Warning: Look at the gas pump handle BEFORE you
pump your gas. Please
read and forward to anyone you know who drives a car.

My name is Captain Abraham Sands of the Jacksonville , Florida , Police

Department. I have been asked by state and local authorities to write

this email in order to get the word out to car drivers of a very

dangerous prank that is occurring in numerous states. Some person or

persons have been affixing hypodermic needles to the underside of gas

pump handles! These needles appear to be infected with HIV positive

blood. In the Jacksonville area alone , there have been 17 cases of

people being stuck by these needles over the past five (5) months. We

have verified reports of at least 12 others in various states around the

country. It is believed that these may be copycat incidents due to

someone reading about the crimes or seeing them reported on television.

At this point no one has been arrested and catching the perpetrators has

become our top priority. Shockingly, of the 17 people who where stuck, 8

have tested HIV positive and because of the nature of the disease, the

others could test posi tive in a couple years. Evidently the consumers go

to fill their car with gas, and when picking up the pump handle get

stuck with the infected needle. IT IS IMPERATIVE TO CAREFULLY CHECK THE

HANDLE of the gas pump each time you use one. LOOK AT EVERY SURFACE YOUR

HAND MAY TOUCH, INCLUDING UNDER THE HANDLE! If you do find a needle

affixed to one, immediately contact your local police department so they

can collect the evidence. PLEASE HELP US BY MAINTAINING A VIGILANCE, AND

BY FORWARDING THIS EMAIL TO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO DRIVES. THE MORE PEOPLE

WHO KNOW OF THIS, THE BETTER PROTECTED WE CAN ALL BE.

Rose Lambert,
Chief Aide to Supervisor Gerry Hyland, Mount Vernon
District, 2511 Parkers
Lane , Alexandria , VA 22306 .
PLEASE READ THIS AND PASS IT ON TO EVERYONE
IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK!!!!

bs gtfo

this is old and an urban legend

great... well can't wait to get back to NJ where they pump gas for me!!!!

Nice try, it's false.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/gaspump.asp

everyone saying it's false... it might actually happen... sheesh... either way I wouldn't be surprised if it happened here in norfolk... ****ing city I can't wait to graduate and get the hell out.

ORIGINAL: dubarado

it might actually happen

yeah so could THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tosy53NVmQc)

ORIGINAL: dubarado

everyone saying it's false... it might actually happen... sheesh... either way I wouldn't be surprised if it happened here in norfolk... ****ing city I can't wait to graduate and get the hell out.


The problem with the possibility of it happening is that hypodermic needles are 1. pretty big, and 2. pretty thick, I believe they are .22 gauge or something, which would be pretty noticeable on the handle, not to mention, I highly doubt that they do these things so unconciously that they would just keep on doing the same thing the second they feel the pin prick of the needle, I think that it would be very unlikely, not to mention that the idea that depending on what the weather was like, and how hot and dry it was, HIV might have not have lived long enough to infect anyone. Theres a big difference using a needle 5 minutes after one another when shooting up with some H, versus waiting 12-24 hours before piercing the skin, granted that doesn't eliminate the possibility of other viruses being present.

HIV is by far one of the weakest viruses when it is not in a habitat that is conducive to it's survival, in fact, when introduced to air, it only survives around 5-6 minutes, so after that the chances of it infecting anyone are around 1/1,000,000. Even when the virus is actually not dormate, but actually striving, there is still only a 1/10,000 chance that you will truely be infected, depending on the ammount of spores that enter your blood streem.

Not to mention that people who post/ forward these ridiculous urban legends are complete idiots.

If people would take a moment and think before forwarding or posting crap like this they would be doing the world a huge favor.

Instead one idioit forwards it to everyone they know, then another person does , etc .

Don't forget to tell us about not flashing our brights at people cause it's a gang intiation.

Don't fail to let us know about the free money Bill gates is giving away just for forwarding emails.

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

nobody has commented on how hard it is to obtain the HIV virus?? 03mustang was right too, the virus would die before anyone could prick their finger.

ORIGINAL: KTownGT

nobody has commented on how hard it is to obtain the HIV virus?? 03mustang was right too, the virus would die before anyone could prick their finger.


yeah but using common sense and actually thinking about things would be just too much to ask.

ORIGINAL: BAMFstang

Not to mention that people who post/ forward these ridiculous urban legends are complete idiots.

If people would take a moment and think before forwarding or posting crap like this they would be doing the world a huge favor.

Instead one idioit forwards it to everyone they know, then another person does , etc .

Don't forget to tell us about not flashing our brights at people cause it's a gang intiation.

Don't fail to let us know about the free money Bill gates is giving away just for forwarding emails.

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:



how could you leave out the nigerian prince? i'm still waiting on my money...

WHAT!? The Nigerian Prince promised you money too? ****, I already sent him my $3500 dollar processing fee. You don't think that was a scam do you?

Oh Great ! Another post for a**hole to go out and try !

the bill gates thing isnt true??? **** I BEEN WASTING ****ING TIME

I remember this when this was said to be happening to the inside of coin returns in pay phones.