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A little hint: if it's published in the Onion, it's not true. My favorite two Onion stories:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/husband-wife-unaware-they-are-a-comedy-team,2675/

http://www.theonion.com/articles/pointcounterpoint-gov-palin-has-no-experience-vs-p,11575/

The second one is a point/counterpoint where "Palin" is priceless.

elliemae says

A little hint: if it's published in the Onion, it's not true

Thanks! I wasn't familiar with that magazine, but did some more looking and found out it wasn't. It was entertaining, though.

Helloeeze says

checked over at Snopes and it's FALSE

That's the site I couldn't remember!

Best Front page headline ever. I have one hanging in my house - it's hilarous.

elliemae says

Best Front page headline ever.

Absolutely. I can't believe you other folks haven't heard of the Onion...

The "Joe Biden" stories are my favorite:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/the-vicepresidency-of-joe-biden,18444/

No no, its this one:

Harry Potter Books Spark Rise In Satanism Among Children
http://www.theonion.com/articles/harry-potter-books-spark-rise-in-satanism-among-ch,2413/

Personal fave as it was cited in numerous christian sites as a factual article...

and this, though I don't share it with new parent friends anymore:

Study Reveals: Babies are stupid
http://www.onion.demon.co.uk/theonion/other/babies/stupidbabies.htm

kentm says

Study Reveals: Babies are stupid

I laughed so hard I cried.

Barney Frank shifted his butt and farted during an interview on the Rachel Maddow show. I think from eating to much Onions.

The problem is that sometimes The Onion goes for funny and accurately describes reality:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-passionate-defender-of-what-he-imagines-c,2849/

This guy is similar to some of the people who make "constitutional' arguments on Patrick.net, among other places. It's sort of like how The Daily Show is supposed to be comedy, yet it's the most accurate news reporting source.

Ah thank you Controllio, I had forgotten about that gem.

Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be

How about this video ?

http://www.theonion.com/video/nations-climatologists-exhibiting-strange-behavior,21009/

http://www.theonion.com/video/social-security-reform-bill-encourages-americans-t,21006/

Don't worry you are not the first one to be drawn in by The Onion:

http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=83;t=000415;p=0

P N Dr Lo R says

Is this a true story?

Wow. That's great. Here's another classic from the Onion:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/recessionplagued-nation-demands-new-bubble-to-inve,2486/

Cook County resident says

Here's another classic from the Onion:

I liked the article, and will invest heavily in either "Illegal Immigration Futures" or "No Preference."

http://www.theonion.com/articles/dollhousing-crisis-set-to-worsen-mean-older-brothe,5890/

This one was on Patnet in 2007. It's sad when Barbie & Ken can't make the payments on her dream home - and this little girl's brother threatened to cut off Barbie's hair to pay for back payments.

Please---the winner of all time was this:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros,464/

Eerily prescient, wouldn't you agree?

"On the economic side, Bush vowed to bring back economic stagnation by implementing substantial tax cuts, which would lead to a recession, which would necessitate a tax hike, which would lead to a drop in consumer spending, which would lead to layoffs, which would deepen the recession even further. "

and

"After eight years of relatively sane fiscal policy under the Democrats, we have reached a point where, just a few weeks ago, President Clinton said that the national debt could be paid off by as early as 2012," Rahway, NJ, machinist and father of three Bud Crandall said. "That's not the kind of world I want my children to grow up in."

CL says

Please---the winner of all time was this:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros,464/

Eerily prescient, wouldn't you agree?

Wow, and that was written in 2001 when W was taking office.

So funny, and as I said, prescient. But then again--was it that hard to predict?

CL says

So funny, and as I said, prescient. But then again--was it that hard to predict?

Apparently not if it was done by the joke news. So why did the "real" news miss this, hmmm...

CL says

http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros,464/

Wow, that's hilarious. Are you sure this wasn't released at some later date than 2001?