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Sat May-01-10 12:22 AM
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| Nostalgie pour le Folie.... |
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Tabloids came up recently here, and piqued my interest in one not now, alas, still published.... http://books.google.com/books/serial/ISSN:0199574X?rview=1&lr=&sa=N&start=0 |
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Sat May-01-10 02:53 AM
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| 1. 'A Guided Tour of Heaven'! |
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I wonder who their readership was?
'Fat Cat Owns 23 old ladies'
I remember seeing that tabloid at the super-market check-out.
Love the headlines, I don't think they were meant to be taken seriously until people did!
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Sat May-01-10 02:57 AM
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| 2. And Did You Take Tour Of Heaven, Ma'am? |
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Clicking on the image opens the whole edition of the 'paper'....
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Sat May-01-10 02:58 PM
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| 6. Lol, yes I did. I was especially |
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interested in the news of a 'mouth balm' that would enhance kissing and as a result, increase romance!
And 'Heaven' for one man, marriage to a store mannequin complete with marriage license, was an interesting story.
Amazing story of a woman who gave birth to puppies. Don't know how I missed that. But my favorite is the Dentist who delivers knock-out punches to his patients rather than abuse them by using standard medical methods of putting them to sleep. I wonder if he's still in business?
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Sat May-01-10 05:54 PM
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| 8. A Lot Of Their Stranger Stuff, Ma'am, was Sourced To Germany, For Some Reason.... |
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Sat May-01-10 05:32 AM
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It was pure satire, every bit of it.
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Sat May-01-10 05:37 AM
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| 4. While some things can be satire. |
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Edited on Sat May-01-10 05:44 AM by RandomThoughts
Some things can not be mocked, and even someone that tries to make it satire would not be able to. Or in spirit, one thing can not be mocked.
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Sat May-01-10 05:56 AM
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| 5. They're still online but, sadly, not the same |
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They should have given the web version the same look as the paper. Avoiding the use of color alone would've set them apart. http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/16994/bat-boy-sighted-in-vancouver/ |
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Sat May-01-10 03:04 PM
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| 7. Or as a friend of mine called it "Son Of Enquirer" |
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She worked for the Enquirer at the time and the stuff they couldn't get into the Enquirer got put into WWN
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Sat May-01-10 05:54 PM
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| 9. True, Sir: Many Were Not Aware Of That Connection.... |
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Sat May-01-10 05:56 PM
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| 10. I've never read one before, but... |
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it seems it was the Onion of its day, no? :hi:
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Sat May-01-10 06:02 PM
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| 11. Unfortunately, Ma'am, They Seem To Have Meant it, Or Their Purchasers Mostly Thought So, Anyway.... |
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Now the Onion, on the other hand, frequently produces the sharpest and most acute journalism available, and without trying....
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Sat May-01-10 06:42 PM
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| 12. But to an intelligent, thinking person |
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it does read like a low-brow Onion, no matter how they meant it. ;)
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