Chad Perrin wrote:
Err . . . The Onion is satire. It doesn't seriously purport to be a "news source" in the normal sense. Its stories are intended to be taken as satirical treatments of the news, and as far as I'm aware none of its stories have ever been true.
OK, thanks for clearing that up. I guess I quite embarrassed myself here. Will I ever be able to post here again without being ridiculed for not knowing about The World-Famous Onion?