# Can someone tell me if that Yahoo! news story is real or fake?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 21, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-if-that-yahoo-news-story-is-real-or-fake/246352 "2004-05-21T13:52:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Powers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@Johnny\_Powers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Powers)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-if-that-yahoo-news-story-is-real-or-fake/246352/1 "2004-05-21T13:52:30Z")

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[http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040519/234/726q1.html](http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040519/234/726q1.html)

Yahoo’s got to be messing with us right?

There’s nooooooooo way he’s really back? Is he?

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**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-if-that-yahoo-news-story-is-real-or-fake/246352/2 "2004-05-21T13:56:43Z")

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See the thread [Andy Kaufman returns: is this a hoax, or what?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=257076&highlight=andy+kaufman)

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Powers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@Johnny\_Powers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Powers)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-if-that-yahoo-news-story-is-real-or-fake/246352/3 "2004-05-21T13:57:16Z")

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> [@Papermache Prince](#):
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> See the thread [Andy Kaufman returns: is this a hoax, or what?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=257076&highlight=andy+kaufman)

Thank you.