[UA] News of the wierd

[Tim Toner]

----- Original Message -----
From: Eric <eric at pinder.net>
To: <ua at lists.uchicago.edu>
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [UA] News of the wierd


> Hey --
>     The thing I've wondered ever since I encountered News of the Weird
> however many years ago is: how much of this stuff is made up out of
> whole cloth and how much is based something that really happened?
>         -- Eric

Quite a bit is true, I'd imagine.  You can often anticipate a weird story
that'll appear in the column by paying attention to the voluminous 'weird
story' news archives that CNN and others maintain online.  The "Wayne as a
middle name is an indication of criminal proclivity" is a stunner, though.
I giggle everytime another bozo gets arrested with that name.


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