There probably never will be. The warning message, howeve r, has wasted bandwidth and time across the world for over a year. Although the Good Times warning itself is tied in with recent technology, it is an example of a type of compelling but false story that predates the widespread use of computers. Such tales have circulated for years by word of mouth, photocopy or fax. The Vanishing Hitchhiker and its sequels.
Universities are particularly fertile ground for such myths.
Believable, compelling stories spread extremely fast in any community. They spread so rapidly on the Internet that one high-traffic Usenet newsgroup, alt.folklore.urban, is devoted to the study and debunking of urban legends. The outraged shopper, according to the story, decided to exact revenge by giving the recipe out to as many people as possible. According to the story, Shergold very badly wants to collect enough postcard s to get into the Guinness Book of Records. The usual message includes Shergold's address and a plea to send postcards.