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Why don’t I get amusing emails like this one that claims the “ Ghost of a teen who died in a sewer strikes down those who don't repost her story”?

In this one, being debunked by Snopes, the story is that “2 months ago, 16 year old David Gregory read this post and didn't repost it. When he went to take a shower he heard laughter from his shower, he started freaking out and ran to his computer to repost it, He said goodnight to his mom and went to sleep, 5 hours later his mom woke up in the middle of the night cause of a loud noise, David was gone, that morning a few hours later the police found him in the sewer, his neck broke and his face skin peeled off… If you don't repost this saying "She was pushed" or "They Pushed her down a sewer" Then Jessica will get you, either from a sewer, the toilet, the shower, or when you go to sleep you'll wake up in the sewer, in the dark, then Jessica will come and kill you.”

No, I just get e-mail claiming I won some sort of international lottery, or those from someone who needs my help claiming their money from a bank account, and of course those thoughtful people who are willing to hook you up with boner pills. But I DO enjoy the creative spelling used in an attempt to get around the spam filters (VlkAGRA 4 Less...Grooup lascivious teenss haardcore!...and so on). But I'm still scratching my head over the subject line "Do you want gamy Sluts?"...if you mean ones that have the odor of spoiled fowl, then I'm going to have to respectfully decline.

Tags: internet culture