To: Soliton
"The tale of the boy owning up to whacking his father’s prized cherry tree...has long since been discredited as apocryphal."It would be an enormous improvement if the New York Times could rise to the level of apocryphal.
5 posted on
07/03/2008 5:52:09 AM PDT by
Savage Beast
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To: Savage Beast
"The tale of the boy owning up to whacking his father’s prized cherry tree...has long since been discredited as apocryphal." It would be an enormous improvement if the New York Times could rise to the level of apocryphal.
Darn ... I was hoping they found the stump. ;o)
6 posted on
07/03/2008 6:41:13 AM PDT by
al_c
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To: Savage Beast
"The tale of the boy owning up to whacking his father’s prized cherry tree...has long since been discredited as apocryphal."How do you "discredit" something like this? You would have to prove that it didn't happen. They mean that it is probably apoyphal, but no one can say for sure.
7 posted on
07/03/2008 6:43:19 AM PDT by
Soliton
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