Snopes Review

Do you wonder if dramatic email claims are true or false?
Surely you have heard that plastic in the microwave can kill you, or that Al Gore's house is an ecological disaster.  The list goes on and on, and includes some pretty scary stuff, as well as slanderous "information."   Some of it is TRUE and some of it is FALSE.  How do you which is which? 

Don't embarrass yourself!
Researchers and emailers in the know rely on the savvy folks at Snopes.com to keep them from making the embarrassing error of forwarding an urban legend on to their entire email list.  Sure, you want to save your friends from muggings, and cancer, and cars that blow up, and all the rswt of life's dangers.   But, you can't believe everything you read.

Some Stories Mutate
Some emails have been circulating for years, mutating into falsehoods that are just plain wrong. 
To find out if you're being had, simply go to Snopes.com and Search for the topic you've been emailed.  You'll be amazed, again and again. 

You'll be Doing Your Friends a Favor 
Got a couple of friends who repeatedly feel compelled to warn everyone about everything?   The next time they send you an Urban Legend, kindly write them and say "I checked this out on Snopes.com, and, in fact............."  They will be much more careful in the future, and may even realize that not all emails should be randomly forwarded as a "Howdy," however well-intentionted.  

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