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Origins: It was touching, heartbreaking . . . and not at all true. Subject: My dying wishMy name is Anthony Parkin, and you don't know me. I'm 7 years old, and I have lukemea. I found your name using gopher, and I would like for you to carry out my dying wish of starting a chain letter. Please send this letter to five people you know so I can live forever.Thank You very muchThat's the text of an e-mail many people received. Went straight to the heart, it did. So little was asked . . . Other than having to field inquiries about the non-existent Anthony Parkin since 1999, the Mayo Clinic knows nothing about him. He's certainly never been a patient there. Someone's prank kept them hopping, though: they had too many phone calls to answer and too many e-mail messages to reply that took time away from their real business of medical research. Barbara not only am I in favor of chain letters, I think they should lock 'em up and throw away the key Mikkelson
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