This is a message being sent round the Police and Sheffield Council. It may
be worth reading and noting. Sad, but probably true .....................



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 he 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. Furthermore, they ask that everyone notify their family members and friends of the potential dangers, as well. Thank you.

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."

Not this old nonsense again! :rolleyes:
Its a hoax.

I guess this thread will be removed like yesterday's.

I can't believe what kind of cruel and sick person would do this!

Thanks for the warning my kids are going to the Cinema this weekend I will definately warn them and their friends. :thumbsup:

It's not worth the risk of ignoring no harm done if it's a hoax but a lot of harm if it isn't! :rant:

Originally posted by Meaks
Not this old nonsense again! :rolleyes:
Its a hoax.

I guess this thread will be removed like yesterday's.

So it is a hoax then? :suspect:

What the heck does it take to kill these stupid urban legends ?

Originally posted by chuffinel
What the heck does it take to kill these stupid urban legends ?

Obviously there will always be some dumb idiot like me who will fall for them. :loopy: :confused: :( :help:

Originally posted by dawny1
So it is a hoax then? :suspect:

Look it up on www.snopes.com. This myth has been around for years.

Hoax, Thankfully so...

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/pinprick.htm

EDIT: Bah! Beat me by a whole minute.

This one is so old, that they used to say it was a needle infected with syphillis (pre HIV) lol


Urban Legend - Infected needles (http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBUrbanMyths.shtml#needlestheater)

I do hope that rst123 didn't know it was a hoax because I don't think it's a particularly funny thing to post deliberately.:rant:

I think it should be removed - Mod Alert!

this exact one was only posted and then pulled yesterday.

Pretty much any warning that is emailed or posted on a forum is a hoax, now if we could only generate electric shocks through peoples keyboards when they tried to forward it they'd soon learn.

Originally posted by Cyclone
this exact one was only posted and then pulled yesterday.

Pretty much any warning that is emailed or posted on a forum is a hoax, now if we could only generate electric shocks through peoples keyboards when they tried to forward it they'd soon learn.

Yeh we'd all know who the victims were if the turned up to a Forum Meet with Frizzled Smoking Hair! :hihi:

1. CDC Is an American not a UK organisation, here your rather more likely to be talking about the HPA.

2. HIV does not survive well outside the body. (See here (http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/faq/faq35.htm) for details)

yup - it's a hoax!

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

Better be careful Lotti, Cyclone will be the first to jump on you for spreading hoaxes even though any normalperson can see that you're just passing this on for the greater good.

Please, no!!

It's a hoax, sorry.

(Don't blame the poster, but it's a shame people pass around harmful things like these).

Please please do not be concerned about this, it is a well documented urban legend. There have been NO known cases of this actually happening!

Dont know if this is true or not, but if it is then how terrible.

"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."

This is an old urban myth, I heard it when I was about 10.

It's a hoax, Spyro... see this (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&postid=637854&highlight=Festival+Park#post637854) thread... I grant you that it certainly sounds legit though! ;)

Originally posted by J-Blaze
This is an old urban myth, I heard it when I was about 10.

Fair enough :)