The rule of thumb is to always check Snopes after you get those pesky chain mails from people who like to send them all the time....
That's true, I have one friend who'd send me every outragous claim or bogus e-mail that hits his inbox. He slowed down a bit since I started to hit "Reply to All" with the Snopes disclaimers. It seems a little personal embareassment made him think twice!![]()