The Most Honest Chain Letter In History

YOU MUST SEND THIS LETTER TO 10 PEOPLE WITHIN 10 DAYS OR THE MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL PRINCIPLE KNOWN AS “THE LAW OF AVERAGES” STATES THAT SOMETHING BAD MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN TO YOU.

In 2007 this letter surfaced for the first time, and has since been passed around the world numerous times. In fact, due to the decentralised nature of the internet, it was probably routed around the world at least once between the gmail server and you. (Obviously, this statement makes the assumption that you are using gmail, which is a statistical probability, given the advances in corporate servers’ anti-spam software since the introduction of Server 7 and its generational equivalents.)

In that time, hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people have read this message and sent it on. Or not, as the case may be. Carl Wilkinson, 49, of Boise, Indiana, USA, received this message, but did not pass it on to the required 10 people in the required 10 days, and less than a week later he died of a heart attack. Medical experts mistakenly believed this was due to his poor diet and lack of exercise. However, they had no way of knowing that he had failed to continue this chain, as his inbox, spam AND trash folders contained no evidence of it, it being so thouroughly deleted, and therefore the true cause of death was never revealed.

Just a few short months later, Miss Qui Qon Jhinn, 32, of Shanghai, Germany, successfully continued the chain, sending this letter on to 10 people in just 10 seconds, thanks to her mailing list settings, and was rewarded by winning 100 Rupees on a lottery scratch card.

One of her mailing list recipients, a Mr. Rajesh Stankowitz, of Jerusalem, Argentina, also sent the letter on, and was rewarded nothing for his efforts. However, he also lost nothing, bringing the score to 1-1-1.

Based on the above evidence, and with the karmic mojo associated with the words “chain mail”, do you dare NOT send this message on? Something bad may or may not happen if you don’t, and something equally good may or may not happen if you do. Are you willing to take that chance?