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1 posted on 04/02/2009 1:46:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!
Alan Abel should have his own wing in any hoax museum...

http://www.alanabel.com/

Abel is best known for his work as a professional prankster. He has been pulling the wool over the eyes of the media for the past half-century. His hoaxing career began in the late 1950s with S.I.N.A., the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals. This tongue-in-cheek moral crusade, whose purpose was to clothe all animals for modesty's sake, was actually a commentary on censorship. After launching the campaign, however, Alan soon found himself in the midst of a national craze. Newspaper, radio and television reporters couldn't seem to get the story fast enough. Abel realized that, with very little funds and very few props, with a straight face, he could convince America, and the media, that an absurd idea like S.I.N.A. truly existed....

2 posted on 04/02/2009 1:49:20 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Pres Obama just spent $150million of the $160million in returned AIG bonuses on a trip to England.)
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To: nickcarraway

I swear to God, if I drive all the way out there and there’s nothing there ...


3 posted on 04/02/2009 1:52:18 PM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: nickcarraway
This one?


5 posted on 04/02/2009 2:57:58 PM PDT by stormer
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