I receive at least a half of a dozen emails everyday that demand that I forward them to at least 7 people or…
- I’m embarrassed to admit that I believe in God
- Something terrible is going to happen at 3:02 am.
- I’m going to have bad luck for the rest of the week
or…..
Y’ll know what I’m talking about. These emails annoy me worse than the male-enhancement, fake lottery, or find your true soulmate emails.
Today, I got a different type and I enjoyed it so much that I am passing it on to all of y’all……
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY!!!!!!!
In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University
On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed,so Peter approached it very carefully.
He got down on one knee, inspected the elephants foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Peter worked the wood out with his knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments. Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly,turned, and walked away. Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenage son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Peter and his son Cameron were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Peter, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man.
Remembering the encounter in 1986, Peter could not help wondering if this was the same elephant. Peter summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing, and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn’t the same elephant.
This is for everyone who sends me those heart-warming bullshit stories.
So, there ya go. Copy this and send it to those people who flood your inbox with all those made-up stories of people in dire need of prayer, chain-mails that have horrible consequences if you break them, religious emails that if you don’t forward, you are a terrible person, etc.



Man, I so fell for that!!
By: The Incredible Woody on January 23, 2009
at 3:02 pm
Woody….just think of all the people who will fall for it if you send it to them. I wish I could see the faces of all the warm-story forwarding addicts that I sent it to.
By: trailerparkbarbie on January 23, 2009
at 3:08 pm
LOL!
Id forward this on to my aunt (who notoriously sends along the “must forward” “just in case” and “ya never know” emails) but honest to God Ive lost her email address.
By: The Vinyl Villager on January 23, 2009
at 3:34 pm
Thank God for the delete button!
By: Noe Noe Girl on January 23, 2009
at 3:53 pm
VV…heehee I just happen to know her addy! Ya want it?
By: trailerparkbarbie on January 23, 2009
at 5:04 pm
yeah send it to me…
By: The Vinyl Villager on January 23, 2009
at 11:49 pm
LMAO I just realized that she sent THAT to me.
By: trailerparkbarbie on January 24, 2009
at 8:27 pm
That is worth forwarding….I am with you 100% those type of emails that ask us to forward along are the worst!!
By: tom on January 25, 2009
at 2:50 am
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at 9:12 pm