law enforcement people make an attempt at apprehending the
	ones who set fir to his house?

    I don't think they ever got anyone for setting the fire.  This was the
    winter of 1969-70 so I probably don't remember all of the findings. 
    All I know they found out was he supposedly had a party that night and
    the fire was set in the basement while the party was going on, although
    that guy was the only one who died in the fire.
    
    I don't remember him being a hated person in town, just being a kid at
    the time, kids had a tendency to pick on (and make up songs about)
    strange people.  West Lebanon was a strange little town - big enough to
    have a post office and fire department with the town name, but small
    enough that it was technically still a part of Lebanon, using their
    mayor and police force.  Now it's just a spot at the intersection of 89
    and 91 with a gazillion shopping centers.
    
    Scott
    

    
    one of the last times that the ol' blue star acid thing came around i
    saw this little ditty in DESPERADO...  i thought i remembered saving
    it but and went looking for it when i saw this come around again...
    
    ALERT!!  ALERT!!!!  hide the dog!  sell the kids!!!  this is for real!
    protect yourselves!!!!!!!!!!!!   :^) :^) :^)
    
    						da ve
    
    
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CC:	
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From:	LEAF::WILLISON "Corporate Its and It's Consultant"
To:	JEFF,BIG_DAVE,LEW,ART,WILLISON
Subj:	ATTN: SCRTY ALRT!  BWRE!

IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT SMALL CHILDREN HAVE BEEN 
DISTRIBUTING STICKERS TO LOCAL HIPPIE POPULATION.  THEY HAVE PICTURES 
OF IMPORTANT HIPPIE SYMBOL'S ON THEM TO WIT AND EG.:

  JERRY GARCIA		MARIJUANA CIGARETTE		DOVE
  MAGIC BUS		BABA RAM DASS			DOORS
  JANIS JOPLIN		BART SIMPSON			"PEACE" SIGN

BEWARE!  THESE STICKERS DO *NOT* CONTAIN LSD, AND YOU CANNOT GET HIGH THRU 
JUST TOUCHING THE STICKERS!  INSTEAD, THEY *STICK TO THE SKIN*, CAUSING 
ACUTE PAIN FROM RIPPING BODILY HAIRS WHEN REMOVED.  THESE STICKERS HAVE BEEN 
DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN ALTERNATIVE MALL'S, BRINGING DOWN AND BUMMING 
OUT A LARGE NUMBER OF HIPPIE-AMERICANS.

THEY'RE ARE LOT'S OF CRAZY PEOPLE OUT THEIR WHO DO CRAZY THINGS!  BEWARE!  
BEWARE ALL THE TIME!

THANK YOU

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	8^)  8^)  8^)

Important hippie symbols ... hee hee hee ....

I hope noone notices that missing patch of hair from my arm...

:-)

Dave

    Just the other day I was out for recess and some shady looking kid was
    wandering around the playground trying to corner adults at the jungle 
    jim and swings and give them some of these vile stickas..the nerve.
    
    :) :) :)
    
    rich

    the one about the kid collecting business cards to get inot the
    guinness book is circulating again...  i've gotten it twice since
    thursday...
    
    					da ve

 Seen it 3 times myself :-/







 Jum

    Lets see here, we send our kids in and get lots-o-business cards !
    cool !

    Well for one thing the latest Guinness (book, not beer) doesn't even
    have the category, nor will they open it again.  The hospital in the UK
    still gets millions of get well/post/business cards, which they sell to
    stamp dealers.  They make some money but it probably doesn't cover the
    burden on the hospital or the post office.
    
    Scott
    

Thios is a good summary of the card deal...


From:	MPGS::SHARE::DAMICO "Karen, 225-4447, HLO2-1, H11 - Against the Wind!  11-Mar-1992 0803" 11-MAR-1992 14:46:02.91
To:	@[.BOWL]BOWL_9192.DIS
CC:	
Subj:	fyi......more info. on business card scam (the real story)

From:	BUSY::LWHEELER     "LOIS A. WHEELER FX01/31 DTN 228-5785 OFFICE #703" 10-MAR-1992 18:12:07.73
To:	WMOIS::MCCARTHY
CC:	SHARE::DAMICO,LWHEELER
Subj:	FYI ON BUSINESS CARD SCAM

From:	SLIMRR::WILKINS      10-MAR-1992 16:56:18.03
To:	LWHEELER
CC:	WILKINS
Subj:	more on business card scam

From:	BUSY::JHANAM       "JEFF HANAM DTN 228-5245"  6-MAR-1992 09:03:04.92
To:	WILKINS
CC:	
Subj:	Read this.


NEWS item from news.announce.important
From: Gene Spafford "spaf@cs.purdue.edu"
Re: DO NOT SENT ANY {GET WELL, POST, BUSINESS} CARDS TO CRAIG


If you call the ``Children's Make a Wish'' foundation, you will find
that they are not soliciting any form of card for Craig Shergold or
anyone else.  Better yet, if you call the Guinness people (US
publisher is "Facts on File" @ 212-683--2244 ext. 336), you can get
this same story confirmed.  You will also find that they will no
longer endorse or support any effort to break this record.

Many years ago, Craig Shergold had a brain tumor, believed inoperable.
He sought to set the Guinness record for get-well cards.  The call was
well-publicized, and he did, indeed set the record (consult a recent
edition of the book --- he has received in excess of 16 million cards
to date; he officially set the record as of 17 Nov 1989).

As part of this whole story, his plight caught the attention of John
Kluge, the US billionaire, who paid for Craig to come to the US and
receive specialized treatment.  As a result, Craig has recovered
completely from his tumor.  He is also no longer seven, but well into
his teens (you can see how out-of-date the request for cards is from
this -- it's like circulating a letter encouraging people to vote for
Carter for President).

The problem is that the mimeographed sheets and letters seeking cards
for Craig have continued to be circulated.  As a result, cards
continue to pour in to the post office for Royal Marsden Hospital in
England.  Worse, the appeal has mutated into various other versions,
such as an appeal for business cards, one for postcards, and another
version that appeals for holiday cards.

The Shergold family has publicly appealed many times that people cease
to mail them cards and letters, and that no more appeals be made on
their behalf. One easily accessible way to verify this is with the
article on page 24 of the 19 July 1990 NY Times.  People Magazine wrote
an article about it on June 1, 1991, page 63.  Even Ann Landers has
carried an item on this [6/23/91], but people still keep trying to send
cards.  Both Guinness and Royal Marsden have repeatedly issued press
releases asking people to stop circulating requests for cards, as they
are creating an undue burden on both the hospital and the postal service.

The Guinness people have discontinued the category to prevent this
kind of thing from ever happening again, and are doing their utmost to
kill any further mailings.  The Royal Marsden Hospital is at a loss
what to do with the cards that continue to arrive --- most are being
sold to stamp collectors and paper recyclers, and none go on to Craig.

This appeal for Craig, as well as many urban legends, regularly appear
on electronic bulletin boards around the world, and in many
organizational newsletters and bulletins.  It is both heartening and
unfortunate that there are so many well-meaning people who continue to
propagate these stories.  It is too bad that so many people are
unwilling to verify their information before passing such things
along, especially when a simple phone call will suffice to do so.  In
this case, opening a recent copy of a book carried by nearly every
library and bookstore would illuminate the situation.

If you would still like to do something for a dying child, consider
making a donation to a charity such as UNICEF or to the International
Red Cross (Red Crescent, Red Magen David).  Many thousands of children
are dying daily around the world from disease and starvation, and
countless millions more are suffering from the ravages of war, famine,
disease, and natural disaster.  Think how many of them might be helped
by the millions of dollars in postage spent on cards to Craig
Shergold....   Addresses (in US) are:

	UNICEF               American National Red Cross       
	1 UN Plaza	     17th & D Streets                  
	New York, NY 10017   Washington, DC 20006              
			     Attn: international children's aid

[Also, I encourage you to save this announcement, in either electronic
or hard copy form, and to post it to any bulletin board you've seen the
original plea on.  If you see it in the future, as you probably will,
you can attach a copy of this announcement.  Wouldn't it be great to
finally kill this story, which spreads like a virus? - MRH]
	
-- 
Professor Gene Spafford
Dept. of Computer Sciences
Purdue University
W. Lafayette IN 47907-1398
spaf@cs.purdue.edu

    Yum!!!!!
    
    
    Yum!!!!!
    Yum 
    Yum
    Yum 
    Yum !
    :;()
    Yum

re -.1  Something to do with the topic title?  ;^)

    A definition I came across in a transaction processing text today ...
    
    ACID - an acronym for the four properties of legal database
    transactions.  The four properties are Atomocity, consistency,
    isolation, and durability.
    
    Now, if only I can figure out what it all means ... ;^)
    
    ... Bobbb
    

    RE "now if only i can figure out what it all means..."
    
    eat some! (joke)
    
    rfb

Lisa Yetto called me and left voicemail to remind me that the perennial 
arrival of this notice is due. Apparently, its been floating around alot in 
uppah new yawk this fall...

Date:	13-JAN-1994 09:25:53.02
From:	CSCMA::CSCMA::BELLERIVE "Anna Bellerive  13-Jan-1994 0920"
Subj:	WOW, please read and beware
To:	M_CSC
CC:	BELLERIVE
100 records, external message id MAIL$877EA79000050097.MAI
Attributes: New message
From:	SCOMAN::KOCONNOR     "KARYN 6564" 13-JAN-1994 09:16:58.65
To:	DC ANNA LCOTE FRAZIER 
CC:	KOCONNOR
Subj:	fyi!

From:	SCOMAN::PIACENTE "EXT:4706 BEEPER 824  13-Jan-1994 0907" 13-JAN-1994
09:11:41.60
To:	@[.DIS]FAB3.DIS;
CC:	
Subj:	this is for real

From:	SCOMAN::STENLUND     "Speak softly and carry a Big Smile" 12-JAN-1994
14:05:49.88
To:	ALICE
CC:	
Subj:	

From:	SCOMAN::JERNIGAN "JEFF JERNIGAN EXT 4955/PAGER 355  12-Jan-1994 1337"
12-JAN-1994 13:37:06.92
To:	@[.DIS]PHOTO.;
CC:	JERNIGAN
Subj:	FYI

From:	SCOMAN::EDTL         "ART EDTL" 12-JAN-1994 12:48:20.64
To:	@STAFF
CC:	PQ,EDTL
Subj:	fyi/something to be aware of.

From:	CRL::"kifer@concord.com" "Bob Kifer" 12-JAN-1994 12:46:20.63
To:	ludwig::edtl, bobb@typee.lkg.dec.com, evetpu::mccarthy,
charlie.blaney@tci.bell-atl.com, davidr@beyond.com, faye::arey, medusa::faye,
gcwhitten%koess.dnet@delcoelect.com, kjmiller@mdf.mitre.org, jupitr::kifer,
R8_MARTHAS@nelinet.org, ganni@osf.org, me
CC:	
Subj:	Rumor Confirmed - Drivers Beware!


----- Begin Included Message -----

From gmp@cardinal Wed Jan 12 11:53:38 1994
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 94 11:46:54 EST
From: gmp@cardinal (Gary M. Pratt)
To: eng@cardinal
Subject: Rumor Confirmed - Drivers Beware!
Content-Length: 1405


This is forwarded:


Subject: Rumor Confirmed - Drivers Beware!

We heard this before -- but now it's been confirmed through this
memorandum from the Lynn Police Department -- please take heed!

CITY OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS
POLICE DEPARTMENT
 
TO: ALL DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL
FROM: CAPTAIN JOSEPH H. ROWE
DATE: NOVEMBER 25, 1993
SUBJECT: POLICE INFORMATION

Similar events have occurred in Los Angeles, Chicago and Baltimore.

                             -- BULLETIN --

THERE IS A NEW GANG INITIATION

This new "initiation" of "Murder" is brought about by gang members 
driving around with their car lights off.  When you flash your car 
lights to signal them that their lights are out, the gang members
take it literally as "LIGHTS OUT" so they follow you to your
destination and kill you!  That is their initiation.

Two families have already fallen victim to this initiation ritual
in the St. Louis and Chicago areas.  Reports have also been received
that this has also occurred in the western part of Massachusetts.

This information should be given widespread distribution on
your respective territories and posted on all bulletin boards.
Beware and inform your families and friends.

DO NOT FLASH YOUR CAR LIGHTS FOR ANYONE!
----------------------------------------------------------------
The above information was furnished by the Illinois State Police Dept.

JOSEPH H. ROWE
CAPTAIN OF DETECTIVES



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% Subject: Rumor Confirmed - Drivers Beware!

    Me too.  I love the "confirmed" part -- you've seen this a hundred
    times before and it wasn't true, but this time it's "confirmed!"  It
    wouldn't surprise me if Capt. Rowe really issued this, in the interest
    of "public safety."  Anyone want to call the Lynn PD and ask?
    
    Big city problems: LA, Chicago, Baltimore, and Lynn.  :-)
    
    Jamie

Lynn, Lynn, the city of sin.
You never come out the same way you went in.







dunno know where i got that one from;

Lynn's been called and she says it's not true.

I heard this one a couple of months ago; then it was happening in Nashua.
;^}

Hopefully this urban myth won't give anyone any ideas and become reality.

Geez, wonder what happens if a police rastafer flashes one of these bozos?

    
    *reprinted without permission from a site wide distribution
    
             
             SUBJECT:  RUMOR CONTROL
             
             
             There have been various forms of a rumor involving a gang 
             initiation circulating through the network.  The rumor is 
             unfounded and should not be forwarded to others.
             
             Regards.
    
    

Hop hop to Boston
Hop hop to Lynn,
Look out (kid)
you're gonna fall in!

Just saw the Blue Star urban legend memo go by again.  I forwarded Fog's
early entry here that includes the 1988 edition of this silliness...

Spring is in the air, and the airheads are everywhere...;-)

tim

Yeah, but what I want to know is:


Why can I never find any?????


;-)

PeterT