"Alan MacMasters: How the great online toaster hoax was exposed" (article) - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Mario500 · 11-19-2022, 08:39 AM

"Alan MacMasters: How the great online toaster hoax was exposed" (article)

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For more than a decade, a prankster spun a web of deception about the inventor of the electric toaster. His lies fooled newspapers, teachers and officials. Then a teenager flagged up something that everyone else had missed.

Mario500 · 11-19-2022, 09:04 AM

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stevea · 11-19-2022, 04:24 PM

Fascinating. Probably a reason to keep an old set of encyclopedias around.

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11-19-2022, 04:24 PM	#3
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,979	Fascinating. Probably a reason to keep an old set of encyclopedias around.