Experiment [ was: FW: FW: FWD: Totem pole thing ]

Joe Barrera (joebar@MICROSOFT.com)
Wed, 9 Jul 1997 21:40:15 -0700


What happens when you invert the message of a chain letter and send it
back to everyone responsible for sending it to you?

I don't know, but I'm about to find out...

- Joe

Joseph S. Barrera III (joebar@microsoft.com)
http://research.microsoft.com/~joebar
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The opinions expressed in this message are my own personal views and do
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-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Barrera
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 1997 9:30 PM
To: DUQUE BECERRA; duques4@anditel.andinet.lat.net;
Sandramc@latino.net.co; nmr05000@inter.net.co; ALITAVARES@aol.com;
104551.1454@compuserve.com; Cornelia_Ryan@spe.sony.com;
Matt1694%aol.com%Sdma-sf@sdma.com; vcy@elamburke.com;
ingsoc@anditel.andinet.lat.net; Karen@upp.net
Cc: Joe Barrera
Subject: RE: FW: FWD: Totem pole thing

> >>>> Seattle BAD LUCK TOTEM
> >>>> \\\|||///
> >>>> =========
> >>>> ---| X X |--->
> >>>> / \ @'/
> >>>> <#### _| |_
> >>>> \ (#) ( )
> >>>> #\//|* *|\\
> >>>> #\/( * )/
> >>>> # =====
> >>>> # (\|/)
> >>>> # || ||
> >>>> .#.--'| |---.
> >>>> #'---' ----'
> >>>>
> >>>> This totem has been sent to you for bad luck. It has been
sent
> >>>> around the world zero times so far. You will receive bad
luck
> >>>> immediately after receiving this totem. And I mean, like,
REALLY
> >>>> bad luck. Bad luck like you've never seen before.
> >>>>
> >>>> Send copies to people you dislike intensely. They will
receive
> >>>> bad luck. (Note: this will not diminish your new bad
luck. But
> >>>> it might make you feel better.)
> >>>>
> >>>> If you are going to send this message, you must send it
within 96 hours.
> >>>> Or don't send it. See if I care. If you do send it,
remember to send a copy
> >>>> to your system administrator. Oh, and print some copies
and send them
> >>>> to your local postmaster. Print "CHAIN LETTER"
prominently on the envelope.

- Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: DUQUE BECERRA [SMTP:duques4@anditel.andinet.lat.net]
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 1997 6:29 PM
To: Joe Barrera
Subject: Fw: FW: FWD: Totem pole thing

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> From: Sandra McCausland <Sandramc@latino.net.co>
> To: Isabela Restrepo <mdpm7000@inter.net.co>; Ana María
Restrepo
<x10298@students.uni-bocconi.it>; Mariana Montoya
<s963150@student.ulg.ac.be>; Rafael Arturo McCausland
<rmccausl@latino.net.co>; Santiago McCausland G.
<smccausl@latino.net.co>;
Andrés Hernández <andres.hernandez@mci2000.com>; Andrea Garcia
<esoto@colomsat.net.co>; Julio Gaitán <jgaitan@latino.net.co>;
Mauricio
Fonseca <mmfons@ccmail.monsanto.com>; Juliana Duque
<duques4@anditel.andinet.lat.net>
> Subject: Fw: FW: FWD: Totem pole thing
> Date: Martes 8 de Julio de 1997 4:29 PM
>
>
>
> ----------
> From: Natalia Mejia Ramirez <nmr05000@inter.net.co>
> To: 'Alice-Alejo' <bernieglauser@inter.net.co>; 'Ana Maria
Mendieta'
> <amendiet@zeus.uniandes.edu.co>; 'Anke Schmitt'
> <schma014@goofy.zdv.uni-mainz.de>; 'Carolina Pardo'
> <carolina.pardo@bakernet.com>; 'Diego Ossa'
> <dossa@javercol.javeriana.edu.co>; 'Ernesto Lopez'
> <elopezvi@banrep.gov.co>; 'Juan Fernando Gaviria'
<gaviriaj@latino.net.co>;
> 'Ricardo Echavarria' <ricardoe@janua.upb.edu.co>; 'Sandra
Mccausland'
> <sandramc@latino.net.co>; 'Carolina Mejia'
> <cmejia@javercol.javeriana.edu.co>
> Subject: FW: FW: FWD: Totem pole thing
> Date: Martes, Julio 01, 1997 09:40 AM
>
>
>
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> From: .[SMTP:ingsoc@anditel.andinet.lat.net]
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 1997 7:31 AM
> To: 'Alvaro Perez'; 'Andrés Uribe'; 'Giovanna Franky'; 'Juan
Camilo
> Cabrera'; 'Lila Munevar'; 'MEMA'; 'Natalia Mejía'; 'Paula
Garcia';
'Ricardo
> Vasquez'; 'Roberto Munevar'; 'Rodrigo Bedoya'
> Subject: RV: FW: FWD: Totem pole thing
>
>
>
> ----------
> Desde:
gabriela@colomsat.net.co[SMTP:gabriela@colomsat.net.co]
> Enviado el: Viernes 27 de Junio de 1997 06:31 AM
> Para: carango@ecs.umass.edu; jose-mar@uniandes.edu.co;
fncny@msn.com;
> marialil@openway.com.co; hades@ix.netcom.com;
> martav@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu; maucaro@microsoft.com;
> fernanda.carvajal@bakernet.com; cmolina@toltec.astate.edu;
Anores@aol.com;
> armando_collazos@cpsmtp.cp.disney.com; spardo@foreign.sbi.com;
> michelangelo@dada.it; ssernich@marlin.utmb.edu
> Asunto: Fwd: FW: FWD: Totem pole thing
>
> >From: ALITAVARES@aol.com
> >Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 14:47:32 -0400 (EDT)
> >To: jgarcia@nsa03.nsf.lucent.com, LAVILLEJR@aol.com,
Tatiana147@aol.com,
> > mario23@wharton.upenn.edu,
cquinte@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu,
> > CHADGRIFF@aol.com, gabriela@colomsat.net.co,
LopezDawn@aol.com,
> > gavasqu@ibm.net, tya@po.iijnet.or.jp
> >Subject: Fwd: FW: FWD: Totem pole thing
> >
> >
> >---------------------
> >Forwarded message:
> >From: 104551.1454@compuserve.com (camila holguin)
> >To: alitavares@aol.com (ali)
> >Date: 97-06-26 22:00:19 EDT
> >
> >
> >
> >-------------Forwarded Message-----------------
> >
> >From: Eduardo Holguin, EHolguin
> >To: Camila Holguin, [104551,1454]
> >
> >Date: 6/24/97 4:44 PM
> >
> >RE: FW: FWD: Totem pole thing
> >
> >Sender: Cornelia_Ryan@spe.sony.com
> >Received: from mail1.fw-sj.sony.com (mail1.fw-sj.sony.com
[198.93.2.11])
> by
> >arl-img-7.compuserve.com (8.6.10/5.950515)
> > id UAA09994; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 20:39:15 -0400
> >From: <Cornelia_Ryan@spe.sony.com>
> >Received: by mail1.fw-sj.sony.com id RAA08622; Thu, 19 Jun
1997 17:37:49
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> >882564BC.000394EC ; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 17:39:07 -0700
> >X-Lotus-Fromdomain: SPE
> >To: LRyanB@aol.com, Pete_Corral@spe.sony.com, NedR@fox.com,
> > 104551.1045@CompuServe.com,
Perry_Boyle@alexbrown.com,
> > kloftgray@worldnet.att.net, cryan@ms.com,
PJLRyan@aol.com,
> > cryan@oxbio.com, sharntime@aol.com
> >Message-Id: <882564BC.00030634.00@int.spe.sony.com>
> >Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 17:35:22 -0700
> >Subject: FW: FWD: Totem pole thing
> >Mime-Version: 1.0
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >
> >
> >
> >---------------------- Forwarded by Cornelia Ryan/LA/SPE on
06/19/97
05:35
> >PM ---------------------------
> >
> >
> >Jennifer Tuthill [MSMAIL.JTuthill]@SSW on 06/19/97 05:09:00
PM
> >
> >Please respond to Jennifer Tuthill [MSMAIL.JTuthill] @ SSW
> >
> >To: Meg Burby [MSMAIL.MBurby]@SSW, Ben Cosgrove
[MSMAIL.BCosgrov]@SSW,
> > Donna Choo [MSMAIL.DChoo]@SSW, David Farley
[MSMAIL.DFarley]@SSW,
> > Susan Hillenbrand [MSMAIL.SHillenb]@SSW, Jessica Byrnes
> > [MSMAIL.JByrnes]@SSW, Jada Gorrell
[MSMAIL.JGorrell]@SSW, Cornelia
> > Ryan/LA/SPE@SPE, *emily_cummins#bgent_com@SSW,
> *FRAINC#pfizer_com@SSW
> >cc:
> >Subject: FW: FWD: Totem pole thing
> >
> >
> >
> > ----------
> >From: Karen Marias
> >To: jtuthil; blm; cab; jlm; kps; mlg; rrd; sjz; smk; kblumer
> >Subject: FWD: Totem pole thing
> >Date: Thursday, June 19, 1997 5:00PM
> >
> >FORWARDED MESSAGE from UPPENT1 (UPPENT1@UPP) at 6/19/97 4:44
PM
> > To: <annie_fischer@anlsf.com>, <eugene.s.eun@ac.com>,
> ><jmarks@cronerco.com>, <Karen@upp.net>,
<mhh725@ix.netcom.com>,
> ><MMUNS@earthlink.net>, <salter@geffen.com>,
<tzedekl@ohr.israel.net>
> > From: "matt1694" <Matt1694%aol.com%Sdma-sf@sdma.com>
> > Resent-From: "Michael F. Ehrlich" <MFEhrlich@sdma.com>
> >
> >Forwarded to: INTERNET [annie_fischer@anlsf.com]
> >INTERNET [eugene.s.eun@ac.com]
> >INTERNET [jmarks@cronerco.com]
> >INTERNET [Karen@upp.net]
> >INTERNET [mhh725@ix.netcom.com]
> >INTERNET [MMUNS@earthlink.net]
> >INTERNET [salter@geffen.com]
> >INTERNET [tzedekl@ohr.israel.net]
> > cc:
> >Comments by: Michael F. Ehrlich@Buslaw@Sdma-sf
> >
> >

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> >
> >Forwarded mail received from:
>
>PHOENIX:GIVENS:GIVENS.ASYNC:"wisenet":WiseNet.SMTP:"vcy@elamburke.com"
> > Date: 06/16/1997 05:14 am (Monday)
> > From: Victoria Yu <vcy@elamburke.com>
> > To: Meredith Kato <mkato@svr.trinity.nyc.ny.us>
> > Subject: Fwd: Totem pole thing
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------------------
> >Forwarded message:
> >Subj: Fwd: Totem pole thing
> >Date: 97-06-15 21:06:30 EDT
> >From: Stene f
> >To: DADSDANCE,BlueFire,Matt1694
> >To: User720969,Wpbcayman,SRC RACING
> >To: Dan13298
> >
> >
> > ---------------------
> >Forwarded message:
> >Subj: Totem pole thing
> >Date: 97-06-13 14:03:06 EDT
> >From: I am Me 00
> >To: Scoobdoo49,Bigrat12,DADSDANCE
> >To: User8579,Stene f,Warlod7807
> >To: ILANA986,Abdel123,MKoch2338
> >To: DebStene F
> >
> >here you guys need good luck!!
> > ---------------------
> >Forwarded message:
> >Subj: Fwd: lucky totem pole thing
> >Date: 97-06-13 13:44:47 EDT
> >From: Shel 550
> >To: I am Me 00
> >
> >
> > ---------------------
> >Forwarded message:
> >Subj: lucky totem pole thing
> >Date: 97-06-13 13:34:02 EDT
> >From: TONY2510
> >To: AquaJewelK,Shel 550,Daisy132
> >To: LandS123,DEBT4,TroiBoi1,Bones 207
> >To: Suenos6969,Need4093,RENZ97
> >
> >>>> Hawaiian GOOD LUCK TOTEM
> >>>> \\\|||///
> >>>> =========
> >>>> - | O O |
> >>>> / \ \ @'/
> >>>> # _| |_
> >>>> (#) ( )
> >>>> #\//|* *|\\
> >>>> #\/( * )/
> >>>> # =====
> >>>> # (\|/)
> >>>> # || ||
> >>>> .#.--'| |---.
> >>>> #'---' ----'
> >>>>
> >>>> This totem has been sent to you for good luck. It has
been sent
> >>>> around the world nine times so far. You will receive
good luck
> >>>> within four days of relaying this totem.
> >>>>
> >>>> Send copies to people you think need good luck. Don't
send money as
> >>>> fate has no price. Do not keep this message.
> >>>>
> >>>> The totem must leave your hands in 96 hours. Send ten
copies and see
> >>>> what happens in four days. You will get a surprise. This
is true,
> even
> >>>> if you are not superstitious.
> >>>>
> >>>> Good luck, but please remember: 10 copies of this message
must leave
> >>>> your hands in 96 hours... You must not sign on message...
> >>>>
> > -- _________________________________________
> > --
> >This message was automatically forwarded on behalf of
UPPENT1.
> >Originally sent by: mailto:MFEHRLICH @ SDMA.COM
> >Original Recipient(s):
> >To: ANNIE$FI@SMTP {annie_fischer@anlsf.com}
> > EUGENE@SMTP {eugene.s.eun@ac.com}
> > JMARKS@SMTP {jmarks@cronerco.com}
> > KAREN@UPP
> > MHH725@SMTP {mhh725@ix.netcom.com}
> > MMUNS@SMTP {MMUNS@earthlink.net}
> > SALTER@SMTP {salter@geffen.com}
> > TZEDEKL@SMTP {tzedekl@ohr.israel.net}
> >***** NOTES from Karen Marias (KLM @ UPP) at 6/19/97 4:59 PM
> >
> >Internet: Karen@upp.net
> >Phone: 818/525-1606
> >Fax: 818/526-0111
> >
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