Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Other subjects
Original poster

DD1 has been sent a chain letter from a friend in her class....

58 replies

charliecat · 16/05/2006 09:54

Its says it will get in the guinness book of records if it keeps going. It wont. GBR dont do a record for longest chain letter.
So, guessing that dd1 knows her friend has posted her something, do I bin it or tell her or pretend to post it or what???
What would you do?

OP posts:
hunkermunker · 16/05/2006 09:56

When I was at school, the head used to do assemblies about chain letters and how upsetting they could be to people at fairly regular intervals. Either he was barking or it was a good idea.

Not sure if that helps?!

I'd tell her I was binning it, I think. Then she can blame you to her friend. There's probably something online to say the GBR don't accept chain letter records.

fairyjay · 16/05/2006 09:56

Bin it! Done it several times. And I would also let friend's mum know that you don't agree with them.

Original poster
charliecat · 16/05/2006 09:58

\link{http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/faqs/FAQ_Answer.asp?ID=14\there is}, I was wondering whehter dd1 should take the web address to school with her or write back saying thanks for thinking or me BUT...or...I dont know. Dont want her friend giving her grief for breaking the chain.

OP posts:
hunkermunker · 16/05/2006 09:59

I'd be tempted to have a chat with her teacher (do both girls go to the same school?).

Original poster
charliecat · 16/05/2006 09:59

yep, same school.

OP posts:
hunkermunker · 16/05/2006 10:00

Yes, just read "from a friend in her class" - doh!

Sherbert37 · 16/05/2006 10:30

I hate these things and have either binned them before DD has seen them (is it usually girls that fall for this?) or said that we don't 'do' them. She is getting to an age where having to buy six stamps out of her pocket money may be enough to put her off!

sparklemagic · 16/05/2006 10:36

bin it. no worries!

Hallgerda · 16/05/2006 10:37

I would talk to your daughter about chain letters and encourage her to bin it for herself and talk to her friend about why she binned it. The friend's mum may know nothing about the matter, so I wouldn't talk to her about the letter unless she's a close friend of yours. I would mention it to the school though, as your daughter and others may need their support.

foxinsocks · 16/05/2006 10:38

bin it

I got quite a bit of hassle from other mum's - saying it was only a bit of fun and implying I was a killjoy but I think you have to take a stand if you don't agree with it.

foxinsocks · 16/05/2006 10:38

or even other mums (with no apostrophe Wink)

BonyM · 16/05/2006 10:38

My dd1 had the same chain letter from a girl in her class. I explained to dd that it was a hoax, and showed her a website that I found which confirmed this. We threw it in the bin.

I was a bit annoyed, as it was obvious that the mother (or father) had helped the child do this - I was too chicken to mention it to them though! Grin

alexsmum · 16/05/2006 10:40

we've had exactly the same letter from a friend.they genuinely thought it was real and had been sent itby someone at nursery.it's obviously a hoax and we just told them we'd found out it was a hoax .no problems at all.just be honest.

jura · 16/05/2006 11:09

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Bomper · 16/05/2006 11:14

Ds had exactly the same one the other day. I binned it straight away. Ds was worried as he hadn't kept the chain going, but I told him it was a load of rubbish, and if anyone asked to tell them that I had chucked it away, and to talk to me about it!! Angry

Frenchgirl · 16/05/2006 11:28

dd got one from a friend at Drama, told her they're silly and binned it
v annoyed at these

SpudMum · 16/05/2006 11:33

Is this chain letter the one that is saying it's part of the guiness world reacords for kids?

Original poster
charliecat · 16/05/2006 11:35

yep

OP posts:
Caligula · 16/05/2006 11:43

Tell her to send it to you, so you can bin it.

Or tell her that the best thing to do with chain letter is to break the chain so that a few humans somewhere can not be like a great chain of sheep!

katzg · 16/05/2006 11:49

why not turn it around and suggest the chocolate chain letter by means of a compromise.

You recieve a letter say blah blah choc chain blah blah

  1. Joe Bloggs
7 His house His Town HI5 4PO
  1. Jon Doe
5 His house His town HI5 3PO

you then send a choc bar to Joe Bloggs, remove his name., bump number 2 up to number 1 and put yourself as number 2 and hand the letter to 5 people, they will then each send a choc bar to jon doe bump his name and put your name as number 1 and theres as number 2 and pass the letter on,

in theory for your one bar of choc you should get 25 back

LIZS · 16/05/2006 11:50

We were sent it a few months back by an old NCT friend class who swore she'd checked it out as bona fide - a quick google showed otherwise so it went in the bin ! How will she know you destroyed it, there isn't a logical way of checking the names back and the PO are not logging them .

dizzydo · 16/05/2006 11:56

The only thing I am confused about with the Guiness Book of records hoax is that the post office DO deliver them free. I have had three different people send these things through the mail and they have all arrived with just guiness book of records where the stamp should be which obviously lends credence to the whole thing. What are the post office on? Find it all intensley irrating as the children get all het up that they must do it within the specified time, etc. etc.

fairyjay · 16/05/2006 11:57

What I really hate the the e-mail chain letters which arrive saying 'if you don't forward this within 20 mins your life will fall apart....' Fortunately, when dd opened the last one and saw it, she just said 'oh well, it was sent 3 days ago, I didn't forward it, and nothing's happened!'

SpudMum · 16/05/2006 12:03

I just went on the Guinness Book of Records website....and guess what? The 2006 Book is Out. I did a search on topic: chain letter....funny??? None to be found!
I also tried to report this to GWR contact but their systems are down.
As for the Post Office? Can our children send personal letters without using a stamp via just writting GWB of Records for Children where you would usually put the stamp???
This is one way to show our children of the future how to cheat the system.....
I'm not looking forward in my son coming home today from school to tell him this is a hoax!

Original poster
charliecat · 16/05/2006 12:05

Have a look at the FAQs spud mum...it says so there...that they DO NOT record chain letters.

OP posts:
Swipe left for the next trending thread