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	Faxlore - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cartoons and jokes often circulate as faxlore; the poor graphic quality becoming worse with each new person who resends the joke to the next recipient.
		The somewhat sexist but now semi-traditional lists of reasons "why a cucumber is better than a man" or "why a beer is better than a woman" often circulate as faxlore, as has the well known pseudo-German variations of the "Blinkenlights" poster.
		The poor graphic quality of the frequently resent faxes, which often were made out to appear to have originated with the police department of a distant city, only made these hoaxes seem more credible.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Faxlore (686 words)

	Word Spy - faxlore
		It is, after all, the little guy smacking the big, heartless corporation a swift one right across the nose, something both you and I have often longed to do.
		This bit of faxlore invites — nay, demands — participation.
		All it takes is either a couple of pins and a bulletin board or e-mail capability and an alias list and your good deed of the day is done and finished before the morning's first coffee has cooled.
	www.wordspy.com /words/faxlore.asp (406 words)

	PG Archive
		As most of these are gleaned from the 'Net, or from recycled faxlore, or even from my old BBS days, copyrights are played somewhat fast and loose.
		A classic piece of faxlore, Fun with Hamlet and His Friends.
		Another piece of faxlore, telling the story of a Fire Drill gone wrong.
	www.psychicgoldfish.com /archive.shtml (298 words)

	Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums > The barrel of bricks
		It's a comedy staple, in fact, having turned up in numerous recordings, radio shows, movies and novels since the 1930s.
		It was published as a "True Fact" by National Lampoon in 1986, when it also happened to be circulating as office faxlore.
		More recently it has been sighted on email joke lists and Websites.
	www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t45521.html (658 words)

	The Case of the Obstinate Lighthouse (folklore)
		Having debunked this tale a few times themselves, the Navy has a web page about this legend, one that answers what three of the commonly cited ships were doing at the time this supposedly occurred.
		The Navy's take on this crazy bit of faxlore is contained in the following 1996 newspaper article: Stop me if you've heard this one.
		Two radio operators, one of them aboard a U.S. Navy ship, had the following exchange: Radio 1: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid a collision.
	www.ufomind.com /misc/1998/nov/d05-001.shtml (1039 words)

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