# A Very Serious Chain Letter I just received! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2000, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-serious-chain-letter-i-just-received/19943 "2000-05-19T03:59:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-serious-chain-letter-i-just-received/19943/1 "2000-05-19T03:59:55Z")
Please men, do not ignore this! Forward this to everyone you know. I ignored a letter just like this 4 years ago, and RIGHT THIS MINUTE I am at the end of a bad relationship! You bet this time I will not break the chain. I send this as a prospect of hope to all men that have had that “witchy woman,” to coin an Eagles phrase, experience …assuming you do not ignore the warning of course. WOMEN, I am sorry, but it doesnt work in reverse… in fact, I see no need for it to… 🙂 \> Subject: serious chain letter… \> \> This chain letter was started in hopes of bringing \> relief to other tired \> and discouraged men. \> \> Unlike most chain letters, this one does not cost \> anything. Just send a \> copy of this letter to five of your friends who are \> equally tired and \> discontented. \> Then bundle up your wife or girlfriend and send her \> to the man whose \> name appears at the top of the list, and add your \> name to the bottom of \> the list. \> \> When your turn comes, you will receive 15,625 women. \> One of them is \> bound to be better than the one you already have. \> \> At the writing of this letter, a friend of mine had \> already received 184 \> women, 4 of whom were worth keeping. \> \> REMEMBER - this chain brings luck. One man’s pit \> bull died, and the next \> day he received a supermodel. \> \> An unmarried Jewish man living with his widowed \> mother was able to \> choose between a contortionist and a successful \> bisexual acrobat. \> \> You can be lucky too, but DO NOT BREAK THE CHAIN! \> One guy broke the chain, and got his own wife back \> again! ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-serious-chain-letter-i-just-received/19943/2 "2000-05-19T04:06:52Z")
I’m not bitter, I’m at the tail end of a breakup. _L_ btw, this really was a letter I got, its probably making the rounds as we speak/type. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-serious-chain-letter-i-just-received/19943/3 "2000-05-19T09:25:26Z")
uh,…I’m gay. What would I do with 15,625 women? Wait a minute, some of those women will have brothers, some of who will be… I send this to five friends, is that enough? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-serious-chain-letter-i-just-received/19943/4 "2000-05-19T10:34:40Z")
I thought this letter sounded familiar, so I did a search on it. One page I found said that it’s been going around since at least 1957. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-serious-chain-letter-i-just-received/19943/5 "2000-05-19T13:24:44Z")
You know what, I got one like this that was for us women. So there pppbbbttthhhh.