Comments on: Dire Consequences

By: JAM

JAM — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:59:23 +0000

I’m the king of breaking chain letters. I even hate the Christmas update letter that some people send out.

Chain emails are deleted immediately.

I hate them with a purple passion too. I haven’t used that phrase in a long time, but since you used it, I know, that you know what I mean.

Purple passion is a pretty strong term, so I use it sparingly I wish I had a copy of a “Christmas letter update” that a friend once sent out. It was a parody of all the Christmas letters you have ever gotten. It told about how awful the year had been (his hadn’t been bad, but he wrote good fiction!). I’d send one like that to anyone who sent me a chirpy letter. They make me want to gag!~skt

By: Brooke

Brooke — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:22:51 +0000

Thank you to BlogHer for helping me find your blog! This is hilarious. I have been laughing out loud for the past 10 minutes and my husband just doesn’t seem to get it. Thank you for this post, I needed some entertainment.
Brooke

Thanks for stopping by, and I’m glad to know that BlogHer has been of some use! I dropped by your place for a visit, and have you bookmarked for some return visits! I love what I saw!~skt

By: Riley

Riley — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:26:02 +0000

I cannot stand chain letters. Be sure to let us know what AMAZING AND TRULY AWESOME THING happens to you that could only be the result of this chain letter and not coincidence or divine providence.

I’ll be waiting for that amazing and truly awesome thing! Somehow I think that if it happens it won’t be the result of this chain letter ~skt

By: Comedy Plus

Comedy Plus — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:39:00 +0000

Excellent advice too. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day and I hope all your wishes come true.

You and I both!~skt

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:09:41 +0000

Well this is sort of a chain letter, but one I think you will be delighted to pass along. See my blog Durward Discussion I definitely will! Thank you so much for the honor!~skt

By: Jessica The Rock Chick

Jessica The Rock Chick — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:32:37 +0000

Oh, how I hate those chain letters and chain e-mails…and believe it or not, I’ve even received a chain letter text message on my cell phone! Your post brought back something I had totally forgotten about! I think I must have been 9 or 10 when I got my first US mail chain letter. It worried me so much and I asked my dad to take it to work and make 30 copies of it for me so I could send it out. Like Amy, I was told to ignore it and my dad wouldn’t make the copies. I was so worried I hand wrote all the letters and bought the stamps with my allowance.

Somebody really needs to put an end to these things!!!

Jessica The Rock Chick

Oh man, that was the WORST. Having to hand copy them! At least you didn’t steal the stamps, like I did. Yeah, I wish someone would put an end to them…but I think that (like spam e-mail) they will never go away. Somebody has too much time on their hands ~skt

By: Amy Palko

Amy Palko — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:09:47 +0000

I remember the first chain letter I ever received. I made myself sick with worry over it. My daddy wouldn’t let me participate in it and pass it on, because, as he said, it was rubbish. But to my young mind, I was sure that something just terrible was going to befall me. Now, of course, I can disregard these ‘dire consequences’, but as a young impressionable girl, these consequences were all I could think about for days! Nothing happened, apart from that I fell out with the girl who had sent it to me. Like you say, who wants to be a friend with someone who wishes ‘dire consequences’ for you!

Oh, I know how you felt! Wasn’t our childish angst amazing? Of course, I still experience angst, but it was so much worse back then. Chain letters are the pits. I wish that everybody felt that way. ~skt