I Got Got

So last night I checked my email and got one about these people who had all died from spider bites! The spiders, it turned out, had been living under the lids of toilet seats in restaraunts, planes, etc. I was horrified! So I quickly sent this email to all my dear friends and family.

Oops. Today I got two emails (both from members of Taylor's family, none from mine...this will be more relevant in a minute) telling me that this is a hoax! Come on, people! I've heard of these hoaxes, but I've never actually been the victim of one. (I'm actually surprised it took this long.) Why in the world would someone waste their time making up some elaborate story about a toilet rim-dwelling spider and send it out to the world? It's just silly.

Some of you may say that it's silly that I actually believed it. Well, if you think that, then you obviously don't know me very well. I am notoriously gullible, and I believe most everything that I hear. It's not the best quality, but I've been this way for years, and I have a feeling that it's incurable. I'm especially prone to be gullible in the area of health, because (here's where the family thing comes in) my mother raised me to be very paranoid about health issues! Sorry, Mom, that I'm pinning this on you. It's not like she forced me to believe these things, but she is paranoid, and I am gradually discovering that I am becoming my mother. This is just one more piece of evidence to back up that fact.

So, now I'm way embarrassed...I never like for people to know how terribly gullible I really am. I guess I'll get over it. Worse things have happened. I apologize to anyone who got that forward from me. It's all a lie! It's terrible...I think I may never forward another email again. The world will probably be a better place because of it.