From: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org (oppositeview-digest) To: oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Subject: oppositeview-digest V4 #278 Reply-To: oppositeview@smoe.org Sender: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk oppositeview-digest Monday, November 11 2002 Volume 04 : Number 278 Today's Subjects: ----------------- OV: Fw: A short peomto read ["Sam Brown" ] OV: Re: Fw: A short peomto read ["Andrew Douglas" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 11:12:30 -0000 From: "Sam Brown" Subject: OV: Fw: A short peomto read - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rose Deakin" To: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; <010544464@chester.ac.uk>; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 8:11 PM Subject: Fwd: A short peomto read > > > > > > > > >From: Miss Laura Dean > >To: rosedea > >Subject: A short peomto read > >Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 15:02:39 +0000 > > > > >> > This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl > > >> > in a New York Hospital. > > >> > It was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read > > >> > what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > SLOW DANCE > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Have you ever watched kids > > >> > On a merry-go-round? > > >> > Or listened to the rain > > >> > Slapping on the ground? > > >> > Ever followed a butterfly's erotic flight? > > >> > Or gazed at the sun into the fading night? > > >> > You better slow down. > > >> > Don't dance so fast. > > >> > Time is short. > > >> > The music won't last. > > >> > > > >> > Do you run through each day > > >> > On the fly? > > >> > When you ask How are you? > > >> > Do you hear the reply? > > >> > When the day is done > > >> > Do you lie in your bed > > >> > With the next hundred chores > > >> > Running through your head? > > >> > You'd better slow down > > >> > Don't dance so fast. > > >> > Time is short. > > >> > The music won't last. > > >> > > > >> > Ever told your child, > > >> > We'll do it tomorrow? > > >> > And in your haste, > > >> > Not see his sorrow? > > >> > Ever lost touch, > > >> > Let a good friendship die > > >> > Cause you never had time > > >> > To call and say,"hi" > > >> > You'd better slow down. > > >> > Don't dance so fast. > > >> > Time is short. > > >> > The music won't last. > > >> > > > >> > When you run so fast to get somewhere > > >> > You miss half the fun of getting here. > > >> > When you worry and hurry through your day, > > >> > It is like an unopened gift.... > > >> > Thrown away. > > >> > Life is not a race. > > >> > Do take it slower > > >> > Hear the music > > >> > Before the song is over. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO HELP THIS LITTLE GIRL. ALL > > >> > FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL > > >> > COUNT. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Dear All: > > >> > PLEASE pass this mail on to everybody you know. It is > > >> > the request of a special little girl who will soon > > >> > leave this world as she has cancer. Please send this > > >> > to everyone you know or don't know. This little girl > > >> > has 6 months left to live, and as her dying wish, she > > >> > wanted to send a letter telling everyone to live their > > >> > life to the fullest, since she never will. She'll > > >> > never > > >> > make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get > > >> > married and have a family of her own. By you sending > > >> > this to as many people as possible, you can give her > > >> > and her family a little hope, because with every name > > >> > that this is sent to, The American Cancer Society > > >> > will donate 3 cents per name to her treatment and > > >> > recovery plan. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > One guy sent this to 500 people! So I know that we can > > >> > send it to at least 5 or 6. > > >> > Just think it could be you one day. It's not even your > > >> > money, just your time! > > >> > PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor > > >> > Department of Developmental and > > >> > Molecular Biology > > >> > 300 Morris Park Avenue > > >> > Bronx, New York 10461 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 14:46:44 -0000 From: "Andrew Douglas" Subject: OV: Re: Fw: A short peomto read Sorry, I hate doing these sort of things - make's you come over all internet snobbish, but these chain emails are all hoaxes. No money goes to charity, people just make them up to try and clog the net. Check out this link, if you want more info on this chain email, it's been about since 1997! : http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/slowdance.html Andrew P.S. REALLY am sorry, I come across like a know-it-all pompous git! (Is that how you spell pompous????) - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Brown" To: "Sarah Miller" ; ; "MR Hodge" ; "Mike Hodges" ; "men r like toilets.they r either taken, engaged, to far away, out of order or full of crap!!!" ; ; "Matt Pym" ; "Mark Springer" ; "Flash OOOOOwo" ; "Emily Williams" ; "Carly the Little Bubble of Sunshine xxx" ; "Ben Saltmarsh" ; "Adam Leach" ; Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 11:12 AM Subject: OV: Fw: A short peomto read > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rose Deakin" > To: ; ; > ; ; > ; ; ; > ; ; > ; ; ; > ; ; > ; ; > ; ; > ; ; > ; ; > <010544464@chester.ac.uk>; ; ; > ; ; ; > ; ; > ; ; > ; ; ; > ; ; > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 8:11 PM > Subject: Fwd: A short peomto read > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: Miss Laura Dean > > >To: rosedea > > >Subject: A short peomto read > > >Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 15:02:39 +0000 > > > > > > >> > This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl > > > >> > in a New York Hospital. > > > >> > It was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read > > > >> > what is in the closing statement AFTER THE POEM. > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > SLOW DANCE > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > Have you ever watched kids > > > >> > On a merry-go-round? > > > >> > Or listened to the rain > > > >> > Slapping on the ground? > > > >> > Ever followed a butterfly's erotic flight? > > > >> > Or gazed at the sun into the fading night? > > > >> > You better slow down. > > > >> > Don't dance so fast. > > > >> > Time is short. > > > >> > The music won't last. > > > >> > > > > >> > Do you run through each day > > > >> > On the fly? > > > >> > When you ask How are you? > > > >> > Do you hear the reply? > > > >> > When the day is done > > > >> > Do you lie in your bed > > > >> > With the next hundred chores > > > >> > Running through your head? > > > >> > You'd better slow down > > > >> > Don't dance so fast. > > > >> > Time is short. > > > >> > The music won't last. > > > >> > > > > >> > Ever told your child, > > > >> > We'll do it tomorrow? > > > >> > And in your haste, > > > >> > Not see his sorrow? > > > >> > Ever lost touch, > > > >> > Let a good friendship die > > > >> > Cause you never had time > > > >> > To call and say,"hi" > > > >> > You'd better slow down. > > > >> > Don't dance so fast. > > > >> > Time is short. > > > >> > The music won't last. > > > >> > > > > >> > When you run so fast to get somewhere > > > >> > You miss half the fun of getting here. > > > >> > When you worry and hurry through your day, > > > >> > It is like an unopened gift.... > > > >> > Thrown away. > > > >> > Life is not a race. > > > >> > Do take it slower > > > >> > Hear the music > > > >> > Before the song is over. > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO HELP THIS LITTLE GIRL. ALL > > > >> > FORWARDED E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL > > > >> > COUNT. > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > Dear All: > > > >> > PLEASE pass this mail on to everybody you know. It is > > > >> > the request of a special little girl who will soon > > > >> > leave this world as she has cancer. Please send this > > > >> > to everyone you know or don't know. This little girl > > > >> > has 6 months left to live, and as her dying wish, she > > > >> > wanted to send a letter telling everyone to live their > > > >> > life to the fullest, since she never will. She'll > > > >> > never > > > >> > make it to prom, graduate from high school, or get > > > >> > married and have a family of her own. By you sending > > > >> > this to as many people as possible, you can give her > > > >> > and her family a little hope, because with every name > > > >> > that this is sent to, The American Cancer Society > > > >> > will donate 3 cents per name to her treatment and > > > >> > recovery plan. > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > One guy sent this to 500 people! So I know that we can > > > >> > send it to at least 5 or 6. > > > >> > Just think it could be you one day. It's not even your > > > >> > money, just your time! > > > >> > PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor > > > >> > Department of Developmental and > > > >> > Molecular Biology > > > >> > 300 Morris Park Avenue > > > >> > Bronx, New York 10461 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 14:49:02 -0000 From: "MrJuggles" Subject: OV: re: a short poem to read Yeh, I already checked out http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/children/mydek.htm which is a direct link to it's history and mutation through time. Paul ------------------------------ End of oppositeview-digest V4 #278 **********************************