07-01-2004, 02:53 PM
I got one: The proposed improvements to a 14 mile stretch of the capital beltway in Northern Virginia will be completed with the taking of only 5.6 acres of new land as right-of-way, and this build will avoid congestion projected to be round the clock by 2020. Oh, wait, that's what VDOT told me last night at an information session. Still outrageous, but I can't take credit for it. ;)
How about this: Major League Baseball will be coming to the national capital region, but the games will be played in Loudon county, more than 25 miles from downtown DC. Oh, wait, that's what the Virginia Baseball group told us in their latest pep rally a few weeks ago. <_< I guess I can't take credit for that one either.
Um... The Iraqi government is now under the control of the Iraqis. No, that's not mine either. :unsure: Huh... (side note, a local radio DJ pointed out that critics of the early hand-off cited it as a classic example of premature Iraqi nation. I damn near ran into the back of the car in front of me when he said that.)
How about this one: the real goal of all of the Miss America contestants is World Peace®. :huh: No, uh, representative democracy is one of the most efficient forms of government? No, uh, wait! I got it: the local public library is an institution worth preserving. Yeah, yeah, the vast repository of knowledge, despite its small size, contributes to the community in myriad ways. :( Sonuva!!!!!
Can't we just turn this thread into a list of outrageous claims that we are subjected to in the course of daily life? I can't come up with any original ones because I'm overwhelmed by the daily hyperbole inundating the modern populace. I guess I'll just go bacl to being a receiver, and stop trying to be on the broadcast side of the propaganda machine. How about this one: New & Improved.
How about this: Major League Baseball will be coming to the national capital region, but the games will be played in Loudon county, more than 25 miles from downtown DC. Oh, wait, that's what the Virginia Baseball group told us in their latest pep rally a few weeks ago. <_< I guess I can't take credit for that one either.
Um... The Iraqi government is now under the control of the Iraqis. No, that's not mine either. :unsure: Huh... (side note, a local radio DJ pointed out that critics of the early hand-off cited it as a classic example of premature Iraqi nation. I damn near ran into the back of the car in front of me when he said that.)
How about this one: the real goal of all of the Miss America contestants is World Peace®. :huh: No, uh, representative democracy is one of the most efficient forms of government? No, uh, wait! I got it: the local public library is an institution worth preserving. Yeah, yeah, the vast repository of knowledge, despite its small size, contributes to the community in myriad ways. :( Sonuva!!!!!
Can't we just turn this thread into a list of outrageous claims that we are subjected to in the course of daily life? I can't come up with any original ones because I'm overwhelmed by the daily hyperbole inundating the modern populace. I guess I'll just go bacl to being a receiver, and stop trying to be on the broadcast side of the propaganda machine. How about this one: New & Improved.
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dyah ah dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dth
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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