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W F
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Information Insertion by W F

July 1st, 2006 12:34 PM

INSTRUCTIONS: Insert information in a place that has an absence of information.

I'm pretty sure that message boards about vapid pop music groups lack information.

So, since I'm in the midst of reading Sarah Vowell's great book "Assassination Vacation" and have a bunch of random trivia about the Lincoln assassination in my head, I posted the following message to the Pussycat Dolls group on Yahoo:

http://mb.music.yahoo.com/music/artists/threadview?bn=mus-4623677&tid=1310&mid=1310&tof=1&m=tm&rt=2

I tried to sneak in as much educational information about the assassination as possible, positing the question "if the Pussycat Dolls had a time machine, would they go back in time to save Abraham Lincoln?"

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I learned a lot today!
posted by Jason 7au on July 2nd, 2006 11:47 AM

Messing with forums can be fun, but doing so in such a nice and educational manner is vote-worthy.

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posted by Cunning Linguist on July 2nd, 2006 10:26 PM

I have to say though, as amazing as your execution on this task is, Mr. Fink sir, I wonder if anyone reading that forum (independent of sf0) actually got past the first paragraph.

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posted by W F on July 3rd, 2006 10:03 AM

I've wondered the same thing; I was actually a little disappointed by the lack of a reaction. I was hoping to at least be called a nerd.

I guess it's hard to compete with messages such as "wow i did not no she was dat old man thats old!" (actual quote)