I think my favourite Onion story is the one about the spooky skeleton people - a perfect piece of satire: Archaeological Dig Uncovers Ancient Race Of Skeleton People http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30832 Alice ---- Anne Bickford <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thats a very funny site. And the archaeology thing was very carefully > written. How do they fund the Onion. The news things are great > parodies but must cost a lot to shoot. > Annie > > On 07/01/2010, at 10:36 PM, pmgb wrote: > > check this! > > P G-B > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [BRITARCH] Internet Archaeologists Discover Ancient > "Friendster" Civilisation > Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 23:26:16 +0000 > From: Gareth Talbot <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: British archaeology discussion list <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > It's not Friday, but hey, I'm unemployed so every day is the same > right now. > I thought britarch might appreciate this amusing offering from The > Onion....weirdly, I can see this being a reality 100 years from now > > http://www.theonion.com/content/video/internet_archaeologists_find > > G > > -------------------------- > contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and events > in contemporary and historical archaeology, and > for announcements relating to the CHAT conference group. > ------- > For email subscription options see: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html > ------- > Visit the CHAT website for more information and for future meeting > dates: > http://www.contemp-hist-arch.ac.uk > -------------------------- > > Anne Bickford > Director > Archaeology And Heritage > 135 Catherine St Leichhardt NSW 2040 > Ph: 02/95699672 Fx: 02/95500261 > Mob: 0419 496872 > > > -------------------------- > contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and events > in contemporary and historical archaeology, and > for announcements relating to the CHAT conference group. > ------- > For email subscription options see: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html > ------- > Visit the CHAT website for more information and for future meeting dates: > http://www.contemp-hist-arch.ac.uk > -------------------------- _______________________________________________ Dr Alice Gorman Department of Archaeology Flinders University GPO Box 2100 Adelaide 5001 Mobile: 0428 450 418 http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/archaeology/department/staff/gorman.php _______________________________________________ -------------------------- contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and events in contemporary and historical archaeology, and for announcements relating to the CHAT conference group. ------- For email subscription options see: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html ------- Visit the CHAT website for more information and for future meeting dates: http://www.contemp-hist-arch.ac.uk --------------------------