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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
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Flinders University
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