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Chain Letters?

DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
edited February 2016 in General Discussion Posts: 17,800
I remember my late father getting a chain letter back in the mid-1990s when I was still a child of about ten or so. It was a handwritten letter saying that if the reader of the letter did not make a copy of the letter and pass it on to ten/twenty people terrible things would happen rather than all the good fortune that flowed from the letter. My father thought it was from a woman and he ended up either burning it or tearing it up. It's something that always sticks in my mind.

Some chain letters are harmless (though a waste of one's time!), others can be religious oriented and some may even be malicious.

I'm sure that some members here have also received these letters although there are now chain emails too.

Please share any interesting stories about such chain letters here in this thread. :)

Example of a chain letter:

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  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Has anyone out there ever received one of these either by letter or email?
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    Posts: 4,151
    Never received anything like this before. I, obviously, know of them but, fortunately, have never been the recipient of one. To be honest, I'd either delete the email or throw the letter in the bin.
  • PropertyOfALadyPropertyOfALady Colders Federation CEO
    Posts: 3,675
    I've seen chain YouTube comments, but had never heard of letters before now. Also have never received one.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Got a chain email once, I just deleted it and nothing bad happened.
    Also in America would it be called "Chainmail" ;)
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    I was going to say in the OP that I think there was a woman on the BBC who offered a similar service and I noticed in a newspaper a while back a question to the effect that did anything bad ever happen to her? I personally doubt it!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    I've often wondered ( Chain letter connection) in charity leaflets etc, if any
    "Subliminal " messaging techniques have ever been used ? I've read before
    that some books are rumoured to use these " The catcher in the rye " for
    instance.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    An American rant on Chain Letters:

  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Another fine superstition that humans still cling to believing. The susceptibility some have to things like this keep me up at night.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    Chain letters unlike chain-smoking is easy to get rid of, no patches involved.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    SaintMark wrote: »
    Chain letters unlike chain-smoking is easy to get rid of, no patches involved.

    If only life had a spam folder. What a tender world it would be.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    Another fine superstition that humans still cling to believing. The susceptibility some have to things like this keep me up at night.

    Yes, agreed, it is all rather worrying how people are taken in by this dung.
  • BennyBenny In the shadowsAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 14,873
    Is this the same sort of rubbish I see on Facebook, copy and paste to your profile so I know that you've read it type crap?
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Benny wrote: »
    Is this the same sort of rubbish I see on Facebook, copy and paste to your profile so I know that you've read it type crap?

    Well, yes, that is a different form of it I suppose but they used to do it letters long ago. Now It's much easier to disseminate crap like this through electronic means. The wonders of technological advancement!
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    What makes our society unique is that we're able to use every step forward to jump at least five back. We put real effort into not putting in effort.
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