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Camel Toads?
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LOL! Classic!
Camel Toads.
Holy crap.. you should see how many times this comes up as an image in Google's image search!
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q="camel+toads"&btnG=Search
Camel Toads.
Holy crap.. you should see how many times this comes up as an image in Google's image search!
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q="camel+toads"&btnG=Search
I was wondering where this article was published, figuring that it must be a European or English newspaper, since they would have the cojones to print this. Imagine my surprise to find out that this came from the "Bible Belt" in the United States!! This is the analysis from Snopes.com...
Naturally, this item prompted a flurry of "Is this true?" queries from our readers. As with many such entries, there are multiple levels of "truth" to be considered:
1. Was this question-and-answer exchange published in a newspaper's advice column?
2. Did the question come from a submission received by the columnist (rather than being something she made up herself)?
3. Was the letter on the level, or did the submitter simply fabricate a narrative for humor's sake?
The answer to the first question is yes this exchange appeared in the 15 June 2005 installment of "Ask Leslie," an advice column written by librarian Leslie Potter for the Hays Daily News in northwest Kansas.
The answer to the second question is also yes as Ms. Potter told us:
There were several staff members at the library's front desk the morning the "camel toads" letter arrived. When I opened and read it, I was thoroughly puzzled, as I had never heard of either camel toads or camel toes. But when I read it aloud to the staff, they practically started rolling on the floor. And their explanation is almost word-for-word what I used in my answer. I kept the original letter as a memento and to show people who didn't believe it could be real!
As for the third question, we'll have to leave the answer as undetermined. Ms. Potter told us she had no reason to doubt the letter-writer's sincerity:
I recognized the handwriting on the envelope as being from someone who writes in frequently, if anonymously always legitimate questions, so I have no reason to suspect this particular question was a fraud.
Personally, we think the set-up is too perfect, the tone of the letter too amusingly tongue-in-cheek to be anything but a deliberate attempt at humor, but that's just our opinion. We're not about to let such small details get in the way of a good chuckle.
Unfortunately, the "camel toads" column was one of Leslie Potter's last, as she and her husband moved out of Kansas the month after it was published. We have the feeling this entry will expose at least one of her Hays Daily News efforts to a whole new audience, however.
Naturally, this item prompted a flurry of "Is this true?" queries from our readers. As with many such entries, there are multiple levels of "truth" to be considered:
1. Was this question-and-answer exchange published in a newspaper's advice column?
2. Did the question come from a submission received by the columnist (rather than being something she made up herself)?
3. Was the letter on the level, or did the submitter simply fabricate a narrative for humor's sake?
The answer to the first question is yes this exchange appeared in the 15 June 2005 installment of "Ask Leslie," an advice column written by librarian Leslie Potter for the Hays Daily News in northwest Kansas.
The answer to the second question is also yes as Ms. Potter told us:
There were several staff members at the library's front desk the morning the "camel toads" letter arrived. When I opened and read it, I was thoroughly puzzled, as I had never heard of either camel toads or camel toes. But when I read it aloud to the staff, they practically started rolling on the floor. And their explanation is almost word-for-word what I used in my answer. I kept the original letter as a memento and to show people who didn't believe it could be real!
As for the third question, we'll have to leave the answer as undetermined. Ms. Potter told us she had no reason to doubt the letter-writer's sincerity:
I recognized the handwriting on the envelope as being from someone who writes in frequently, if anonymously always legitimate questions, so I have no reason to suspect this particular question was a fraud.
Personally, we think the set-up is too perfect, the tone of the letter too amusingly tongue-in-cheek to be anything but a deliberate attempt at humor, but that's just our opinion. We're not about to let such small details get in the way of a good chuckle.
Unfortunately, the "camel toads" column was one of Leslie Potter's last, as she and her husband moved out of Kansas the month after it was published. We have the feeling this entry will expose at least one of her Hays Daily News efforts to a whole new audience, however.
Easily the funnisest thing I've read in a long time
Thank you
I needed that...!!
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Thank you
I needed that...!!
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
