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November 2, 2005

"Playaz legal team....Assemble!"

Is The Onion stealing stories from the Playaz?

Two weeks ago, I posted this story about Bon: "Bon Volunteers In Aiding Fight Against Bird Flu; Kills All Birds"

Today, I noticed The Onion had a story titled: "Bush Orders Mass Bald Eagle Slaughter To Stop Spread Of Bird Flu"

Now, despite my massive Playa ego, I do not suspect The Onion is perusing the Playaz Ball website looking for ideas. But the coincidences made me curious. Look at the examples below:

EXAMPLE 1

from playazball.com, Oct. 19th-

"Bon made swift work of the birds within his neighborhood, creating a deadly environment for the local blue jays, cardinals, robins, and geese that frequent the area,"

from theonion.com, Nov. 2nd-

"What about the less prominent but far more abundant fowl common to residential areas, such as bluebirds, cardinals, or geese - shouln't they die too?"

EXAMPLE 2

from playazball.com -

"...killing off birds one by one via poisoning, mallet, or shotgun blast."

from theonion.com -

"We can blow them off their perches with air rifles, stun them with ball-peen hammers, or break their wings, beaks, and necks..."

EXAMPLE 3

from playazball.com -

"The safest way to protect ourselves from an outbreak of bird flu in epidemic proportions is to simply kill every last bird," Bon said."

from theonion.com -

"Bush said.."We can all trust that their wisdom, manifested by this bold eagle-killing initiative, will protect us from any deadly bird-related diseases."

Lastly, in the comments section of my post:

(addressed to KOB)
"KOB - Bon is not above killing a bald eagle, if it's called for. In fact, I think there is a post on our old site giving you a sample overview of what Bon has killed - haven't moved it yet."
Posted by: Phil at October 21, 2005 01:15 PM

Nothing is taken verbatim, and certainly it is no stretch to come up with that premise for an Onion story. But still....

Playaz, gas up the jet. We may be headed to Madison, WI.

Posted by Phil at November 2, 2005 8:45 PM