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To: md2576
Here's something that isn't in the lexicon but does show up here on occasion. It started on Fark.com. During a thread about some subject a poster will discuss the subject then also casually mention how sad they were to hear of an actor or personality's death. It's usually a semi famous person mostly from the 70s or 80s, but one who hasn't been in the news for years. It would look something like this.

"This makes me sad, like the time when Peter Frampton was killed in a car crash last month."

This was just an example. There are several variations of the setup and names. People immediately think "wow, I don't remember that" and start web searches like crazy. Of course they find nothing. Frampton is doing just fine.
No idea why the poster does it.
108 posted on 09/11/2005 10:38:08 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
I should add that the poster isn't relaying a false news report or an urban legend but seems like they're trying to start one. They once had actress Tracy Gold killed. This was months before she was injured in a real car crash.

Disqualifies for names used are;

1) A very famous person.
2) Been in the news recently.
3) Had a real false death report or once had an urban legend going around of their death.
128 posted on 09/11/2005 10:52:51 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong." - Ronald Reagan)
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