Dear Roger Smith,
I hope you realize that you've included an article from the notoriously
sarcastic, outrageously funny and completely false American newsjournal 'The
Onion' in your news section.
** Trip To Native American Museum Turns Into Cigarette-Buying Spree ** is a
commentary by some libertine writer who's main goal is to conjure up false
stories of American culture and pass them off in a very professional style
as real events with real people. The Onion is chock full of this type of
cynical yet hilarious journalistic escapades on all aspects of American
life. They are sarcastic and ironic in their wit and sometimes completely
offensive. Any piece of writing from 'The Onion' leage is not meant to be
displayed on such a relevant international museum-news site like Global
Museum nor taken seriously by anyone. Although the Museum may actually
exist, the story itself is a completely false account and the people
included in the story are not real and I hope the international readers of
Global Museum will understand this. I feel that you have a journalistic
responsibility to the public to make them aware of the article's intentions
not as a purveyor of accurate information but a joke on American society.
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Smith [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 6:22 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: One Smart Bird * 1066 Picture Back after 140 Years * SUV plows
into Museum * Medieval Ship Abandoned * Stinking Flower to Bloom
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week's edition include:
** Betty is One Smart Bird
Richard Banks, an ornithologist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of
Natural History, agreed that it was surprising for a bird to make a tool
** SUV plows into Hartford museum
A sport utility vehicle plowed into a museum, destroying irreplaceable
artworks and antiques on display in the 1782 homestead
** Human Remains Found in USS Monitor Gun Turret
Human remains were found in the gun turret of the famed Civil War battleship
USS Monitor, two days after the 140-year-old relic was raised from the
Atlantic Ocean floor
** Germany Decides on Treasure's Owner
Officials are trying to determine who should get a solid gold cauldron that
was found in a German lake by a diver and may have been sunk there by the
Nazis
** Free entry sparks huge rise in museum visits
Visits to England's museums and galleries have soared by almost three
million since they offered free entry in December
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The biggest thing on the Smithsonian's wish list, the 8 1/2-foot-high yellow
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Visitors can clock their time from home to first base and then wonder how
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** The emperor's new shows
Scott's and Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic 100 years ago found the
first breeding colony of emperor penguin chicks and brought eggs back
** Roll over Beethoven, here comes Britney
The museum would be the first of its kind outside the United States to
document the history of international pop music in the 20th century
** Medieval ship to be abandoned
The remains of a medieval ship are to be abandoned on the riverbed where
they were found so building work on a new arts centre can be completed
** Ancient bones of contention
Two ancient skulls, one from central Africa and the other from the Black Sea
republic of Georgia, have shaken the human family tree to its roots
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** Trip To Native American Museum Turns Into Cigarette-Buying Spree
Hagen and Bersold said their original motive for the trip to the Potawatomi
reservation was to visit the museum and to climb Sugar Bush Hill
** Sacred statue conceals ancient Buddhist figures
The 1,200-year-old figures were hidden inside a larger statue of a Buddhist
saint at a temple in Japan
** 1066 picture back in Battle Abbey after 140 years
A huge painting discovered beneath the floorboards of a museum was returned
to its rightful home yesterday after 140 years
** Message from nowhere
The ROM's exhibit of artifacts from Sanxingdui is both a timely bit of
marketing and an intriguing look at a mysterious age and place
** Philly Museum Celebrates Highways
Step inside a little-known downtown Philadelphia museum, and a very
different message emerges: Motoring is cool - and if it's not fun, you're
not doing it right
** US town waits for stinking flower to bloom
The exotic, 1.5 m-tall plant is expected to bloom at The Huntington Library,
Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
** Feature Museum Site
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** Mawangdui Tomb Relics on Display
The soldiers started drilling, and when they pulled up the drill, a strong
hissing sound came out of the hole along with a bad-smelling gas
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** Announcing the termination of the Archaeological Data Archive Project.
** Mountain-Plains Museums Association Annual Conference - October 2-5,
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