When told about the Gullibility Virus, T. C. said he would stop reading email, so that he would not become infected.

Anyone with symptoms like these is urged to seek help immediately. Experts recommend that at the first feelings of gullibility, Internet users rush to their favorite search engine and look up the item tempting them to thoughtless credence. Most hoaxes, legends, and tall tales have been widely discussed and exposed by the Internet community.

Courses in critical thinking are also widely available, and there is online help from many sources, including:

Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability at
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html

Symantec Anti Virus Research Center at
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html

McAfee Associates Virus Hoax List at
http://www.nai.com/services/support/hoax/hoax.asp

Dr. Solomons Hoax Page at
http://www.drsolomons.com/vircen/

The Urban Legends Web Site at
http://www.urbanlegends.com

Urban Legends Reference Pages at
http://www.snopes.com

Datafellows Hoax Warnings at
http://www.Europe.Datafellows.com/news/hoax.htm

Those people who are still symptom free can help inoculate themselves against the Gullibility Virus by reading some good material on evaluating sources, such as:

Evaluating Internet Research Sources at
http://www.sccu.edu/faculty/R_Harris/evalu8it.htm

Evaluation of Information Sources at
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/evaln/evaln.htm

Lastly, as a public service, Internet users can help stamp out the Gullibility Virus by sending copies of this message to anyone who forwards them a hoax.

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This message is so important, we're sending it anonymously! Forward it to all your friends right away! Don't think about it! This is not a chain letter! This story is true! Don't check it out! This story is so timely, there is no date on it! This story is so important, we're using lots of exclamation points! For every message you forward to some unsuspecting person, the Home for the Hopelessly Gullible will donate ten cents to itself. (If you wonder how the Home will know you are forwarding these messages all over creation, you're obviously thinking too much.)

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(A repeat, but true.)

Four All Who Reed and Right

We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes;
but the plural of ox became oxen not oxes.

One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
yet the plural of moose should never be meese.

You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice;
yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men,
why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?

If I spoke of my foot and show you my feet,
and I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?

If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that, and three would be those,
yet hat in the plural would never be hose, and the plural of cat
is cats, not cose.

We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
but though we say mother, we never say methren.

Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
but imagine the feminine, she, shis and shim.

Let's face it,
English is a crazy language.

There is no egg in eggplant,
nor ham in hamburger;
neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England.

We take English for granted.
But if we explore its paradoxes,
we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square
and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea, nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing,
grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?

Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends,
but not one amend?

If you have a bunch of odds and ends
and get rid of all but one of them,
what do you call it?

If teachers taught,
why didn't preachers praught?

If a vegetarian eats vegetables,
what does a humanitarian eat?

Sometimes, I think all the folks who grew up speaking English
should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.

In what other language do people recite at a play
and play at a recital?

Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?

Have noses that run and feet that smell?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same,
while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which
your house can burn up as it burns down;
in which you fill in a form by filling it out
and in which an alarm goes off by going on.
~Author Unknown~

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Funny Quotes

"According to the Annual World Happiness Report, the United States is the 13th happiest country in the world. You know what the happiest country in the world is? Denmark. Danish people are the happiest. Of course they're happy, they have a pastry named after them."

- Jimmy Kimmel

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"Amazon's got this new voice-activated home assistant gadget called the Echo. You just talk to the Echo, and it tells you the weather or sports scores or controls the lighting or climate in your house. Now, the Echo is always listening, but it only activates when you say its name: Alexa. It's a pretty name, much prettier than the earlier name, the privacy-destroyer spy-mic 5000."

- Stephen Colbert

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*-- Q and A Quickies --*

Q: Who are some of the werewolves' cousins?

A: The whatwolves and the whenwolves.


Q: Why are Venetian blinds the greatest invention in the history of mankind?

A: If it wasn't for Venetian blinds, it would have been curtains for all of us.

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A Positive Bizarre News Story

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

There are so many depressing and stupid bizarre stories, it is nice to hear a positive one every now and then. Like this story of two young men who showed up to congratulate a couple of strangers on the birth of their baby.

Lindsey and Mark Knox of Georgia, said that they are touched by the kindness of strangers who brought them gifts to the hospital.

Dennis Williams, 21, received a text, informing him that the couple was having a baby. "We are in the hospital. Having a baby today," the text read, followed by "She has dilated to 5-6."

Williams replied: "Congratulations, but I think someone has the wrong number."

The text message came from Teresa Lashley. She did not realize that she was texting a stranger as part of her family group when her daughter-in-law Lindsey, 26, was in labor.

However, he soon received a picture of the newborn baby named Cason Knox. He then replied: "Well, I do not know you, but me and the boys will be there to take pictures with the baby."

That is when the new parents and the other family members realized the mistake and apologized, but Williams came over to the hospital in Bainbridge, along with his brother Deorick and gifts.

Lashley thanked the Williams brothers via Facebook and wrote: "What a blessing these two guys were to our family. They were so sweet and kind to do this! You two are great guys and thank you for giving to someone you didn't know! If we all only had this kind of a heart."

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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Wisdom Tip

Color Your Mood

Research confirms that changing your mood may be as simple as changing the colors around you. Clothing, room decors, even a small colors object like accessories or a handbag will give you benefits. For example:

Blue. Any shade can have a calming effect and creates feeling of serenity.

Green. Brings balance to your mind and smoothes out your hectic day-to-day routine.

Orange. Makes you feel more optimistic. A pick-me-up when you’re sluggish.

Red. Increases your energy level and stimulates your heart rate.

Purple. Shades of lilac and violet generate creativity

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A MountainWings Moment- I'll Keep My Rock

I am 18 weeks pregnant with my third child. My first is three, my youngest. one. I have had "all day sickness" for the last 17 weeks. I run a small business and spent the last six hours with both my children as we ran errands for the business.

My one-year-old lost his one and only pacifier two hours into our day. I spent the rest of the day with a very cranky, teething baby and no pacifier. My three-year-old, who has been potty-trained for almost a year decided to poop his pants while we were in the car. I had to ask a client if I could use her bathroom to clean him. It was all over his pants, so he spent the rest of the day in a blanket.

At the end of the day I came home, gave the children cold cereal for dinner, because that was all the energy I had. I didn't even make enough money today to pay one of the mounting bills laying on my table, most of which are in collections.

I sat down at the computer feeling exhausted, sick, hopeless, depressed, wondering how I had failed so badly in life. I sat here trying to tell myself that I am so blessed. After all I could feed my children, give them clothes and shelter. We had heat, electricity, they had toys to play with. I was able to be home with them 24 hours a day, but I couldn't shake my mood.

I remembered I hadn't yet read my MountainWings yet so I logged on and read P.U.S.H. I had read this story once before somewhere so I was about to delete when I felt very strongly that I should read it.

Now I sit here with tears in my eyes no longer from exhaustion, depression, etc. but because of God's love for me. The rock became all my troubles, never seeming to move, and dare I say getting bigger everyday.

I saw myself pushing that rock and feeling the same feelings of failure. Going to the Lord in prayer asking how I could fail so badly, and His telling me I haven't. To look at myself and see how much I have grown.

To be honest, I wouldn't want my life any other way then it is now. I would rather go through the trials and learn the wisdom, understanding, love, and humility that I have learned from my trials, then to be ignorant of them.

My family likes to joke that when God handed out trials to everyone in Heaven, we were the last in line and He had extras so He gave them all to us. :)

Even so, I have people tell me all the time, even people I have never met before, that there is a strength about me that is different. If my past is any indicator of my future I'll be pushing even bigger rocks then the one I am pushing now.

But God puts people like you into my life to help carry the burden, by reminding me how blessed I truly am. After all today was hardly anything, it just happened to tip the scale the wrong way, but your message helped even me out again. Thank you so much. God bless.

~A MountainWings Original by subscriber Jennie Fleischmann, Utah~

A comment from the issue P.U.S.H.
http://www.mountainwings.com/past/4040.htm