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Is this for real??!!??
Email I got. "Read this before your next gas fill-up. This world gets sicker everyday! Folks: Please take a couple minutes to read this warning about Gas Pumping Handles. Warning: Look at the gas pump handle BEFORE you pump your gas. Please read and forward to anyone you know who drives a car. My name is Captain Abraham Sands of the Jacksonville, Florida, Police Department. I have been asked by state and local authorities to write this email in order to get the word out to car drivers of a very dangerous prank that is occurring in numerous states. Some person or persons have been affixing hypodermic needles to the underside of gas pump handles! These needles appear to be infected with HIV positive blood! In the Jacksonville area alone, there have been 17 cases of people being stuck by these needles over the past five (5) months. We have verified reports of at least 12 others in various states around the country. It is believed that these may be copycat incidents due to someone reading about the crimes or seeing them reported on television. At this point no one has been arrested and catching the perpetrator(s) has become our top priority. Shockingly, of the 17 people who where stuck, 8 have tested HIV positive and because of the nature of the disease, the others could test positive in a couple years. Evidently the consumers go to fill their car with gas, and when picking up the pump handle get stuck with the infected needle. IT IS IMPERATIVE TO CAREFULLY CHECK THE HANDLE of the gas pump each time you use one. LOOK AT EVERY SURFACE YOUR HAND MAY TOUCH, INCLUDING UNDER THE HANDLE! If you do find a needle affixed to one, immediately contact your local! police department so they can collect the evidence. PLEASE HELP US BY MAINTAINING A VIGILANCE, AND BY FORWARDING THIS EMAIL TO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO DRIVES. THE MORE PEOPLE WHO KNOW OF THIS, THE BETTER PROTECTED WE CAN ALL BE." |
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Yup. Saw that a coupla weeks ago. Can't hurt to look. Wonder if it gave any sickos ideas....
Not a personal problem - New Joisey has a law that you can't pump your own gas - no self-service - don't ask me why - but true.
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Sound like this area should be crawling with that problem. [}
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Don't believe it...it's a hoaks. This was posted on one of my Corvette forums with a link to a paper from Florida and there is no Captain Sands and there's been no reports of anyone anywhere being stuck by needles from a gasoline pump handle. Don't know why someone would want to start that kind of story, but it isn't real.
Here's a link..... http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/gaspump.asp
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If you say so Crewzin, I know your near the Jacksonville area.
Thanks I'm going to still check, now that its out, who knows what someone could try. [:I]
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