You Dirty Rotten Chainbreaker

Linda Louise Johnson
O no here it comes.

My inspirational email of the day

complete with cute puppy pictures

goopy sweet music

and the inevitable ominous threat.

Don't break this chain

or else.

Send this around the world

or else!

Send this to your ten favorite friends

in five minutes

and that better include me

or else!

Stop whatever you're doing

and send this generic prayer

to 7 people to each send to 7 people

or else!

Put your name on the bottom line

Go to the top and erase mine

Take the one in the middle

and send it to 5 people

and help me get rich,

or else.

Or else

you'll be the creep who breaks the chain.

Or else

I'll know you don't love me

Or else

you'll miss your one and only chance to change your life

Or else

you'll be the jerk who lets everybody else down

Or else

a lonely child won't see his dream of 7 zillion emails come true

Or else

you're just a dirty rotten chainbreaker.

...

Published by Linda Louise Johnson

Linda Louise Johnson is an animal lover, crafter and hobbyist, graphic art afficionado and veteran writer. Her work has been featured on Associated Content, Yahoo! News, and eHow as well as in Poetry Garden,...  View profile

  • Wait a minute. Didn't you get this same email last week?
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This chain has gone around the world 500 times. Are you going to be the creep who breaks it?

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  • Melissa Nott9/19/2010

    Hilarious! I'm a chainbreaker, too. You come up with some very interesting topics!

  • Teila Tankersley8/8/2010

    too cute!!!!

  • Rita Oakleaf (formerly Muether)7/12/2010

    My rule is to never forward anything unless it is truly hilarious or amazing, but that rarely happens. I used to get a bunch from 2-3 people, but they've mysteriously stopped. Hmm. Maybe they found out I never sent them on. I think it's funny how every single week is "Friendship Week," so you better send more crap to your friends!! :) This kind of stuff was a total time-waster at my last job. They spent hours a day filling out surveys, etc.

  • Jennifer Wagner7/6/2010

    I'm a chainbreaker. I very rarely pass these things along. Maybe that's why I have a lot of bad luck!

  • Shelly Barclay7/5/2010

    Haha!

  • Delicia Powers7/5/2010

    :0)!!!

  • Bridget Ilene Delaney7/5/2010

    Ha. Yeah, I don't forward that junk. However, if you want, you can send me a dollar and . . . LOL

  • Snidely Whiplash7/5/2010

    Yeah, but what happens when I only have 3 or 4 on my "forward" list and all of them send me the same forward and want me to keep the chain going. What do I do - send it back to them? Isn't that regifting?

  • Kristen Wilkerson7/5/2010

    I break almost all the chains...

  • k. ferguson7/4/2010

    Very cute! Should I forward this? :)

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