Upon the date 03:00 PM 5/8/01 -0700, Frank McConnell said something like:
>"Russ Blakeman" <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com> wrote:
>> Much like the term "collectable" - what wide open term. Hell anything is
>> collectable since you can collect it, even trash. The local dump has all
>
>_Everything In Entire World Now Collectible_
>
>http://www.theonion.com/onion3710/everything_collectible.html
>
>"According to a report issued Monday by the North American Collector's
>Association, every single thing currently being manufactured is officially
>categorized as a collectible."
>
>-Frank McConnell
I read that article through completely and kept expecting to see "Nya-nya!
Fooled ya!!" or "April Fool!" or some such. No, I didn't see such a
message. The author's style of writing it was straight-faced. Sheesh, could
this crap be real??
Then I went to the main page of what's called The Onion and, to my relief,
had a good laugh at what I saw.
Hadn't checked out The Onion before now. Looks like a cross between
National Lampoon and the National Enquirer. News articles in this issue:
"North Dakota Drinks Itself To Sleep Again", "Work Avoided Through
Extensive List-Making", "New Dog Sick Of Being Compared To Old One", etc.
What a hoot.
Regards, Chris
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Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
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Received on Fri May 11 2001 - 22:22:16 BST