LOL

 I had to laugh, my friends, when I saw this sign.

How many times have I received a forward telling

me I would lose my blessing if I didn't send  the message on to several other people? Or the measure

of my friendship would be judged based upon whether I sent the forward back to the person who

sent it to me? How ridiculous! Not to mention how

aggravating it is when you get one of these silly letters.

etsy

It brought back memories from the past for me.

These forwards are really akin to the old fashioned

chain letters I used to receive. The first one I remember falling for was a t-towel party. I would send a pretty t-towel to the person whose name was on the top of the list, send the letter on to 10 other people and then just sit back and wait for my pretty

10 t-towels to arrive.

Well, guess what, I'm still waiting for them!

etsy



Now I know you would've thought I had learned my lesson after this first bad experience, but no , I didn't. My girl friend, who was a teacher, sent me a chain letter just like the t-towel letter. Only this time it was 14 Golden story books for my children

that I was to receive.

I once again, faithfully bought and sent along a Little Golden book to the person whose name was

at the top of the list. I felt certain I was surely going

to fare better with this chain letter considering most of the names on my girlfriends list were teachers also. I wasn't  really expecting 14 books

mind you, but maybe at least half that many would show up.

Nope, wrong again. Zero, zilch, nada. Nothing

ever arrived.

I laugh now. But it was a lesson learned. I don't

hear much about anyone sending chain letter

these days. Do you? Have you ever fallen for a

chain letter? Or did you actually have good luck

with one?

Let me know, because I've never heard of anyone who actually received what they were promised.