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    I got this email and tried to do a search to confirm it, but I found nothing.

    Subject: ALERT!


    ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! ALERT!
    SEND THIS TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. PEOPLE ARE SICK.
    ONLY USE KETCHUP FROM THE PACKETS IN FAST FOOD OUTLETS!!

    A man was caught placing blood in the ketchup dispenser at a fast food
    outlet(to remain unnamed) within the last month. It is believed that he
    is
    HIV+. So be sure to let your friends/family know...Only use items that
    come in a closed packet.

    Thelma Jean Martin
    Department of Health and Human Services
    Quality Assurance

    I find it ought that the fast food outlet name is unnamed. Still I want to know if there is any truth to this. It's scary!

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    If you receive an email warning you of such things, its 99% certain to be a hoax.

    If something of that magnitude is found, it will be all over the news and pretty damn hard to ignore.
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    That ketchup comes in a plastic bag so it would be pretty hard to do. The staff at the restaurant would probably see the person messing with the ketchup dispenser.

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    Fake. Ignore.

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    False

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    Ha ha ha!! Fangoria Ketchup.

    Who comes up with this stuff?

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    Even if you get an e-mail saying something gross but it IS true, it won't matter unless it's killing people. For example, an urban legend I've heard that may be true (or may not) that has to do with rat/mouse fecal matter getting into certain foods probably has a little bit of validity to it, but it's not enough for public health concern so it doesn't 'matter'. If people were getting AIDS from ketchup, it would be all over the news, not seeping through the inboxes of unsuspecting ketchup users.

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    This reminds me of the hoax pertaining to heroin needles at the bottom of the McDonald's ball pit. People come up with some creative shit.

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    ^^Or the needles with HIV in movie theater seats.

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    ^I like your av. I want it in my lap right this second.

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    that's what I thought but you never know thanks everyone!

    Edited to add: I was thinking I am so naive where would he be getting so much blood to pour in ketchup from? lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by AznExtasy View Post
    This reminds me of the hoax pertaining to heroin needles at the bottom of the McDonald's ball pit. People come up with some creative shit.
    Haha, cuz that's where *I* like to go to enjoy being high!

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    Don't you consider Googling this stuff? I'm seeing references to this hoax going back to last April in the very first result.
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    I remember a stupid hoax that said people all over the east coast were taking used HIV infected needles and putting them on the handle of gas pumps so when you push the handle in the needle stabs you and you catch HIV.

    I swear, some of the things people come up with. And for what purpose??

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    Quote Originally Posted by AznExtasy View Post
    This reminds me of the hoax pertaining to heroin needles at the bottom of the McDonald's ball pit. People come up with some creative shit.
    Quote Originally Posted by MoetATL07 View Post
    ^^Or the needles with HIV in movie theater seats.
    Gosh, is there ANYTHING we can do now days without the fear of catching HIV?

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    I found it false in one search on Snopes, same link as mentioned above.

    However, I never use anything in a fast food place that is not in a sealed packet. I was once sitting in Chick Fil A in the mall when a bunch of elementary school kids came in, One boy got a bunch of straws out of the straw dispenser. It was one of those ones where you hit the button on top and an unwrapped straw comes out. This kids stuffed the straws into his nose, snorted at his friends, then opened the top of the dispenser up to put them back in it. I hollered at him and told him to knock it off. He made a snotty remark and dropped the straws on the floor.

    While the message above is false, it is too easy for some asshat to do something like this.

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    Even if he had AIDS and put it in your ketchup, AIDS dies almost instantly when exposed to air ANYWAY. Man, people'll do anything to scare people.


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