Some people love to be hoaxed by 12-year-olds.  How else can we explain the rampant witlessness demonstrated by so many e-mail users?  Today, I received yet another message alerting the world to some new-fangled nonsense, forwarded to me by an excitable neighbor whose computer should, by right, be revoked and low-level formatted.  According to this li'l morsel of digital upchuck, drivers are warned to press the "Clear" button when done at the gas pump.  Otherwise, it is alleged, the next driver (or, more likely, the station owner's toothless cousin) can fill his tank on your credit card.  Afterall, you never said, "Simon Says, I'm done pumping gas."  What a 'tard.

Needless to say, when you begin any credit card transaction and, for whatever reason, choose to abort, you'll want to hit that shiny "Cancel" or "Clear" button.  Then again, if you need reminding on this subtle point, you're probably pouring gasoline on your shoes right now or, worse, driving off with the nozzle still in your tank.  Or both.  And if you're so petroleum-function challenged, should you really be driving a car?

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