[Strategerist]

Unfortunately, it's false. Urban Legend.

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/america2.htm

It was actually written by an American professor in 2001, not by an Australian dentist last week.

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

"Unfortunately, it's false. Urban Legend.
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/america2.htm
It was actually written by an American professor in 2001, not by an Australian dentist last week."

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Okay, so it's "false".

Snopes has been known to dispense purest fertilizer with the best of 'em.

I just happen to like it, and whoever wants to claim authorship can do so with my profoundest thanks.

[garyhope]

Thanks, I thought this sounded familiar. Don't cha just love Snopes? I refer friends to it all time to counter all the junk they send me.

[Theo]

I can smell a hoax a mile away. I had a hunch this was a hoax when I read it. It was just too perfect, like that Robin Williams hoax from a while back....