I'm sitting on a tiny granite outcrop a 1000 kms from the Northern tip of Madagascar. And from this tiny little chunk of granite I am in communication with people at home, on the Med, in the States and of course right here on the island.
But what really sucks is when your contacts start sending ridiculous broadcast messages about forwarding other messages because if you don't something bad will happen!
Seriously, does one honestly think that the Blackberry server is getting full? That they care if there are a few thousand inactive bbm users? That they would go to the effort of somehow actually following up on every single stupid pointless forwarded message?
Has it really become so easy for the wool to be pulled over almost a quarter of my contacts eyes? Are we so easily convinced by a grammatically incorrect message? Do you also reply the email telling you that Obama endorses herbal supplements that will make you bigger in the you-know-where, that the "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division in the J. Edgar. Hoover Building Washington DC" has just finished an investigation that proves you are owed $850 000 - 00 by some corrupt official in a West African country whose name you struggle to pronounce forget ever been in contact with one of their corrupt officials or the one that says you've just won the National Lottery - strange how the country's name of whose national lottery it is doesn't appear anywhere in the email! But really, its true! Just email your banking details to us and we'll send you the cash. Tax free!
My absolute favourite are the ones that stress that if you don't forward this message to a bazillion people in 35 seconds your ears will fall off, you will catch a nasty incurable disease and all your friends will stop talking to you but if you do send it to only 30 friends an entire village in Africa will be miraculously fed on the virtual print of the email! Bollocks! Stop wasting our time!
And don't lie, you know you've thought about sending that forward - actually you probably have!
Is it stupidity?
Is it boredom?
It is worrying!
My good friend Andrew stated in his status on bbm today that the next person to forward him one would be hoofed off his contact list. He's now one pretty girl less in his contacts list! Maybe we should all follow his example - let all the forwarders forward to each other and the non-forwarders carry on with real conversations.
And Hawks, no it’s not funny sending me them just because you know it pisses me off!
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