The Lovesong Writer

As usual the spams and scams flood into my email inbox, but what catches my eye is a long old chain email sent by an old friend. It goes as such:

Hey everyone, I don't normally send this sort of stuff out but I had a look on the internet and it's actually true . On the 1st of November , we will have to pay for the use of our MSN and email accounts unless we send this message to at least 18 contacts on your contact list. It's no joke if you don't believe me then go to the site ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1189119.stm ) and see for yourself. Anyways once you've sent this message to at least 18 contacts, your MSN dude will become blue. please copy and paste and don't forward otherwise people won't take notice of it.

Yes, it's that usual chain email we always ignore. And I finally went to check that article out. You can imagine the mirth I felt when I found another related article there; 'Thousands fall for Hotmail prank' by Tim Weber ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4778046.stm ).

The new article dated 8 March 2006, ridiculed (for lack of a better word) us for falling for that 'ol prank. The former article was published on 25 February 2001, one year after the dotcom crash. I felt gobsmacked that I near believed in it, even if it was just for a minute.

So the morale of the story? Always check your dates, and don't be fooled.

we are but just the words to our poem.

1:37 pm;
Still waiting for you-