Michigan Threatens Beavers Over Dams?
24 August 2000The state of Michigan once threatened local beavers with a $10,000 per day fine for failing to remove their dams.
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Adam Hilliker Detention Letter
29 November 2006Supposed teacher's letter home upbraids a student for correcting him in class.
Marine’s Letter Home
25 March 2006A farm kid's humorous letter home describes life as a Marine.
McDonald's/WalMart Application
Rumor: A teenaged job seeker sent a sarcastic employment application to McDonald's and was hired.
Child's Note to Sailors
Rumor: A child's Christmas letter to a sailor misinterprets the sounds of his mother's sexual satisfaction as prayer.
An Open Letter to Procter and Gamble
Letter to a Procter and Gamble executive complains about the company's feminine pad packaging.
Louisiana Land Title Legend
Rumor: Lawyer provides a caustic response when asked to demonstrate that the title to a Louisiana property was held before 1803.
Store Bans Pranking Shopper
Rumor: Discount chain threatens to bar a family from shopping at one of their stores due to the husband's pranking.
‘Stomp Out Atheists in America’ Letter
26 September 2007A letter to the editors of a local newspaper exhorts that atheists should be kicked out of America.
Smithsonian Barbie
The Smithsonian's humorous rejection letter sent in response to an amateur paleontologist's submission of a Malibu Barbie head. Real or not?
Deer Crossing
4 June 2012Letter advocates moving a 'Deer Crossing' sign to a road with less traffic?
Sean Connery Letter to Apple
A purported letter from Sean Connery caustically rejects an offer for him to become a pitchman for Apple Computers.
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Is this Phallic-Looking Object a Real Plant?
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