Snopes, the people who debunk urban legends and chain mail, have a Christmas quiz up. Go try it. (I got 50%, which I'll claim to be quite good...)
10:54 PM posted by The Philosophical Cowboy
It turns out some acquaintances of mine weren't aware that
Polly Toynbee, Guardian columnist and font of wisdom, was damn fool enough to send money to a Nigerian scam e-mail. So I'd just like to point out that if you hear ANYTHING from her on human nature, etc, in future, assume she's a little below par on that...
Oh, and if you bother following the link, note how she blames it (mostly) on Bush.... Not quite a Fisk-esque "I'd have ripped myself off", but close...
8:33 PM posted by The Philosophical Cowboy