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To: Father Terrence who wrote (45671)	7/15/1999 9:57:00 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

God these are too funny. I don't care what they are, I am ROFLMAO.

To: Father Terrence who wrote (45671)	7/15/1999 10:30:00 AM
From: jbe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Those pieces ARE funny, Terrence. But they are "satiric," not "fictitious."

To: Father Terrence who wrote (45671)	7/15/1999 11:21:00 AM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

The proper definition of a "fictitious article" is a piece of writing that looks like real news , or that conveys real information, but is, in reality, fictitious. Please cite a source for this definition.

To: Father Terrence who wrote (45671)	7/15/1999 1:17:00 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Those are articles. Actual ones. Humorous ones. They are not 'fictitious articles.' They are 'fiction' articles in the narrow sense that they are satirical, or humorous 'hoax' articles. As I said they would have to be. You may recall. You are right about one thing, FT, I do like to argue. Sometimes if we are going on a long car trip, my husband and I decide on a topic, usually some current social or political topic, and take sides and argue it for recreation on the trip. Sometimes (if one of us thinks the other isn't making some good points they might be making) we switch sides midway in the argument. Sometimes (usually) we do it just to see what comical arguments we can make, and laugh a lot. I think you know this game, Terrence, and are playing it with us! The Onion is wonderful, isn't it?