billvon 3,120 #1 March 28, 2003 If you see a really great quote, like Oliver North calling Osama Bin Laden the greatest threat to the world's security in 1985, or Colin Powell saying something really cool, I would suggest you check here before posting. Most of those quotes are made up by people who just _wish_ those famous people had said them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #2 March 28, 2003 Bump....and I will continue bumping this everytime it falls off the front page Misquotation of a famous personality is akin to bathing is a pond full of ducks. -Albert Einstein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo 0 #3 March 28, 2003 And bumped again. Snopes should be required reading to everyone with an email account. - Jim"Like" - The modern day comma Good bye, my friends. You are missed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #4 March 29, 2003 Is it bad internet etiquette to tell people who forward you stuff that you found out their e-mail is folk lore according to Snopes? I've done it a couple of times, thanks to you all alerting us, but I think it pisses them off.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #5 March 29, 2003 I've sent so many replys with direct links to the needed snopes page that I eventually quit getting them from the one person littering my mailbox. I was mean enough to hit reply to all and made sure every one else that he sent it to knew that he was an idiot for really thinking that those were pictures of the space shuttle blowing up (stills from Armegadon) or that Microsoft was going to mail out checks. My thinking is make them look stupid in front of enough people and they will think twice before hitting forward again.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #6 March 29, 2003 Quote Is it bad internet etiquette to tell people who forward you stuff that you found out their e-mail is folk lore according to Snopes? I've done it a couple of times, thanks to you all alerting us, but I think it pisses them off Good! Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #7 March 29, 2003 I think you guys are taking this stuff too seriously !!! Everybody knows (I think) that most of the junk sent out is BS anyway, but some of it is just fun to read.....at least it relaxes my small mind....lol ==B-D Lindsey -- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,589 #8 March 29, 2003 shameless bumportunity... Quote Everybody knows (I think) that most of the junk sent out is BS anyway Unfortunately, they don't. Really. I know folks who have fallen for most of them. You want to believe whatever fits in your preconceptions -- that's why some folks believe they're going to get a free PC, others believe that GWB is really a vampire, and others believe that Rush Limbaugh is a newsman...Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #9 March 29, 2003 If you bump this 20 times, HH will send you a year's subscription to dz.com....==8-0 Lindsey -- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,589 #10 March 31, 2003 PhillyKev, you've been ignoring your duty. Of course, if there are enough "important" threads that are kept on page 1, we'll all start scrolling to p. 2 for the good stuff. Wendy w.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #11 March 31, 2003 QuoteI think it pisses them off. Fuck 'em. No more then how pissed off they'd get when I'd go into a hard rant about forwards ( I hate them). I've been on the internet for over 10 years and was BBSing before then. Probably about 90% of the crap that gets forwarded to me, I've seen ATLEAST a dozen times. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #12 March 31, 2003 QuotePhillyKev, you've been ignoring your duty. Whoops...my bad...actually been working today. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmcd308 0 #13 March 31, 2003 >>actually been working today. << Then allow me to help. ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,589 #14 April 1, 2003 (wipes forehead of all the accumulated sweat) No rest for the weary -- time for a bump! Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,589 #15 April 3, 2003 It's BAAAAAACKThere is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #16 April 3, 2003 Hmmm...nice bumps Wendy.-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #17 April 3, 2003 "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." Timely? Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Pertinant? One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once 'The Unnecessary War' Poignant? It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Apt? All the above from good old Winston.-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #18 April 3, 2003 QuoteAnd bumped again. Don't you set after a bump?it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #19 April 3, 2003 the only thing worse that this crap are the 'the sky is falling' virus hoaxes. people that send them to me usually get a link to symantec and macafee's virus hoax lists, with a reminder to check first before sending it off to everyone in their address book. then they can act like a freakin' know-it-all to the people that send them to them. "Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattM 0 #20 April 3, 2003 yea, but how do we know snopes is always right? Matt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jceman 1 #21 April 3, 2003 Quoteyea, but how do we know snopes is always right? Because they give sources and links to those sources, as well as statements from individuals concerned if possible/applicable. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,589 #22 April 3, 2003 Quotebut how do we know snopes is always right We don't. But, as Jack said in the previous post, they provide their evidence. Their track record is really good, and they're perfectly willing to update their information if they need to, or if someone points out an inaccuracy. Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlmiracle 7 #23 April 3, 2003 QuoteIf you see a really great quote, like Oliver North calling Osama Bin Laden the greatest threat to the world's security in 1985, or Colin Powell saying something really cool, I would suggest you check here before posting. Most of those quotes are made up by people who just _wish_ those famous people had said them. I don't believe anything anyone has to say or write anymore unless I see it with my own eyes. If the story, quote, or whatever make me laugh, then I laugh, if its sad and make me cry then I cry. At this point its all come down to the people here spending too much time trying to make the next person look stupid or inferior. I realize there are alot of ego's in this news forum that need stroking and maybe in some way informing people they are wrong or making them feel stupid or what not, does it for them. It seems more appropriate for that "other" skydiving internet newsgroup. Judy If mean people suck, does that mean nice people swallow?Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #24 April 3, 2003 Bumpity-bump. Thx, billvon. "The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #25 April 3, 2003 Quote I've sent so many replys with direct links to the needed snopes page that I eventually quit getting them from the one person littering my mailbox. I was mean enough to hit reply to all and made sure every one else that he sent it to knew that he was an idiot for really thinking that those were pictures of the space shuttle blowing up (stills from Armegadon) or that Microsoft was going to mail out checks. My thinking is make them look stupid in front of enough people and they will think twice before hitting forward again. Let me guess - AOL user? "The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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