We all have a friend like her.
She's sweeter than cherry pie, but would put her neck on the line to defend you. Even with three kids, she remembers your birthday with a card. She'll call you out of the blue just say to "hi."
She's extremely talented, but spends most of her time chasing after her children and cooking dinner for her husband. She lives a simple existence and has endured life's challenges. She's religious, but it doesn't bother you - because you understand why.
She doesn't have money to spare, but she'll give you the shirt off her back in a heartbeat. She never sounds frazzled or tired, even though she has every right to be.
Her laugh is contagious as is her energy and zest for life.
But for the love of all things sacred in this universe, if she sends you ONE MORE ridiculously long chain-spam email, you may be inclined to pull out your own eyeball.
Hey, I have several friends like that and one by one I have sent a gentle email in return informing them that though I love getting personal emails from them I don't wish to receive any 'forwarded' emails anymore. Most of the time the simple request is received well. :)
When I receive an urban legend I check it out on snopes and if it is a false story I send them a link letting them read about it first-hand.
The only one I can't get myself to ask to stop is my beloved auntie... oh, well.
Thanks for the great blog. I enjoy reading REAL life stuff!
Posted by: Willma | July 19, 2006 at 10:29 PM
OMGosh!! I just burst into hysterics!! Do we all have one?? I just finally created a psuedo-yahoo account and the last one I got... the tick thing... I sent the snopes article on this issue to everyone I could possibly glean from that terribly forwarded email!! Maybe I'll send these folks selective posts from your blog! It is too funny!!
Posted by: Kim | July 19, 2006 at 09:35 PM
Ha ha ha! I have that friend too. Thank god she has a new job with no email right now.
Posted by: the weirdgirl | July 19, 2006 at 01:14 AM
E-mail filters are a godsend. Anytime the subject has ">FWD:" (or worse, ">>FWD: FWD: RE: FWD: Too funny!" those suckers go RIGHT in the trash.
Posted by: Nancy | July 18, 2006 at 06:30 PM
I have that friend. And a cousin like that. And a male friend like that. And even though I've sent them all a link to Snopes.com that shows why the stupid thing they emailed me is just an urban legend, they continue to fall for the crap and send it my way.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis | July 17, 2006 at 09:06 PM
phew,
I was jealous of that friend...
until the ending, there.
Plus, the only thing worse than spam email is RELIGIOUS spam email.
Keep those peepers in their sockets, baby.
Posted by: BFF | July 17, 2006 at 08:50 PM
She's sweet until she sends that email that says "If you don't send this to 15 people in the next 10 seconds, you're going to burn in the firey pits of hell"
Posted by: Jamie | July 17, 2006 at 05:04 PM
Yes, and it's bound to be a religious spam mail, even though she knows you're not religious. I have that friend, and I love her, but I sometimes want to kill her.
Posted by: Christina | July 17, 2006 at 03:07 PM
You kill me. I have that friend. Who sends those emails. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
Posted by: Sunshine Scribe | July 17, 2006 at 07:36 AM
Amen. And worse, it's Christian/Republican chainmail as well.
Posted by: Jenny | July 17, 2006 at 07:29 AM
Too, too funny. I've got a couple friends just like that. Now I just delete the emails without even opening them. Cuz I don't want all that bad karma, ya know?
Posted by: Mommy off the Record | July 17, 2006 at 03:09 AM
I have that friend except for the chain emails. The chain email addict is my mother. Luckily they are liberal, but that does not make them any more annoying.
Posted by: dear wife | July 16, 2006 at 10:05 PM
I So know what you are saying! Most times you want to hug her but other times, you want to slap her in the back of the head!
Posted by: Lisa B | July 16, 2006 at 10:02 PM
Yes. YES. And the ones that get sent to me have been forwarded around about a bazillion times, and have all of those little >>>'s before each sentence.
Posted by: mamatulip | July 16, 2006 at 09:54 PM
Oh, that hits way too close to home. Yep... we've all got that friend. Mine sends religious e-mails, no less. Ah, well... she bakes a damn good cake.
Posted by: VirtualSprite | July 16, 2006 at 09:25 PM
Ha! Are we sharing the same friend? Because the idea of there being that many more of them is too much to wrap my mind around.
Posted by: Mrs. Chicky | July 16, 2006 at 09:08 PM
I recently added said person to my Spam list. Oops. That must have been an accident.
Posted by: Karla | July 16, 2006 at 08:47 PM
Oh..she sounds so great, the chain e-mail is ALMOST forgiveable....
Posted by: Pattie | July 16, 2006 at 07:53 PM
lmfao- i don't know if i have a friend like that. lol
Posted by: jennster | July 16, 2006 at 06:57 PM
I'm thinking you should consider pulling out her eyeball rather than your own. You're really not the eypatch type. I'm just sayin...
;p
Posted by: Izzy | July 16, 2006 at 06:43 PM
I have that friend too!
Posted by: chelle | July 16, 2006 at 05:58 PM
Wow, we have the same friend!
Add to the spam chain letters and cutesy sayings, the 26 attached photos of her family that slow down my computer for days!!!
Posted by: Crunchy Carpets | July 16, 2006 at 04:02 PM
HA! I want to send this as a chain email to most of the people on my email list!
Sad thing is... most wouldn't get it. *head,desk*
Posted by: Jenna | July 16, 2006 at 03:28 PM
I think those chain letter emails should have been on my hate list. And the send to 12 people in the next minute or your life will end. Shit, I'd be so dead by now if I bought into that crap.
Posted by: Melissa | July 16, 2006 at 03:01 PM
I actually got a chain LETTER in the MAIL the other day. Seriously....who send those any more?! And why is my friend wasing her time sending these stupid things!?
WHat did I do with the letter? Wrote "Return to Sender" on the envelope and sent it back! HAHAHAHA
Posted by: Jaime | July 16, 2006 at 12:15 PM
Oh yes. Ditto everything wordgirl said. Ditto, ditto, ditto.
Posted by: jozet | July 16, 2006 at 11:27 AM
At least before the internet it took a few weeks for her chain letter to arrive to you.
Posted by: Arwen | July 16, 2006 at 11:21 AM
This is an amalgam of too many people in my life. My mother in law sends us all the "ten reasons butterflies make people happy" crap; my stepmother is still sending "bill gates will send you a thousand dollars if you forward this"; and Nate's aunt used to send us all this anti-democratic conspiratorial crap until we "replied all" and took on each point one by one and totally pissed of her list. Heh. End of problem.
Posted by: Mom101 | July 16, 2006 at 11:18 AM
For me, it's mostly well-meaning relatives who don't know or care that I'm not a Republican...or a religious zealot. I get stuff that reminds me to wear red on Friday to show that I support the President (gag) or states firmly how God loves this country more than others. I could go on BuT i'M gETting SICk fROm tYpInG tHaT LAst SentENce.
Posted by: wordgirl | July 16, 2006 at 10:40 AM
I have some nice Nigerians who would like to send her email.
Posted by: Suebob | July 16, 2006 at 09:57 AM
Ohhhhh yyeeaaaah!
Posted by: mo-wo | July 16, 2006 at 09:03 AM
Yes, yes, yes, and YES! Failing that eye-poking deal, any ideas on how to kindly and gently say, "Stop sending me sentimental drivel, dammit."
Posted by: juliness | July 16, 2006 at 08:06 AM