Letters to the Editor
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Auuugh! I'd rather stab myself in the head!
Seriously. I'd get more joy -- and less pain -- if instead of someone forwarding me one of those emails they just dropped me a note to let me know I should slam my head down really hard on my desk then get on with my day. Who sends this stuff? Worse, who forwards it?
It's bad enough putting up with this stuff from clueless (but well meaning) relatives (who always stop after I direct them to Snopes), but from a boss? No. Just no. My boss has no business sending me any email that has nothing to do with work. Period.
And besides, these forwards are the source of something like 90% of the viruses that go around office networks and infect/zombify everything. Forwarding this stuff is not only unprofessional, it's irresponsible in an office environment.
At the very least, I'd return an email to the boss asking them to exclude me from such email as I found it distracting and unwelcome in my inbox. At the worst, I'd point out that forwarding such emails likely violates company policy (as most companies have policies regarding how company email may be used) and endangers the security of every computer used to open it.
Then I'd slam my head down on the desk for good measure. Just to get rid of the memories of soppy prayers and images of fuzzy kittens.