# Snopes to the rescue! (sort of) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 24, 2001, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-to-the-rescue-sort-of/89372 "2001-10-24T20:01:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-to-the-rescue-sort-of/89372/41 "2001-10-26T04:24:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Beelzebubba \* > \*\*[hijack] > OK, this cow-orker business is starting to get to me. The correct hyphenation is, of course, co-worker. Scott Adams (the Dilbert Guy) had a funny bit in which he began referring to them as cow-workers, because it was similar to his experiences on the dairy farm of his youth. But I don’t understand this cow-orker business. Is this some kind of inside joke that I’m not getting? What’s the deal here??? > > **I CAN’T TAKE IT ANY MORE!!!** > > Thank you. > [/hijack] \*\* It is the Scott Adams thing. If you care to read the archives of the Dilbert Newsletter, you’ll see that he never said Cow-worker. He’s ALWAYS said Cow-Orker. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-to-the-rescue-sort-of/89372/42 "2001-10-26T12:54:13Z")
> [@](#): > > How the hell does one purchase $15,000 of candy in the first place? How many shopping carts and semis does it take to haul home? And how many hours would it take PunditLisa to consume it all? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-to-the-rescue-sort-of/89372/43 "2001-10-26T13:01:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jadailey \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > > \*\* > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > \*Originally posted by jadailey \* > > > \*\*A couple of years ago, a local radio station was talking about the alleged Paul Harvey “the rest of the story” regarding Mel Gibson and how the movie _The Man Without a Face_ was based on his own life. Which is and was absurd. Someone called to debunk the story, and somebody else called, saying the debunker had no proof that it WASN’T true. > > > > > > So, who has the proof that it WAS? > > > > > > :rolleyes: \*\* > > > > Paul Harvey’s son is the writer for his Rest of the Story and was probably responsible for that piece. There should be a disclaimer at the beginning of those reports. \*\* > > In the event that it had actually BEEN on Paul Harvey, then, yeah. But Paul Harvey has said repeatedly that he never did the piece. Which should have ended it right there, but didn’t - people still called in and said “Well, maybe Harvey never said it, but that doesn’t mean it’s not true.” > > Considering that the whole thing was about the Paul Harvey piece, I’d say that that was pretty conclusive evidence that it ISN’T true. \*\* We may never know. Could be Mr. Harvey’s tendency to use ULs (some true, most not) in his reports resulted in this being attributed to him. ---
**Author:** ![Winnowill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@Winnowill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnowill)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-to-the-rescue-sort-of/89372/44 "2001-10-26T19:14:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*We may never know. Could be Mr. Harvey’s tendency to use ULs (some true, most not) in his reports resulted in this being attributed to him. \*\* We do know. Paul Harvey never gave this report, and the story in it is completely and utterly false. Mel Gibson never had plastic surgery to repair damage from a mugging. The whole thing is a buncha hooey. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-to-the-rescue-sort-of/89372/45 "2001-10-26T20:04:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* My mom got the same e-mail. She asked me if I was going to take the kids trick or treating at the mall and I, of course, told her “no.” (Why the hell would I go to a mall for Halloween anyway?!?) Then she told me about the e-mail she got saying the terrorists are going to attack the US malls on Halloween. I just laughed and asked her why she would believe such a thing. She said, “I got the e-mail from Blah Blah, he’s really high up in our Amway organization.” \*\* [/QUOTE] This made me literally laugh out loud. Oh, and I also LOVE Snopes. There are several very gullible people in my family and Snopes always takes the wind out of their sails. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-to-the-rescue-sort-of/89372/46 "2001-10-26T21:10:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jadailey \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*\*We may never know. Could be Mr. Harvey’s tendency to use ULs (some true, most not) in his reports resulted in this being attributed to him. \*\* > > We do know. Paul Harvey never gave this report, and the story in it is completely and utterly false. Mel Gibson never had plastic surgery to repair damage from a mugging. The whole thing is a buncha hooey. \*\* I agree that the story is fake but even Snopes appears to be undecided as to its origin. IMHO, until someone comes forward with proof, we won’t know for sure. And I’m not taking Mr. Harvey’s word for it. ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-to-the-rescue-sort-of/89372/47 "2001-10-27T02:48:31Z")
I agree, snopes is the shit. After 9/11 we got quite a few of these ridiculous things sent around to the whole company. Luckily for me, several other people responded that the had heard they were hoaxes and All I did was send the snopes link. So at least I wasn’t the only “bad guy.” ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2001, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-to-the-rescue-sort-of/89372/48 "2001-10-27T14:22:51Z")
I thought the “cow-orker” thing was from a typo **Zette** made in one of her thread titles. At least I think it was Zette. It was a while ago. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-to-the-rescue-sort-of/89372/49 "2001-10-28T11:31:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*How the hell does one purchase $15,000 of candy in the first place? How many shopping carts and semis does it take to haul home? \*\* The first round of e-mails conveniently neglected to mention that the purchase was made at Costco, which sells bulk items to members. This was a routine purchase by a candy-store proprietor, slightly larger than normal because it was October. Whoever started the e-mailing made it sound like he cleared all the shelves at Sav-On, then trundled the bags up to the cashier and stood chuckling while they were rung up. In fact, he had a Costco membership going back several years, although he was a bit late on his dues, and had probably been in the store before. As for transporting it, he probably loaded it on a dolly and took it back to the store in a truck or van. Like most Costco customers do, except when it’s a white guy no one bats an eyelash. ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-to-the-rescue-sort-of/89372/50 "2001-11-01T22:46:03Z")
Maybe they were buying the candy for the military. Drop a 15,000 lb bag o candy on the enemy that way you combine dropping a cluster type munition with a food drop. Two birds with one stone. And at the same time YOU ARE BUYING AMERICAN!!! _procedes to collapse on the ground gibbering from sugar withdrawl_ ---
**Author:** ![SpaceGhostofArrakis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@SpaceGhostofArrakis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpaceGhostofArrakis)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-to-the-rescue-sort-of/89372/51 "2001-11-01T23:50:51Z")
Those bastards at Snopes ruined my beliefs about Disney. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snopes-to-the-rescue-sort-of/89372.md?page=2)