Thursday, May 10, 2007

Re: [BLUG] Gas & the 15th

On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 12:21 -0700, Michael Reynolds wrote:
> "Fwd: DO NOT Buy as May 15th. If nobody buys, the gas company loses 2
> billion & the next day they will drop the price 35 cents, it worked in
> 1997, pass it on!"
>
> Lets try it and find out what happens

As much as I enjoy urban legends, this one gets old fast because a lot
of the people I know go gung-ho for this and then are disappointed when
nothing actually happens. And then the next time they try it, they
can't figure out why it doesn't work.

#1 "hot item" on snopes.com is "Gas Boycotts"

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasoline.asp

Brian

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