The Onion is one of the funniest, most irreverent "news"papers
some of the funniest writing I've ever read - not always on but when they
are it's hilarious
it's a complete piss take on US Today
reading it on the bus to and from work and I've busted out laughing
countless times
MEK
"De Block, Mario"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Cobert, Gwendal"
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Subject: Re: (313) Not
strictly techno
10/27/2004 03:42 AM
is the Onion a reliable news source? seems a site full of 'ironic senseless
news' to me, i hope so. Detroit deserves better than such clichés in that
case
"Cobert, Gwendal" schreef:
> But strictly Detroit :
> "DETROIT-The Detroit Tourism Board is scaling back the city-sponsored
> "Hidden Detroit" program following the deaths of 24 tourists in the past
> month, city officials announced Monday. "The campaign did draw tourists
> to historically significant places that usually go unnoticed, like the
> rough-and-tumble honky-tonks of Ypsilanti and the site of the 1967
> riots," tourism board director Lauren Essleman said. "But ultimately,
> unfolding the free 'Detroit Off The Beaten Path' maps in the middle of
> the Purple Gang's old turf was not a good idea." Essleman said that, in
> addition to the 24 tourists, the program resulted in the loss of more
> than 60 vehicles."
>
> >From www.theonion.com
>
> Gwendal
