Re: Apologies in advance...

["Dave McLaughlin" <dave@xxxxxxx>]

Very similar to this one I received last week.

Dave...

***URGENT - GLASGOW EARTHQUAKE APPEAL***
> > AT 00.54 ON FRIDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2002 A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE MEASURING<= BR> > > 4.8 ON THE RICHTER SCALE EPICENTERED ON GLASGOW.
> >
> > Victims could be seen wandering around aimlessly muttering: "= ;Ah
> > wiz shittin' masel", "Ah need some jeellies".
> >
> > The Earthquake decimated the area, causing approximately =A338 wo= rth
> > of damage.
> >
> > Untold disruption and distress was caused:
> >
> > Many were woken well before their giro's had arrived
> > Several priceless collections of mementos from the
> Balearics and Spanish
> > Costas were damaged
> > Three areas of historic and scientifically significant litter wer= e
> disturbed
> >
> > The cone also fell off the head of the statue outside the Modern = Art
> Gallery
> >
> > Thousands are confused and bewildered, trying to come to terms wi= th
> > the fact that something interesting has actually happened in Glas= gow
> >
> > One resident, Mary-Alice McGregor, a 17 year old mother-of-three<= BR> > > said "It was such a shock, little Chelsea came running into<= BR> > my bedroom
> > crying.
> > My youngest two, Tyler-Morgan and Britney slept through it.
> I was still
> > shaking
> > when I was watching Trisha the next morning."
> >
> > Apparently though, looting did carry on as normal. The
> British Red Cross
> > have
> > so far managed to ship 4000 crates of buckfast to the area
> to help the
> > stricken masses.
> >
> > Rescue workers are still searching through the rubble and
> have found large
> > quantities of personal belongings including benefit books,
> dodgy credit
> > cards and jewellery from
> > Elizabeth Duke at Argos.
> >
> > HOW YOU CAN HELP :-
> > Clothing is most sought after.
> > Items required include: -
> > -Sovvy rings
> > -Baseball caps
> > -Shell suits
> > -Tesco two stripe trainers
> > -White socks
> > -Chunky gold chains
> >
> > Food parcels may be harder to put together but are
> necessary all the same.
> >
> > Required foodstuffs include: -
> > -Faggots
> > -Buckfast
> > -Grey Peas
> > -Buckfast
> > -Pork Scratchings
> > -Buckfast
> > -Tripe and Onions
> > -Buckfast
> > -"Pigs Blood Pud"
> > -Buckfast
> > -Fray Bentos Pies
> > -Buckfast
> >
> > * =A32 buys chips, scraps and ginger for a family of four
> > * =A310 can take a family to Coatbridge for the day, where
> children can
> > sniff glue and spike up
> > among the national collection of stinging nettles
> > * 22p buys a biro for filling in a spurious compensation claim > > form.
> > Please send "any spare change" to your local Red Cross.=

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