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Comment: In 1972, the Procrastinators Club of America sent a letter to the
Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London, complaining that the Liberty Bell was cracked. After an interval, the foundry responded: "We would be happy to provide a replacement bell. Kindly return the damaged bell to us in its original packaging." A friend sent this message to me. It sounded like a UL but I wanted to check. |
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It is all true
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I vote false. Procrastinators would still be working on the letter.
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It did take them 200 years (and according to the Foundry the Procrastinators did not send a letter, but turned up in person)
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It's true! I have the photographic evidence in my desk somewhere (my uncle was in the foundry the day they showed up to ask about the bell and snapped a couple pictures because he thought the guy was Paul Newman). It's right ummm, no, wait, I had it when I applied for membership in the Procrastinators Club. I was going to use it to assure I would be accepted. I was passed over for membership in the Liar's Club for not including a faked Kenyan Birth Certificate. Here's the application. Now where are those photos? I'll get them out tomorrow.
Photo "extraneous details always make a story sound true" Bob
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Now I KNOW it isn't true. The procrastinators are still sitting around deciding when they should protest.
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There's a Procrastinators Club of America? I'll join tomorrow.
Sister "is shocked no one has said this yet" Ray
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Eh, I was going to but never got around to it.
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