Sorry, but this has nothing to do with P/House

[Tim Ericson]

Ray Bailey wrote:
> 
> Can anyone Help.
> 
> I've just read on a bulletin board that a young boy (John Craig
> aged 7) in Surrey, England is suffering from Terminal Cancer and
> his big wish is to get into the Guinness Book of Records for
> collecting the most compliment slips.
>
> If you can spare one and the postage please send him one as things
> like this always make the whole process a little easier.

This is an old hoax!

I did a quick search on Yahoo, and found this site:

http://www.concentric.net/~witchie/NetHoax.htm

>From which the following is snipped:

> Internet Hoaxes, What are They?
>
>       <other hoaxes snipped>
>
> Craig Shergold needs your get well cards
>
> A little boy (his name varies), dying of an incurable disease (the
> disease varies), wants to make it in the Guinness Book of Records
> for "the most get-well cards.". Well-meaning computer users ask you
> to send a card so the little boy gets his dying wish.
>
> The real story of Craig Shergold happened back in 1989 and made the
> news, so many people heard of it. This is probably what makes this
> hoax so believable, even when it's not his name being used. He was
> 9 years old at the time, and was diagnosed with a terminal brain
> tumor.
>
> His wish was to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records for
> getting the most get-well cards. He got that wish in 1990 with 16
> million cards. His tumor was succesfully removed in 1991, thanks to
> an American billionaire. The story in various versions is still
> being told, and cards keep pouring in, however.
>
> Please don't spread any stories like this.

FWIW.

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