SMS Forwards and Live Strong bands

Man, there are a lot of SMS forwards floating around in India !! Jokes, puzzles, riddles, news, fake news of every kind ... It keeps people entertained no doubt, but my cynical mind thinks that it must be the cell phone service providers that are feeding these messages into the system in order to boost their SMS revenue.

And don't even get me started on these Live Strong bands ! Every kid I see has about 8 of them. Some enterprising guy has gotten them made in China and is selling them at 25 bucks a pop. And of course not one rupee is going to fight Cancer or Poverty !