Block Your Cell Phones

[Kuriin]

Received this in an e-mail from my mother, hopefully it's not old:

You can do this for your home phone as well. You need to call from the
number you wish to block or on the web at www.donotcall.gov and it takes
less than 2 minutes.

JUST A REMINDER...



On Sept. 8, all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing
companies


so you will start to receive sales calls to your cell phone. You will
be charged for these calls....


To block your cell phone number, dial the following number from your
cell phone:


888-382-1222. It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take
a minute of your time. You


must call from your cell phone. It blocks your number for five (5)
years.

Help others by passing this on to all your friends

[Triztenn]

wrong
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Cell Phone Numbers Given to Telemarketers

[Zeste]

I love when people post urban legend chain emails on messageboards.

Oh btw, forward this post to 10 people to find out who your true love is.

[BigMovieBuff]

This does work, but only if you send money to some guy in Nigeria first.

[Astrocreep]

The National Do Not Call List is a joke and a lot of people who think they are on it are deluding themselves. any time you charge something or put your number down for any product you are relinquishing your right to not be called by that company.

for example, if you have Direct Tv you can be called day and night by directtv telemarketers for "deals" and even if you canceled direct tv and are on the DNC list you can still be called for 18 months. There are also those telemarketing calls that are recordings about how you can improve your home. those recorded calls are coming from outside the US and are not under any restriction in calling you.

Im not under any do not call list and i get those recorded calls but what i have is an answering machine and my ringer is either turned off or picks up after 2 rings. Im about to get rid of my landline for good since i almost never use it anymore. the internet and cell phones are taking all need for a landline.

[Ravvenn]

Anytime you get an email from your Mother and see it was forwarded, you can feel certain that it's bullshit. I know 99% of the time I get an email from my Mother, I will click "Reply to All" and then link Snopes.

My mom has clicked links and got mad because she shot the monkey out of the tree and didn't win a free laptop. Mom's are internet retards.

The do not call email has been around for a couple of years now, and my Mom sent that to me.

In the past month, this is what she has sent me. I pretty much know if my Mother or Grandmother fwd'd anything to me, it's bullshit.

Subject: you really should know this!

This is something that happened to us on the way back from vacation last
week. At first I didn't think much of it until now. The reason we were
a little suspicious is we had been riding in a jeep all day with 100
degree temps and we stopped at a truck stop for something to drink. When
I was leaving, a young girl followed me out and asked what kind of
cologne I was wearing. Well, after 7 hours in the car sweating, I don't
think you could tell if I was or was not wearing any cologne. We just
got in the jeep and said no thanks. Then it was about 3 weeks ago, I was
at a service station in Birmingham getting gas. It was about 9:30 PM. I
was approached by 2 men and 2 women in car. The man that was driving
asked me 'What kind of perfume do you wear?' I was a bit confused and I
asked him 'Why?' He said, 'We are selling some name brand perfumes, at
cheap prices.' I said I had no money.

He then reached out of the car and handed me paper that was laminated; it
had many perfumes on it. I looked quickly at it and gave it back. I
said, I have no money. He said it is OK, we take check, cash, or credit
cards. Then the people in the car began to laugh. I just got in my car
and said no thanks.

Then I received this e-mail yesterday and it sent chills up my spine.
Please read this. It is no joke. Here is the e-mail I was sent:


Dear Friends:
I know not all of you are women that I am sending this to, but am hoping
you will share this with your wives, daughters, mothers, sisters, etc.
Our world s eems to be getting crazier by the day; Pipe bombs in
mailboxes and psychos in parking lots with perfume. Be careful. I was
approached yesterday afternoon around 5:30 PM in the WalMart parking lot
by two males asking what kind of perfume I was wearing. Then they asked
if I'd like to sample some fabulous scent they were willing to sell me at
very reasonable rate. I probably would have agreed had I not received an
e-mail warning of a "Wanna smell this neat perfume?" scam.

The men continued to stand between parked cars, I guess to wait for
someone else to hit on. I stopped a lady going towards them, pointing at
them and told her about how I was sent an
e-mail at work about someone walking up to you at the malls or in parking
lots and asking you to SNIFF PERFUME that they are selling at a cheap
price or at least compare to which one you like best.

THIS IS NOT PERFUME ... IT IS ETHER!

When you sniff it, you'll p ass out. They'll take your wallet, your
valuables and heaven knows what else. If it were not for this e-mail, I
probably would have sniffed the 'perfume' but thanks to the generosity of
an e-mailing friend, I was spared whatever might have happened to me. I
wanted to do the same for you.

PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL YOUR WOMEN FRIENDS AND PLEASE

BE ALERT AND BE AWARE. IF YOU ARE A MAN AND RECEIVE THIS, PASS IT ON TO
YOUR WOMEN FRIENDS.

Ladies, this happened to me yesterday and I didn't smell the perfume
either, thanks to this email. This is true. Believe me, I know. I was
over by Big Lots in the parking lot at lunch time when I was approached.
So either day or night, it does not matter. There were 3 guys together
when I was approached. I called the police when I got back to my desk.

Like the email says above, LET EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT THIS - YOUR FRIENDS,
FAMILY, CO-WORKERS, whomever. It helped me. The first thing that popped
into my head was this e-mail warning.

MAKE SURE YOUR DAUGHTERS KNOW

This one below is one of my favorites.

Some of you might not be parents, but you may have nieces, nephews, grandchildren or friends with children this will pertain to you too. As I read the following, my heart sank. I urge each and every one of you to pass this on to as many people as you can. I cannot stress how important this is! This is very disturbing news. In addition to the following true story, I will also add that my own sons were playing in the ball pit at Discovery Zone one day. One son lost his watch, and was very upset. We dug and dug in those balls, trying to find the watch. Instead, we found vomit, food, faeces, and other stuff I do not want to discuss. I went to the manager and raised heck. Came to find out, the ball pit is only cleaned out once a month. I have doubts that it is even done that often. My kids will never play in another ball pit. Now read this

Hi, My name is Lauren Archer, my son Kevin and I lived in Sugarland, TX. On October 2nd, 1994 I took my only son to McDonald's for his 3rd birthday.

After he finished lunch, I allowed him to play in the ball pit. When he started whining later on, I asked him what was wrong, he pointed to the back of his pull-up and simply said "Mommy, it hurts." But I couldn't find anything wrong with him at that time. I bathed him when we got home, and it was at that point when I found a welt on his left buttock. Upon investigating, it seemed as if there was something like a splinter under the welt. I made an appointment to have it taken out the next day, but soon he started vomiting and shaking, then his eyes rolled back into his head.

From there, we went to the emergency room. He died later that night. It turned out that the welt on his buttock was the tip of a hypodermic needle that had broken off inside. The autopsy revealed that Kevin had died from heroine overdose. The next week, the police removed the balls from the ball pit and lo and behold. There was rotten food, several hypodermic needles: some full; some used; knives, half-eaten candy, diapers, feces, and the stench of urine. If a child is not safe in a child's play area then where? You can find the article on Kevin Archer in the October 10, 1994 issue of the Houston Chronicle. Please forward this to all loving mothers!

And the better one, Snakes in a Ballpit

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Snakes in the Ball Pit

[Astrocreep]

good lord this reminds me of the bullshit bulletins that Myspace people post. the one i see the most is the one about the little girl hurt at a walmart and that proceeds pay for her new spleen or something. its always women who post that shit.

[Zeste]

This one was actually good. Read the whole thing or else you'll ruin it...

I don't usually like these heartwarming stories, but this one is truly interesting...


In 1986, Mkele Mbembe was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Mbembe approached it very carefully.

He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it.
As carefully and as gently as he could, Mbembe worked the wood out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments.

Mbembe stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled.

Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away. Mbembe never forgot that elephant or the events of that day. Twenty years later, Mbembe was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son.As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Mbembe and his son, Tapu were standing.

The large bull elephant stared at Mbembe, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man. Remembering the encounter in 1986, Mbembe couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant. Mbembe summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Mbembe's legs and slammed him against the iron railing, killing him instantly.

Probably wasn't the same elephant.

[Haldin Darconis]

Originally Posted by Zeste

This one was actually good. Read the whole thing or else you'll ruin it...

Oh, man. That was good.

[Akileese]

Don't forget that Yahoo Messenger is also shutting down and going to a pay only service unless you get 1000 signatures.

[Frawdo]

Here's a good one I've received once or twice, paraphrased.

FWD: Omg this is so funny and it works!

>I didn't believe it but it actually works! Pass it on
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Try This! It works!

Pass this along to ten of your friends!
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Just send this to all your friends - it really works.

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And that's pretty much the end of the email. At some point the actual body of the email was lost and now bored mom's with email are just forwarding around the snippets of things people have said while forwarding the email previously. Sometimes I think they don't even read the email, as soon as they see FW: in the subject line they assume they have to forward it to everyone in their contact list.