Gas-Out?

Factual Questions
1

I just got this email from a friend urging me to join in a ‘Gas-Out’ next month. It apparently has been forwarded around:

Last year on April 30,1999, a gas out was staged across Canada and the U.S. to bring the price of gas down, and it worked. It’s
time to do something about it again. Only
this time lets make it for three days instead of just one. The so-called oil cartel decided to slow production to drive up gasoline prices. Lets see how many Canadian\American people we can get to
band together for a three day period in April, NOT TO BUY ANY GASOLINE, during those three days.
LETS HAVE A GAS OUT. Do not buy any gasoline from APRIL 7, 2000, THROUGH APRIL 9, 2000. Buy what you need before the dates listed above, or after, but try not to buy any during the GAS OUT.
If you want to help, just send this to everyone you know and ask them to do the same. We brought the prices down once before, and we can do it again. Come on North America lets stand together.

Now, was there a “gas-out” on April 30 last year? Or is this just some urban Ledgend/chain letter nonsense?

It sounds like a cool idea, but on a practical level, I don’t think it could happen.

“If I pinch my nose with my fingers, close my mouth tight,
and blow real hard, I can make my ears bleed. It’s
not as cool as Superman’s X-ray vision, but it’s my own
special talent.”

2

Here’s snopes on the subject (I think I’ve seen at least a half dozen threads on thhis subject in as many days).

3

Thanks, beatle. I’m gonna send her that page.

Last week I had to send Cecil’s column on “Pluck Yew” to another friend of mine who ‘…saw it on the Internet.’

Sheesh, where do I find these people?

“If I pinch my nose with my fingers, close my mouth tight,
and blow real hard, I can make my ears bleed. It’s
not as cool as Superman’s X-ray vision, but it’s my own
special talent.”