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The polite version of that, found throughout Usenet is, "Google is your friend."
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And I marvel that you can even find a tutorial about searching, just by typing in "Tutorial how to search" into the oh-so-handy new Google toolbar. http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/bones.html
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and I would add to Bart's punishment: "I will check Snopes before I pass on that stupid email forward", "I will check Snopes before I pass on that stupid email forward", "I will check Snopes before I pass on that stupid email forward", "I will check Snopes before I pass on that stupid email forward", "I will check Snopes before I pass on that stupid email forward"... 
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Dear etaoin: I also search for "hoaxes and urban legends",
plus a key word or two.
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In reply to:
"I will check Snopes before I pass on that stupid email forward"
AMEN!
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"I will check Snopes before I pass on that stupid email forward"
I am trying to educate a couple of my friends in that regard...sigh. I got one of those WORST VIRUS EVER ones the other day, from one friend who had sent it not only to me but to a couple of mutual friends here in town. I replied only to him, with a Snopes citation and a strong hint. Gee, somehow I thought he might pass THAT along (it was a letter first circulated in 2000, for gosh sakes!), but no...I got the very same letter 2 days later, from one of the mutual friends.
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I used to just send it back to the sender with a snopes note, but I am now sending the snopes link on to all that got the junk mail with me. pisses off the sender, but too damn bad, I say. they'll think twice before they send something like that to me again... 
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