The Netizen

The Lotus Touts or Lotus Totus Anthony Robbins Luck Love Chain Letter

Sometimes it comes with Lotus Touts or Lotus Totus, sometimes not. Either way, it's a pile of dreck and certainly not from the Anthony Robbins organization or any other.

Breakthechain asks: "What the heck is a totus, anyway?" and has an article at this url: http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/lotustotus.html

Chain letter: Subject: You have 6 minutes (or Lotus Totus/Touts : You Have 6 Minutes(

Chain Breaker: Translation: I want to control your online life, so I'm demanding you to pass this piece of crap on within six minutes.

-Not a chance, whoever you really are.

Chain: This (or This Lotus Totus/Touts) is without a doubt one of the nicest good luck forwards I have
received. Hope it works for you -- and me!
You have 6 minutes

Breaker: Newsflash, it's not nice, it's bunk.

Chain: There's some mighty fine advice in these words, even if you're not
superstitious. This (or This Lotus TotusTouts) has been sent To you for good luck from the Anthony
Robbins organization.. It has been sent around the world ten times so Far.

Breaker: Nonsense. First of all, no organization conducts any kind of business or PR work via chain letter. The reason chain letters toss around famous names in this way is to try fooling people into thinking they are something special and credible. It's all a lie. Second, the chain letter started out claiming it's been around the world ten times to try fooling people into thinking there's some sort of tracker out there that tracks every forwarded email. There's no such thing. Third, if it actually was true that it's been around the world ten times, then it's high time it's retired.

Chain: Do not keep this message.

Breaker: Do not pass it along either. This message is being kept on an archive to show just exactly what's wrong with it.

Chain: This (or The Lotus Totus/Touts) must leave your hands in 6 MINUTES. Otherwi se you will get a very
unpleasant surprise. This is true, even if you are not superstitious,
agnostic, or otherwise faith impaired.

Breaker: Whatever happened to being "nice"? The only bad thing to happen is extreme annoyance and even embarrassment over the sender's flakiness if you're on the receiving end of this thing, or if you were the one who sent it, you may have just annoyed and embarrassed your friends. AS for truth, there's none in a chain letter of this sort especially.

Chain: ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

Breaker: And if you don't have anything to give or people don't need anything from you at the moment?

Chain: TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their
conversational skills will be as important as any other.

Breaker: And suppose some of us aren't interested in getting married? Suppose some of us are even happily single for that matter?

Chain: THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want

Breaker: That first bit of advice should've hit close enough to home to cancel out all urges to forward this chain letter to anyone.

Chain: FOUR. When you say, 'I love you,' mean it.

Breaker: Duh, who needs chain letters telling us *that*!?

Chain: FIVE. When you say, 'I'm sorry,' look the person in the eye.

Breaker: And if either you or the other person is blind or you're talking with them on the phone or computer chat?

Chain: SIX.. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.

Breaker: Leave that choice up to the individuals, okay?

Chain: SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight.

Breaker: I'll believe in love however I want to, or choose not to believe in it, again, my choice.

Chain: EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone's dream. People who don't have dreams don't have much.

Breaker: And if what a friend dreamed last night happens to be freakin hilarious?

Chain: NINE. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.

Breaker: Says you - not everybody's cut out for that, and for them it's better to be cautious. Again, individual choice, understand?

Chain: TEN. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.

Breaker: Again, who needs chain letters telling us that?

Chain: ELEVEN. Don't judge people by their relatives.

Breaker: Who does that anyway?

Chain: TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly.

Breaker: I'll talk and think however I please.

Chain: THIRTEEN. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, 'Why do you want to know?'

Breaker: And if I don't want to know why they want to know?

Chain: FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

Breaker: Hel-lo! DUH!

Chain: FIFTEEN. Say 'God bless you' when you hear someone sneeze.

Breaker: That's already common practice, next thing this chain letter is going to say something even more earth-shattering like "Smile when you're happy and frown when you're not!"

Chain: SIXTEEN. When you lose, don't lose the lesson .

Breaker: As if there's a lesson in a game of complete chance such as Trouble or Snakes and Ladders?

Chain: SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions.

Breaker: Remember respect for yourself and Respect for others and Responsibility - by not passing on chain letters!

Chain: EIGHTEEN. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

Breaker: Don't injure a friendship by passing on chain letters either.

Chain: NINETEEN. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

Breaker: DUH!

Chain: TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.

Breaker: And if it's one of those freaking telemarketers, like I'm gonna care about anything other than getting rid of them!

Chain: TWENTY-ONE. Spend some time alone.

Breaker: Doesn't everybody? I mean, who needs chain letters telling us to do that?

Chain: Now, here's the FUN part!

Breaker: -Dude, reality check: You're in serious need of a life if this is your idea of "fun".

 Chain: Send this to at least 5 people and your life will improve.

Breaker: Wrong! Send this to at least five people and show them you're an idiot, but it won't improve your life or theirs...

Chain: YOU CANNOT SEND IT BACK TO THE PERSON WHO SENT IT TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!

Breaker: I see, you don't want your own spam back. Okay, that's cool, I don't intend to send it anywhere except to a site that exposes the idiotics of passing on chain letters.

Chain: 1-4 people: Your life will improve slightly.

Breaker: Wrong!

Chain: 5-9 people: Your life will improve to your liking.

Breaker: Wrong!

Chain: 9-14 people: You will have at least 5 surprises in the next 3 weeks

Breaker: Bullcrap!

Chain: 15 and above: Your life will improve drastically and everything you ever dreamed of will begin to take shape.

Breaker: Utter garbage! The most that could happen is you'd show 15 or more people you're an idiot who might as well be yelling from the rooftops that you believe the earth is flat!

 Chain: Good luck to everyone!

Breaker: Passing on this chain is likely to bring bad luck to at least someone, in the form of annoyance and hurt feelings on either or both sides.

Chain: The words that we regret the most are the words we never take the time to say...

Breaker: Who needs words when you got chain letters!? And yes, that is a regrettable situation, all over the net.

Chain: A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.

Breaker: A true friend is someone who posts words from their own heart and not spammy chain letters!

Chain: Do not keep this message

Breaker: It's already archived.