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Thursday, April 03, 2003

"The Andalusian Mock Walrus, which was actually a hardy hybrid genetically manipulated from the indigenous Flemmish variety of the Cornish Skipping Gopher, was sometimes mistaken for the Cipher Eared Mock Seal, which, of course, was actually a low-flying bird that died out within years of mankind having invented buildings taller than trees, since the seal was incapable of flying at altitudes exceding that of most pear trees. It was a short trip to the mistake of identifying the Andalusian Mock Walrus as a creature of Tasmania. As is so often the case, when biologists discover a new species that fits no particular known category of origin, they assign it to Tasmania by default. While handy, this common classification methodology sometimes leads to confusion. In the case of the Tasmanian Mock Walrus, the error can, in part, be forgiven because of the striking similarity of the Naked Mole Rat to the Andalusian Mock Walrus. The same miscategorization, for instance, would be next to impossible with the close cousin Tuxedo Mole Rat, the markings and facial structure being distinctly more penguinlike in attitude and in cross section.

"Thanks for bringing this up. It's been some time since I've considered this particular spectrum of the genera."

Thanks to my friend John Lindner.
posted at 9:07 PM

Wednesday, April 02, 2003

Top 100 Hoaxes
"20. In 2000 a news release was sent to the media stating that the 15th annual New York City April Fool's Day Parade was scheduled to begin at noon on 59th Street and would proceed down to Fifth Avenue. According to the release, floats in the parade would include a "Beat 'em, Bust 'em, Book 'em" float created by the New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle police departments. This float would portray "themes of brutality, corruption and incompetence." A "Where's Mars?" float, reportedly built at a cost of $10 billion, would portray missed Mars missions. Finally, the "Atlanta Braves Baseball Tribute to Racism" float would feature John Rocker who would be "spewing racial epithets at the crowd." CNN and the Fox affiliate WNYW sent television news crews to cover the parade. They arrived at 59th Street at noon only to discover that there was no sign of a parade, at which point the reporters realized they had been hoaxed. The prank was the handiwork of Joey Skaggs, an experienced hoaxer. Skaggs had been issuing press releases advertising the nonexistent parade every April Fool's Day since 1986."
posted at 8:43 PM

Los Angeles Times - Editor's Note
"On Monday, March 31, the Los Angeles Times published a front-page photograph that had been altered in violation of Times policy."
posted at 7:04 PM

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