Johelian Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 (edited) Found this on another site; "This message is serious and has been passed to us from Cheshire RFU.. Could you please cascade as quickly as possible as this came through our NHS web page. For your information, a couple of weeks ago, in the Odeon cinema, Festival Park, a person sat on something sharp in one of the seats. When she stood up to see what it was, a needle was found poking through the seat with an attached note saying, "You have been infected with HIV". The Centres for Disease Control in Birmingham, reports similar events have taken place in several other cities recently. ALL of the needles tested HAVE been found positive for HIV. The CDC also reports that needles have been found in the coin return areas of pay phones and coke machines. Everyone is asked to use extreme caution when confronted with these types of situations. All public chairs should be thoroughly but safely inspected prior to any use. A thorough visual inspection is considered the bare minimum. Further more, they ask that everyone notify their family members and friends of the potential dangers, as well. The previous information was sent from Hanley police station to all of the local councils in the Staffs area and was interdepartmentally dispersed. We were all asked to pass this to as many people as possible." Dunno how reliable it is, and havent heard anything more, but thought Id post it anyway. Nothing like a good scaremongering! ________ WEED VAPORIZER Edited February 16, 2011 by Johelian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Bloody hell, I hope this isn't true. Getting scared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arragaun Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Oh this isn't good. Sitting is one thing I can't do without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodleman Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Its a hoax http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/pinprick.asp http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/hivneedles.html http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa032499.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platty Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 man what sick idiots would do such a thing? cant believe another human being would want to do that, im def gonna be careful before reaching into blind area's from now on. EDIT: oh it may be a hoax... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system_error Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 There are many of such fake postings/emails but the problem is you can never be sure. I normally check most public places I go for such things - I generally don't trust most people. Okay you can call me paranoid but I am rather a bit too carefull than letting such things happen to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The3rdChildren Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 I'm a pretty sick guy sometimes, but... wow. That is fucking sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunKy Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 My mate told me about this. His mum works for the council and she told him they had a meeting about it and to watch out. I dont know if hes pissing around though. I really hope this isnt true, Im known to be a morbid bastard but this is too far for a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johelian Posted October 7, 2005 Author Share Posted October 7, 2005 (edited) Its a hoax http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/pinprick.asp http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/hivneedles.html http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa032499.htm Ah then that is a relief... I heard once that there was a guy in my local town once that was apparently threatening to stab people in BHS with a syringe that he had infected using his own blood...pretty scary stuff. He was stopped without hurting anyone though. ________ Volcano Vaporizer Edited February 16, 2011 by Johelian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Offerman Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Even if this is a hoax, I'm sure it could give a few twisted people bad ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raining_again Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Even if this is a hoax, I'm sure it could give a few twisted people bad ideas. yeah thats what i was thinkin! people are gunna see it and think, in some twisted way, that its funny then go off and do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Hahaha! That's pretty funny, "You've been infected with HIV! Have a nice day!". This is where some guy bursts in and says "you've been framed!" or some shit. Of course if it was real it wouldn't be funny at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEVILMURRAY Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 So old it makes my pubes die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#1cubeplayer Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Plus the virus can't survive outside of the body for long and it needs very specific environmental conditions. I'd still be scared crapless if it happened to me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lox13 Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 I heard this ages ago its pretty much a rumour i dont think this was in England but in some other countries, thats just cruel though supposedly HIV infected people were somehow putting HIV in the needles and leaving them for more people to sit on and get infected too to die I dont think its any more than an urban legend as it hasn't been anywhere on the news, newspapers or the media, nothing to be scared of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshMat Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 I was reading my local paper (the examminer) and it was talking abouth chain mail hoaxes, this was one of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ford Prefect Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 needles in public places are still a problem. regular occurance in the car park at asda where i used to work and in properties i used to work in as a painter/decorator. its another good reason to string up smack heads........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johelian Posted October 8, 2005 Author Share Posted October 8, 2005 (edited) yeah thats what i was thinkin! people are gunna see it and think, in some twisted way, that its funny then go off and do it Dont forget that these twisted people would actually need to be HIV positive first before they could get up to any monkeyshines with needles. ________ Glass Bongs Edited February 16, 2011 by Johelian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athriller Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Yeah, these urban myths come and go. The best one is with the haggle street devotchkas who sleep with their prey and then write 'Welcome to the aids club' on the mirror before leaving their newly embraced HIV+ lovers. It's my favourite bed time story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pestneb Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 My mate told me about this. His mum works for the council and she told him they had a meeting about it and to watch out. I dont know if hes pissing around though. I really hope this isnt true, Im known to be a morbid bastard but this is too far for a joke. knowing the type of people working in the council, here is how such a meeting would occur. *manager* "hmm whats this, an email, oooh looks official, hmm, it says its from the NHS it must be true. lets not take time to question the source, or do basic research into this, such as contacting the NHS trust involved, checking the internet etc, lets just assume that as its an email its 100% true, because the magic pixie that scans all my email wouldn't let false emails in." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunKy Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 knowing the type of people working in the council, here is how such a meeting would occur. *manager* "hmm whats this, an email, oooh looks official, hmm, it says its from the NHS it must be true. lets not take time to question the source, or do basic research into this, such as contacting the NHS trust involved, checking the internet etc, lets just assume that as its an email its 100% true, because the magic pixie that scans all my email wouldn't let false emails in." Your probably right. His mum told him to tell everybody he knew and to tell them to tell everybody they knew. Its a very subersive way to spread fear everywhere. Got to love the government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surrealist Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Well I'm ever so slightly worried now. I read about this yesterday, went into school and saw my friend looking a bit down, went over and asked him what's wrong. Apparently, this has actually just happened to one of his close mates. He doesn't strike me as the kinda guy to lie about something like that... ARGH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxi678 Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 This makes me worry a lot now. My tips for this is to avoid the back seats of buses, trains, planes, cinema etc. Thats where the drug addicts will be n leave neadles n stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pestneb Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 well, if you're gonna catch aids I guess present day is the best time to catch it, from the view point that it has improved by becoming less deadly. although obviously still being deadly means its not good but meh. perhaps walking round in suits of sheet metal armour would be the way forward? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 I'm never sitting at the back of a bus again. Wouldn't people look at you odd if you got on the bus and started examining your seat though? And how are you supposed to examine your seat in the cinema when it's dark? You probably still wouldn't see the needle because it would be hidden by the padding. Can't someone just invent a sicko radar so we can round all these freaks up and we could stop worrying? I know it's a hoax but you just know there are people who would do this. I heard if you have a cut on your hand and you touch something with blood particles on it like money or something, you can get aids. Even if you can't see any blood. Is this true? I work in a shop, i ofen have scratches on my hands and have to touch money all the time. I get paranoid about it sometimes. It's probably not true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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