IJMC - Hangin' Tough

I think most of you know how I feel about chain letters. This is one I 
think you ought to read and send out to anyone you know with email and a 
web browser. I love this guy's idea (I even tracked down the web address 
to make it easier for everyone) and have added an appointment for March 10, 
1999 in my Palm Pilot. At least read through this and see what you think. 
We may not be able to vote Hank the Dwarf in for the cover of People 
magazine, but I suspect we could get this through. Just remember, if you 
vote, you aren't required to _watch_ the video!                       -dave



Hello all. This is a chain letter that I am starting (hear me out).
There is nothing I loathe more than chain letters. Well, except for the
teenage obsession and recent success of such male quintuplet vocal acts
as:  The Backstreet Boys, N Sync, and 98 Degrees, and Five.

I am the boy with cancer.  I am Bill Gates with the enticing offer
of an all-expense paid trip to Disneyland.  I am the naive college
freshman whose kidneys are no doubt being sold for thousands of
dollars on the black market. Now, to expose the plot, a nefarious scheme
I've contrived to pay them all back. The idea struck me-like a truck
running into a flightless bird who had inadvertantly chosen to cross the
road - while I was watching TRL yesterday.  TRL, for those of you who
don't know, is the abbreviation for the showcase of Carson Daly
witticisms that is Total Request Live on MTV (MTV itself being an
abbreviation for music television).

Here is what we must all pull together and do: send this email to as
many people as possible.  The message is simple.  On March 10, 1999,
everyone who has received this email will get on-line and, before the
airing of Total Request Live, cast their vote for the New Kids on the
Block's epic music video-"Hanging Tough."

[ed. note - http://www.mtv.com/mtv/tubescan/totalrequest2/ is the 
 address you're looking for -dave]

<A HREF="http://www.mtv.com/mtv/tubescan/totalrequest2/">Click here</A>

It is the ultimate insult to popular culture.

And here is the compelling, dramatic, conclusion:  I don't know if
this is original.  I don't know if anyone has ever had this thought
before. You won't be cursed with bad luck and misfortune if you choose
not to pass this on.  You, in turn, will not reep lifelong rewards and
benefits if you do.  But you will laugh your ass off if it works. And in
that hysterical fit of laughter you will live the long fruitful life and
die the ill-fated tragic death all at the same time.
We can make this happen.

Now the author would like to apologize for any misspellings, offensive
or politically incorrect ethnic slurs, verbosity, inapropriate word use,
and failure to convey a lucid, well-organized thought.

Sincerely,
James Vaughan

P.S.  Be sure to include ridiculous things in your request, such as:
"Please Carson, will you play "Hangin' Tough" by the New Kids on the
Block.  Danny is such a clean-cut boy, and he'll never be in trouble
with the law.  Also, I think that these guys have the Right Stuff, and
they're going to be around for a long time."