Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Time

Event

9:15a

Public Service Announcement. I sent this to the various e-mail lists I'm on for volleyball announcements. About twice a week I get another Urban Legend in my e-mail box, and it's getting a bit tiresome. Reprinted here for your education: Keep in mind, Internet warnings are almost always hoaxes. Whether it's: "Perfume abductions", "Glade Plug-In fires" or my personal favorite "Mr. Rogers was a Navy Seal sniper in Vietnam" 99.44% of what's on the Internet is pure, slick, high-octane crap. A scary e-mail can usually be debunked with a quick search at Snopes.com, who've been doing this thing online since the early 1990's. Perfume Abductions? (Search "perfume") http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/perfume.asp Glade Plug-In fires? (Search "Glade") http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/glade.asp Mr. Rogers, a bloodthirsty killer? (Search "Mister Rogers") http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/mrrogers.asp Urban legends are a cruel, cruel thing. ---- This has been a Public Service announcement from someone who's been reading this stuff online since before your kids were born.

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