Posted on 03/15/2004 8:43:31 AM PST by Fun Bob
SoCal city falls victim to Internet hoax, considers banning items made with water
Associated Press
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. - City officials were so concerned about the potentially dangerous properties of dihydrogen monoxide that they considered banning foam cups after they learned the chemical was used in their production.
Then they learned that dihydrogen monoxide - H2O for short - is the scientific term for water.
"It's embarrassing," said City Manager David J. Norman. "We had a paralegal who did bad research."
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miserable failure miserable failure miserable failure miserable failure war criminal
SoCal city falls victim to Internet hoax, considers banning items made with water
Posted by Fun Bob
On News/Activism 03/15/2004 8:43:31 AM PST with 2 comments
Mercury News ^ | Mar. 14, 2004Calif. Officials Nearly Fall for H2O Hoax
Posted by rface
On News/Activism 03/15/2004 8:28:42 AM PST with 11 comments
Las Vegas Sun / AP ^ | March 15, 2004 at 4:55:41 PST | APCity falls victim to Internet hoax, considers banning items made with water
Posted by Cultural Jihad
On News/Activism 03/14/2004 8:23:49 AM PST with 107 comments
AP ^ | March 14, 2004California: Hoax Soaks Aliso Viejo. Officials fall for 'dihydrogen monoxide' internet prank
Posted by John Jorsett
On News/Activism 03/13/2004 6:31:17 AM PST with 40 comments
Los Angeles Times ^ | March 13, 2004 | William Wan
However, it was the "city officials" who were going to act on it, so I guess they're pretty stupid too.
City officials were so concerned about the potentially dangerous properties of dihydrogen monoxide that they considered banning foam cups after they learned the chemical was used in their production.
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