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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 85156" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I just checked, as well. I found this:</p><p><a href="http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/paradox.asp" target="_blank">http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/paradox.asp</a></p><p></p><p>husband & I are increasingly used by people we know (and some we don't) as a source to verify or bust anything circulating. It's a fascinating process. Always worth a try, before you send out anything. Another one we did today was that myth about coughing to save yourself from a heart attack. We got it sent to us as a PowerPoint, which is much harder to check. But I found it! So did husband, turns out we were both working on it independently.</p><p></p><p>I've learnt a new term as a result - glurge. This piece incorrectly attributed to George Carlin doesn't quite qualify as glurge in my book. True glurge should be so sugary as to risk giving you diabetes, and almost always finishes with something like, "If you do not immediately send this to your 100 best friends you are a heartless, soulless creature who deserves to burn forever in the pits of Heck." Or similar emotional blackmail.</p><p></p><p>Just for curiosity, Google "glurge" and have fun browsing!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 85156, member: 1991"] I just checked, as well. I found this: [url="http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/paradox.asp"]http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/paradox.asp[/url] husband & I are increasingly used by people we know (and some we don't) as a source to verify or bust anything circulating. It's a fascinating process. Always worth a try, before you send out anything. Another one we did today was that myth about coughing to save yourself from a heart attack. We got it sent to us as a PowerPoint, which is much harder to check. But I found it! So did husband, turns out we were both working on it independently. I've learnt a new term as a result - glurge. This piece incorrectly attributed to George Carlin doesn't quite qualify as glurge in my book. True glurge should be so sugary as to risk giving you diabetes, and almost always finishes with something like, "If you do not immediately send this to your 100 best friends you are a heartless, soulless creature who deserves to burn forever in the pits of Heck." Or similar emotional blackmail. Just for curiosity, Google "glurge" and have fun browsing! Marg [/QUOTE]
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