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Business Wire Falls for April Fools Prank, Sues FBNers

An SI Board Since April 1999

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Emcee: EL KABONG!!!	Type: Unmoderated

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2195	BW started losing credibility when they started making threats. No threats = N	marcos	-	5/6/1999
2194	What was with the overdone use of "Business Wire" highlighted in red	Cindy Powell	-	5/6/1999
2193	I am going to go out on a limb and make a bold prediction: Defense will file a	mc	-	5/6/1999
2192	Cindy, Well perhaps then BW ought to revise its complaint and eliminate all	Ken D	-	5/6/1999
2191	Interesting theory—which unfortunately doesn't fit the facts. _____________	Bill Ulrich	-	5/6/1999
2190	Ken, with all due respect, I think that Business Wire was made fun of and ridic	Cindy Powell	-	5/6/1999
2189	<<...and that the Webnoders are going to regret <b>feigning around	Elllk	-	5/6/1999
2188	Well, if you stick your own foot in your own mouth, seems to me that you don	Ilaine	-	5/6/1999
2187	Oy—the headlines: —“GOLIATH INJURES OWN REPUTATION, SUES DAVID!”	Bill Ulrich	-	5/6/1999
2186	No ma'am, I don't claim familiarity with "the heart of the law,&qu	Ilaine	-	5/6/1999
2185	<<Are dental expenses, incurred from sticking one's foot in mouth, r	Elllk	-	5/6/1999
2184	<i>...and that the Webnoders are going to regret feigning around with Bus	Janice Shell	-	5/6/1999
2183	Ken, you're confusing the issue with too much clear thought. Stop it—now. &	Bill Ulrich	-	5/6/1999
2182	Nobody said that Business Wire should have to do anything. They're just a w	marcos	-	5/6/1999
2181	Cindy, How was BW embarassed by the fact that they did their thing? Someone pa	Ken D	-	5/6/1999
2180	Cindy, your comments are doing something to me I thought was impossible, which	Elllk	-	5/6/1999
2179	Are dental expenses, incurred from sticking one's foot in mouth, recoverabl	Bill Ulrich	-	5/6/1999
2178	CB, as an attorney, aren't you familiar with the heart of the law, and thos	Mama Bear	-	5/6/1999
2177	Well, nobody thinks it's funny any more. Barb	Mama Bear	-	5/6/1999
2176	I'm still waiting for her to say what damages the Plaintiff suffered. Ed	Ilaine	-	5/6/1999
2175	Could be. Either that, or I just don't have a sense of humour. "Honest	Bill Ulrich	-	5/6/1999
2174	<i>"I confess I'm completely baffled by your application of log	Mama Bear	-	5/6/1999
2173	<i>FTC attorney Paul Luehr said staff members came up with the idea for t	Tommy Hicks	-	5/6/1999
2172	Interesting. 'New space age technologies' exist, therefore it requires	Bill Ulrich	-	5/6/1999
2171	Cindy, I am still waiting for you to provide names, addresses and phone number	Mama Bear	-	5/6/1999

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