Funny urban legend - email scare

[bull]

Have you seen this one? It's pretty funny what some paranoid people believe. http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/perfume.asp

>Subject: FW: PLEASE READ THIS ABOUT PERFUME SMELLING
>Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:19:13 +0000
>
>Subject: PLEASE READ THIS
>
>
>I never know if these are true accounts or if they're just made up to scare

>people, but I'd feel terrible if anyone I knew fell victim to a scam like
>this. At the very least it'll remind us all to be aware of our
>surroundings.
>
>Subject: VERY IMPORTANT
>
>This is something that happened to us on the way back from vacation last
>spring. I didn't think much of it until now. The reason we were a little
>suspicious is we had been riding in a jeep all day with 100 degrees
>temps and we stopped at a truck stop for something to drink.
>
>When I was leaving, a young girl followed me out and asked what kind of
>cologne I was wearing. Well, after 7 hours in the car sweating, I don't
>think you could tell I was or was not wearing any cologne. We just got
>in the jeep and said no thanks.
>
>Then it was about 3 weeks ago, I was at a service station in Brampton
>getting gas. It was about 9:30 pm. I was approached by 2 men and 2 women
>in a car. The man that was driving asked me 'What kind of perfume do you
>wear?' I was a bit confused and I asked him 'Why?' He said, 'We are
>selling some name brand perfumes, at cheap prices.' I said I had no
>money.
>
>He then reached out of the car and handed me paper that was laminated;
>it had perfume on it. I looked quickly at it and gave it back. I said,
>I have no money. He said it is OK, we take check, cash,or credit cards.
>Then the people in the car began to laugh.
>
>I just got in my car and said no thanks. Then I received this e-mail
>yesterday and it sent chills up my spine. Please read this. It is no
>joke.
>
>
>Dear Friends:
>
>I know not all of you are women that I am sending this to, but am hoping
>you will share this with your wives, daughters, mothers, sisters, etc.
>Our world seems to be getting crazier by the day. Pipe bombs in
>mailboxes and sickos in parking lots with perfume. Be careful. I was
>approached yesterday afternoon around 5:30 PM in the Walmart parking lot
>by two males asking what kind of perfume I was wearing.Then they asked
>if I'd like to sample some fabulous scent they were willing to sell me
>at a very reasonable rate. I probably would have agreed had I not
>received an e-mail warning of a "Wanna smell this neat perfume?"
scam.
>
>The men continued to stand between parked cars, I guess to wait for
>someone else to hit on. I stopped a lady going towards them, pointing at
>them and told her about how I was sent an e-mail at work about someone
>walking up to you at the malls or in parking lots and asking you to
>SNIFF PERFUME that they are selling at a cheap price.
>
>THIS IS NOT PERFUME...IT IS ETHER!
>
>When you sniff it, you'll pass out.They'll take your wallet, your
>valuables and heaven knows what else. If it were not for this e-mail, I
>probably would have sniffed the 'perfume' but thanks to the generosity
>of an e-mailing friend, I was spared whatever might have happened to me.
>I wanted to do the same for you.
>
>PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL YOUR WOMEN FRIENDS AND PLEASE BE ALERT
>AND BE AWARE. IF YOU ARE A MAN AND RECEIVE THIS, PASS IT ON TO YOUR
>WOMEN FRIENDS.
>
>Ladies, this happened to me yesterday and I didn't smell the perfume
>either, thanks to this email. This is true. Believe me, I know. I was
>over by Big Lots in the parking lot at lunch time when I was approached.
>So either day or night, it does not matter. There were 3 guys together
>when I was approached. I called the police when I got back to my desk.
>
>Like the email says above, LET EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT THIS - YOUR FRIENDS,
>FAMILY, CO-WORKERS, whomever. It helped me. The first thing that popped
>into my head was this e-mail warning.

[Brock Samson]

thanks for the heads up Bull..

[253862656971]

For some reason I smell BS.  Yeah ether will put you out but not after one sniff.  I get ether fumes all the time and don't pass out.  Damn D8 won't start in the cold without a heavy shot of it. 

[Drache]

For some reason I smell BS.  Yeah ether will put you out but not after one sniff.  I get ether fumes all the time and don't pass out.  Damn D8 won't start in the cold without a heavy shot of it. 

Well that's what snopes says as well! It's False... 

[bull]

I'm going to go back and put the first two lines of my original post in bold, red letters.

[mikepmcs]