We have recently received a copy of a chain letter asking individuals to
send compliments' slips to a child with terminal cancer who wants to get
into the Guinness Book of Records.
If you receive this, please do *NOT* respond or pass it on. Although the
name is John Craig this time, this is a revival of the Craig Shergold
appeal which began in about 1991 and has got way out of control. Craig has
now recovered and the Guinness Book of Records now does not accept this
kind of record, mainly as a result of this one, which has got way out of
control. Craig and his family are still being inundated with sackfuls of
mail every day, and keep asking people to stop. It has been doing the
rounds via email for years, though this one is a paper copy.
Sorry to put this on the list, but this is obviously going the rounds of
University and College libraries at present and many of you have already
acted on it, and it is being multiplied by 10 each time it is forwarded.
If you want to know more, go to
http://www.urbanlegends.com/classic/craig.shergold/craig_nyt.html
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Pat Hanby Acquisitions Manager Reading University Library
PO Box 223 Whiteknights READING RG6 6AE UK
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