When I first saw this I thought it was for real. If only I'd scrolled all the way to the bottom I would have seen "People for the Ethical Treatment of Pumpkins" listed! That might have tipped me off.
Alex,
We would like to suggest that you give a light I.Q. test before allowing non-members to post. Children who don't even get that they're at a site called "Museum of Hoaxes" and the implications of that title, and in spite of that still don't get from the links (i.e. People for the ethical treatment of pumpkins) that something is bogus, shouldn't be allowed to pollute the air with their drivel. If these students are so worried about wasting their precious time they should quit skipping ENGLISH classes. There is a difference between their, there, and they're. Learn it ladies. Ur doesn't equal "you are" or "You're" or "your." I liked this little link because it provided me with a laugh, until I lost 5 minutes of my life trying to read the drivel this lady (I suspect they're one in the same) posted.
padego Member
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 | 11:41 AM
Ahem...
It's octopi not octopusses.
Back to class children
I really enjoyed that hoax... it was cute. Of course, I do have to say I agree with most of the people typing after the person typed in caps. Obviously, they needed to get back to english class. Thanks for the laughs everyone!
Have you considered a 'multi-girl' theory; teenage girls like to cruise the net together. The theme of messages 2 and 3 revolves around the writer's feelings of hurt, both to herself and the octupi, whereas the first message has a more distinctive theology concerned with truth, and a greater concern with the emotions of the recipient. Although we are not told the author of the third message, (Lertropoke is not a real name, corresponding in Google only to this message), in the dialect in use at the time it was possible to construct the name 'Kristy' as a derivative of Kristen, the given name of writer number 2. Note the characteristic -y ending. There are also clues in the language used. Writer 1 consistently uses the 'ur' form for 'your' and derivatives, whereas writer 2 gives the more classically correct form 'your'. Writers 2 and 3 are also more extravagent in their use of exclamation marks, where we again see a more measured tone from writer 1.
In determining when these letters were written it is worth considering that '1 Cross Girl' suggests a response made at the time of first viewing the website, whereas 2 and 3 Cross Girl could have been composed in the post-spectating period when a deeper understanding of the writer's emotions was available. This suggests that 2,3 Cross Girl were composed around the same time whereas 1 Cross Girl dates from an earlier period.
I would conclude that by any reasonable standards of exegesis, 1 Cross Girl could not have been written by the same author as 2 and 3 Cross Girl. I further suggest that internal clues make it highly likely that 3 Cross Girl was written by the same author as 2 Cross Girl, and at around the same time. It is true that some of my friends have found a different author for 3 Cross Girl based on minor differences of taxonomy, but this must be regarded as speculative.
All I can say about the above post is "Wow, and I thought 'I' had too much time on my hands...".
"I further suggest that internal clues make it highly likely that 3 Cross Girl was written by the same author as 2 Cross Girl, and at around the same time." - Doug McLeod
You didn't happen to notice that they were posted only one minute apart to come to this conclusion, did you?
Such a pity that the link to Greanpeas doesn't work. Mottled roach is good! Their aroma closely resembles certain flowers ...boquet of vintage camel urine! It seems as though the only legit animals linked to are the Christmas Island crabs.
Going back a wee bit, I agree that an IQ test would be good for non members. Perhaps (since this seems to be a popular subject we gripe about) they need to be able to destinguish between your and you're and then between there, their and they're. It's just a bit harder than what they normally have too do to post.
