Final score: Lions 42 Cambodian Midgets 0
Is this The Onion? Scrappleface?
I'm SOOOOooooOOOOO glad it's a fake story.
Still,
it did play with your head for a bit.
It's a fake, but it is funny. 42 midgets, LOL!
Today on Jerry Springer!---Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets in Cambodian Ring-Fight!!!
The first rule of Cambodian Midget Fighting League is that you never talk about the Cambodian Midget Fighting League.
This story is BS....
I didn't know that Cambodians were Muslim.
How about the Lion wasn't fed for a week and was injected with meth just before the fight? Just a theory.
But how would the Lions do against the Bears?
Is this a joke? The Onion?
FAKE FAKE FAKE
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Lion 42, Midgets 0
Answering the age-old question, "In a battle royal between 42 unarmed little people and an African lion, who would win?" a news story purportedly issued by the BBC took the Blogosphere by storm this past week by reporting that just such a face-off took place in Cambodia on April 30, leaving all 42 midgets dead or injured.
Come to find out (I'm shocked... shocked!), the story isn't true, nor did it originate from BBC News.
"If you haven't already guessed, the article is fake," writes the actual, anonymous author of the piece in an after-the-fact disclaimer. "It was created to 'settle' a dispute between a friend of mine [sic] in which he claimed that 40 weaponless midgets could defeat 1 lion in a hypothetical fight," the prankster explains. "The link to where the article was posted was not intended to spread outside of the initial group of guys in the argument, but as I was alerted it had been posted on collegehumor.com, fark.com, and several other web forums, it has spread far beyond that."
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http://www.ontla.on.ca/documents/Bills/37_Parliament/Session4/b097_e.htm
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Bill 97 2003 An Act to ban dwarf tossing
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:
Dwarf tossing banned
1. (1) No person shall organize a dwarf tossing event or engage in dwarf tossing.
Offence
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both.
Commencement
2. This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Short title
3. The short title of this Act is the Dwarf Tossing Ban Act, 2003.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Bill bans dwarf tossing in Ontario and makes it an offence to engage in dwarf tossing.
Were they Christian midgets?
"The fight was called in only 12 minutes, after which 28 fighters were declared dead, while the other 14 suffered severe injuries including broken bones and lost limbs, rendering them unable to fight back."
Did the lion just quite beating them up after they tapped out?
The Cambodian Government allowed the fight to take place, under the condition that they receive a 50% commission on each ticket sold, and that no cameras would be allowed in the arena.
That had the ring of truth.
Everyone go back and click on the printable version.
I'll start laughing from time to time tomorrow when I think of this. People will think me weird, but that's nothing new. Thanks for the good cheer.
I think I'm going to start a petition for Steve Mariucci to have his team play Cambodian midgets. Quite obviously, this is the only way Lions can win.