I am not a big fan of email forwards. I probably read fewer than a third of the ones that get sent my way. Even without a job, I have very little time or patience for them. Given my attitude about them, I RARELY pass them on. I would venture to say that I have sent a forward to ten or more people in my address book fewer than half a dozen times in my life (excluding work and ALS related emails).
You just can never be sure that something you find hilarious or inspirational will be received the same way by everyone you know. One of our acquaintances (who shall remain nameless) regularly sends one of us forwards about how Mexicans/Muslims/liberals/homosexuals/feminists/brown people “are destroying America”, depending on which way the wind is blowing that day. Naturally, that kind of message is not treated with much respect around this household.
I hope my views are never that extreme, but don’t want to be “that guy” who mindlessly passes on unwanted forwards, clogging my friends’ inboxes. No, Bill Gates is not going to give me a dollar for each person I forward an email to, and no, I will not have seven years of bad luck if I don’t forward the Prayer of St. Fictitious to 10 people.
Given all of that, I want to share with you a forward I got from my friend Tim a year and a half ago. It made me laugh then and it made me laugh yesterday when I stumbled across it while cleaning out my inbox. Hope you enjoy.