Posted on 11/17/2001 9:35:51 AM PST by NYCVirago
A friend told me yesterday about reading this story in last week's the New York Times magazine:
As a stylist snipped and fluffed, Jeff Jones, the associate publisher of Gear magazine, spun a story out of ''Sex and the City'': on the morning of Sept. 11, a married man went to his girlfriend's apartment instead of his office at the World Trade Center. When his wife saw the attack on the news, she called his cellphone, expecting the worst, and was surprised to find him so nonchalant. No, it was just another uneventful day at the office, the man told his wife. Jones patted his five-button Dolce & Gabbana suit and chuckled at the predicament. Man, was that guy busted. ''The way I heard it,'' he said, ''it's a true story.''It's too bad that John Leland, the author of this article containing this anecdote, didn't bother checking the Urban Legends web site, where this same story was published and debunked on OCTOBER 5!
Sept. 11 this bum, who worked at the World Trade Center, had a breakfast meeting. What he was having, however, wasn't eggs. He was with his mistress. I guess you might call him an early riser. His wife tried to reach him. He finally answered his cell way after 10 in the morning. Panicked, she screamed: "Where are you!" Responding to the angst in her voice he replied testily: "Well, where do you think I am? In the office."
So much for the "newspaper of record"!
I can't remember who asked them the question. A New York Times editor, perhaps?
That's why I read all my news at FreeRepublic -the "Lake Wobegon" of news sites - where all the news is verifiable and all the posters are above reproach......LOL !
And then he saw that the girlfriend had written "Welcome to the world of AIDS" with lipstick on the bathroom mirror.
It could have happened, but I see no mention of pop rocks and coke, so I doubt it's true.
Was that before or after she gave "birth" to the brine shrimp?
http://politechbot.com/p-02750.html
> In an official press release from its Chicago > headquarters, the Greens/Green > Party USA, a small splinter group that opposes > recognition of the Green > Party > of the United States as the electoral voice of the > movement that ran Ralph > Nader for President in 2000, declared that one of its > leaders was stopped > from boarding a flight after a check turned up her > name was on a computer > list because the organization opposes the U.S. bombing > of Afhanistan. The > release said: > Party USA > coordinating committee member, Thursday at Bangor > International Airport > in Bangor Maine, as she attempted to board an American > Airlines flight to > Chicago. > "An official told me that my name had been flagged in > the computer," a > shaken Oden said. "I was targeted because the Green > Party USA opposes > the bombing of innocent civilians in Afghanistan."> > The press release was relayed around the nation as a > first signal of the > reach > of the new draconian Patriot Act. But it turns out > that Nancy Oden was > apparently not barred because of a computer check, but > because she did > not comply with standard screening for weapons. While > who said what is > not clear, it appears that her name was not flagged by > a computer search > of potential terrorists or their supporters, according > to a news report > in the Bangor Daily News on Nov. 3. > > While the undue harassment of airline travelers is to > be condemned, it does > not seem that this incident warrants fears of a major > violation of > Constitutional > guarantees of free speech, as it first appeared. The > group that Nancy Oden > leads is nevertheless using the incident to draw > attention and support to > itself. > One member of the group's National Council urged: > include spokesperson/ > spokespersons. Contact civil liberties organizations > including the National > Lawyers Guild, the ACLU ... Ask organizaitons to > sponsor defense > committee- Seek prominent attorney who may need to > have a license to > practice in Maine- Send releases out every day. Has > Ralph Nader been > contacted? What about Phil Donahue CONTACT TALK SHOWS. > TRY > TO GET POLITICIANS TO SUPPORT, Barbara Lee. > Organizations in > Maine who know Nancy and will back her up.> > > If the incident had taken place as Nancy Oden > described it, it would mean > that other Green activists and leaders of other > anti-war groups would also > be on computer lists and barred from flying, which > reportedly has not been > the case. The exaggeration of her victimization may > only serve to discredit > opposition to the Bush Administration's attack on > civil liberties. > > It may also further isolate the Green Party USA, which > saw a majority of > delegates at its July 20 National Convention leave to > form a new Green > Alliance, which has its first convention in New > Orleans January 18-21.
Yet, just recently, the Guardian reported this as fact. Maybe they should do lunch with the editors of the NY Times and thumb through a book of urban legends for material.
Mother's nurse's cousin? Well, of course it's true, then! :)
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