Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site grendel.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!grendel!avolio From: avolio@grendel.UUCP (Frederick M. Avolio) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: A little boy's dying wish Message-ID: <434@grendel.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 13:41:59 EST Article-I.D.: grendel.434 Posted: Mon Feb 11 13:41:59 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Feb-85 06:37:48 EST References: <3611@mit-eddie.UUCP> Distribution: net.general Organization: DEC ULTRIX Applications Center, MD Lines: 13 I don't know if this is legit, but a few years back the same "story" was circulated. It was phoney. > [I can not vouch for the authenticity of this story, but I am convinced that > it's true, and will spend the twenty-eight cents...-RSL] > > I found a message posted on a dormitory entrance at Simmons college, Boston > MA. It's basic message is that there is a child named "Little Buddy" in > Scotland who is dying of Leukemia. His dying wish is to be included in > the Guiness Book of World Records, a feat he wishes to accomplish by being > the person to receive the most postcards in the world... -- Fred Avolio {decvax,seismo}!grendel!avolio 301/731-4100 x4227