Are You My Friend?
A friend recently reminded me of one of our joint pet peeves. It seems every week or two, soneone, let's refer to them as an "alleged" friend, sends me an e-mail with a special message for me. Sometimes it's patriotic and sometimes it's more spiritual. It usually touches your heart just a little bit and makes you feel better about the world you live in.
Then you reach the bottom. Scripted for your review is a message that reads something like, "You must now forward this message to 10 of your friends. Do not break this chain. If you will forward it, something good will happen to you today. This is not a joke. Something good has already happened to me. You must trust me on this one."
First off, this "alleged" friend normally turns out to be someone from my highschool that I haven't spoken to in nearly 25 years. All of a sudden they want something good to happen to me? I'm touched that they remembered me in such a positive light. I really think it's possible they just created a list of 10 people just for this purpose. I'm on their "e-mail chain guilt list," which is only used for occassions such as this.
Of course, I'm more practical than to participate in such a scenario. I think if my "alleged" friend wants something good to happen to me, they should sneak up and take my dogs to the groomer for a haircut, pay for it, and deliver my clean puppies back to my house. Or maybe they could leave a bunch of newly purchased school clothes for my 13 year old daughter on the porch. That way, they could ensure that something truly good has happened to me and I wouldn't be left to guess when and if it ever happened. If they'd still like me to read the "feel good" story, I'd be honored to do such.
This sending someone a positive e-mail with an obligation at the end is quite dissappointing. It's sort of like opening a can of porkin' beans and finding someones severed thumb in it. As much as you like them, it would probably take a while to warm back up to porkin' beans.
If you want something good to happen to one of your friends, just do something practical for them from the start. Take them a bananna pudding or mow their lawn while they're on vacation. They will appreciate it and you can ensure that something good has happened to them. And you'll be a winner, too. While I'm too mature to believe in Internet lucky charms, I do believe in the old "what goes around, comes around" phylosophy. Do your part to make our world a better place.
In case you needed to know, Hannah is a size Womens medium and we will be back from vacation on September 17th.
Little Boze
Then you reach the bottom. Scripted for your review is a message that reads something like, "You must now forward this message to 10 of your friends. Do not break this chain. If you will forward it, something good will happen to you today. This is not a joke. Something good has already happened to me. You must trust me on this one."
First off, this "alleged" friend normally turns out to be someone from my highschool that I haven't spoken to in nearly 25 years. All of a sudden they want something good to happen to me? I'm touched that they remembered me in such a positive light. I really think it's possible they just created a list of 10 people just for this purpose. I'm on their "e-mail chain guilt list," which is only used for occassions such as this.
Of course, I'm more practical than to participate in such a scenario. I think if my "alleged" friend wants something good to happen to me, they should sneak up and take my dogs to the groomer for a haircut, pay for it, and deliver my clean puppies back to my house. Or maybe they could leave a bunch of newly purchased school clothes for my 13 year old daughter on the porch. That way, they could ensure that something truly good has happened to me and I wouldn't be left to guess when and if it ever happened. If they'd still like me to read the "feel good" story, I'd be honored to do such.
This sending someone a positive e-mail with an obligation at the end is quite dissappointing. It's sort of like opening a can of porkin' beans and finding someones severed thumb in it. As much as you like them, it would probably take a while to warm back up to porkin' beans.
If you want something good to happen to one of your friends, just do something practical for them from the start. Take them a bananna pudding or mow their lawn while they're on vacation. They will appreciate it and you can ensure that something good has happened to them. And you'll be a winner, too. While I'm too mature to believe in Internet lucky charms, I do believe in the old "what goes around, comes around" phylosophy. Do your part to make our world a better place.
In case you needed to know, Hannah is a size Womens medium and we will be back from vacation on September 17th.
Little Boze
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