In <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] writes:
 
An urban legend mutates and re-appears:
 
> > Ken;
> >
> > Thought you might be able to pass this along;
> >
> > >I recently received a note about Craig Sherford, a seven year old boy who
> > is suffering from terminal cancer.  Chris wants to be put in the Guinness
> > Book of World Records for having the most business cards collected by one
> > person.
> >
> > If you have a business card from you can spare, you can send one of
> > them to:
> >
> >         Craig Sherford
> >         Children's Make A Wish Foundation
> >         82 Parameter Center East
> >         Atlanta GA  30346
 
His name is Craig Shergold, and he doesn't want any more cards. The Make-a
Wish foundation has had to set up an 800 number to answer these queries.
He got better. He is still alive. And the Make-A-Wish foundation is
forever wishing that this chain letter would stop.
 
This urban legend does have some basis in fact, but it is still incorrect
at this point. He wanted the most get-well cards, and he survived. From
the 1996 Guiness Book of Records:
 
Greeting Cards
Craig Shergold of Carshalton, England was reported to have collected a record
33 million get-well cards by May, 1991, when his mother pleaded for no more.
 
Anything you can do to stop this legend would probably be very appreciated
by the Make-A-Wish people...
 
-- Tom Kirby <[log in to unmask]>