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I love the jokes.. but to get back on topic.. I was always a fan of the Berners Street Hoax...almost makes me think of something out of The Magic Christian (a book/movie all about great hoaxes!!)
Steadmund Brand"The truth is what is, and what should be is a fantasy. A terrible, terrible lie that someone gave to the people long ago."- Lenny Bruce
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Originally posted by Steadmund Brand View PostI love the jokes.. but to get back on topic.. I was always a fan of the Berners Street Hoax...almost makes me think of something out of The Magic Christian (a book/movie all about great hoaxes!!)
Steadmund Brand
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In 1809 Theodore Hook bet a friend that within one week he could make any house in London the most famous and talked about place in the city.. he picked 54 Berners Street.. then he wrote thousands of letters ordering items and requesting service and what not for November 27th... then starting at 5 am (first was one of several chimney sweeps) the people started showing up... in droves.. everything from gardeners to piano movers to fish mongers , so many that every office in town had to be sent to Berners Street and the roads were jammed for several blocks.. all for a laugh
Steadmund Brand"The truth is what is, and what should be is a fantasy. A terrible, terrible lie that someone gave to the people long ago."- Lenny Bruce
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Originally posted by Steadmund Brand View PostIn 1809 Theodore Hook bet a friend that within one week he could make any house in London the most famous and talked about place in the city.. he picked 54 Berners Street.. then he wrote thousands of letters ordering items and requesting service and what not for November 27th... then starting at 5 am (first was one of several chimney sweeps) the people started showing up... in droves.. everything from gardeners to piano movers to fish mongers , so many that every office in town had to be sent to Berners Street and the roads were jammed for several blocks.. all for a laugh
Steadmund Brand
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Originally posted by Steadmund Brand View PostIn 1809 Theodore Hook bet a friend that within one week he could make any house in London the most famous and talked about place in the city.. he picked 54 Berners Street.. then he wrote thousands of letters ordering items and requesting service and what not for November 27th... then starting at 5 am (first was one of several chimney sweeps) the people started showing up... in droves.. everything from gardeners to piano movers to fish mongers , so many that every office in town had to be sent to Berners Street and the roads were jammed for several blocks.. all for a laugh
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There are two ways to be fooled, one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe that which is true.
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