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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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3420	Re: Becoming a Con man of crackpot technology for fun and profit [last updated	Jeffrey S. Mitchell	-	8/9/1999
3419	My favorite was the post where he detailed his plans to blow a thousand on a gi	broken_cookie	-	8/6/1999
3418	Some relevant language from the opinion about the character of the internet (no	Peter V	-	8/6/1999
3417	You're right, but a really brilliant act. My nomination for the alltime fu	Janice Shell	-	8/6/1999
3416	Mike Kuhns of the Baseball Bat and Gary Dobry of the Boxing Gloves have piously	Janice Shell	-	8/6/1999
3415	<i>My current favorite "funny" is Business Wire claiming in the	Tom C	-	8/6/1999
3414	isoman, Subject 20811 KJC	EL KABONG!!!	-	8/6/1999
3413	So, you were a writer for Bob Newhart in a previous life? Cool!	CatLady	-	8/6/1999
3412	It was easy with the FBNA PostLocator2000™!	Scanner Man	-	8/6/1999
3411	Scanner! You did it! Thanks!	Don Pueblo	-	8/6/1999
3410	I didn't see a prize awarded for this post, but it sounds like the one Mr.	Scanner Man	-	8/6/1999
3409	Definitely an act, IMHO. Wish it was otherwise.	broken_cookie	-	8/6/1999
3408	I knew it had to be george harriman (don't capitalize anything), I'm a	Peter V	-	8/6/1999
3407	Hah! You should be a lawyer. I can just envision it now... <b>Business W	Jeffrey S. Mitchell	-	8/6/1999
3406	It's not public anymore now that I own several webnodes.	ISOMAN	-	8/6/1999
3405	My current favorite "funny" is Business Wire claiming in their recent	Jeffrey S. Mitchell	-	8/6/1999
3404	That was a George Harriman Classic. Janice has those archived, send her a PM, I	Don Pueblo	-	8/6/1999
3403	That was one of the immortal George Harriman posts. You can find them all at t	Janice Shell	-	8/6/1999
3402	The funniest post I ever read was recorded on the MORONs thread, but like an id	ISOMAN	-	8/6/1999
3401	LOL!	Don Pueblo	-	8/6/1999
3400	Naturally <b>	Graystone	-	8/6/1999
3399	I do recall the post, I don't recall the thread. The stupid BB deals are al	Don Pueblo	-	8/6/1999
3398	Looks like Bizness is an okay term... it's just Bidness that causes confusi	s martin	-	8/5/1999
3397	Not in Wonderland <b>	Graystone	-	8/5/1999
3396	Just got a PM asking me about a post I made a long time ago on the MTEI threa	Don Pueblo	-	8/5/1999

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