[Wikipedia-l] The Onion on Wikipedia

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Mark Williamson wrote:
> On 31/07/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
>> Brad Patrick wrote:
>>
>>> We are all cracking up here at the office.  Well done!
>>>
>>> On 7/26/06, Dirk Riehle <dirk at riehle.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Just saw this:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.theonion.com/content/node/50902
>>>>
>>>> Enjoy!
>>>>
>>>> Dirk
>>>>
>>>> PS: In case you wonder what kind of magazine The Onion is, try our
>>>> favorite reference:
>>>>
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Onion
>>>>
>> I was especially amused by the line "But after a string of military
>> antics and a convoluted scheme involving chicken feathers and an
>> inflatable woman, the British were eventually defeated..."
>>
>> It reminded me of something that I randomly found in the stacks at the
>> University of Toronto library many years ago in a very long series of
>> pamphlets sponsored by various US government agencies in the 1960s.
>> There were so many of these that it seems that the library staff had
>> great difficulty keeping them catalogued.
>>
>> One in particular was memorable.  "The Toxic Effects of Burning Chicken
>> Feathers."  It was produced by the U.S. Army!  The only disappointment
>> was that the motivation for the study was not what would seem to be the
>> obvious one.  It had to do with the manufacture of mattresses for
>> soldiers, and the possible hazards in the event of a barracks fire.
>>
>
> What would be the obvious one?
>
> People setting chickens afire?
>

Using burning chickens as a weapon...

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