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\"QuestionImage\"<\/a>  On a daily basis I delete 2-3 chain letters sent to me by various ‘friends’and none of the nasty things written in them ever happens to me. Why is this?<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

———- from Mike Davidson ofBenicia, CA<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"  Just wait, they’ll happen and probably all at once. Just as there’s a lag time between sending a message and receiving it, so does the karmic retribution in store for those who ignore warnings about breaking a chain letter, even the e-mail variety, take its own sweet time. But just as surely as summer follows spring, your punishment will manifest when you least expect it. You’ll be dancing with Julia Roberts at the Ritz Carlton when the chandelier above you suddenly breaks lose. They’ll have to sedate Julia and the Ritz will go so far as to pay your funeral expenses. Sure, go ahead, keep deleting that chain mail.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"QuestionImage\"<\/a>On a daily basis I delete 2-3 chain letters sent to me by various ‘friends’and none of the nasty things written in them ever happens to me. Why is this?

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