*$ (or: The Onion is really good at prognostication)
Wed, Feb 27, 2008 <> 8:57 AM
So I’m sure this has been pointed out already by other folks who have dedicated vast amounts of their brains to cataloguing various bits of pop culture, but I’m going to do so here just in case you are not one of those people, and have not encountered one yet.
First, an Onion article from 2001.
And now yesterday, an actual news story.
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1. Mark Veerman commented...
Wed, Feb 27, 2008 <> 10:47 AM
Oooooh, a post. Waaaaait, is this for real?
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