Shouldn’t this guy be assassinated by Timecops about now? I need to get ahold of his time machine…
Hmmmmm — he must’ve missed the news reports about him getting arrested. It only shows that you’ve got to do extensive research in order to get things right.
By now somebody’s probably boosted his “craft” and gone into the future for a copy of the Sports Annual with the winners of all the games…
How droll 
Drat!!! Until I read that it was WWN, it had me fascinated…
So, WWN means that it’s a crock of shit for sure?
I mean, these two quotes:
… seriously has me thinking that this guy must be telling the truth about being a time traveller. From $800 to $350 million in two weeks? All I wanted to know is how many stocks he had been trading in, as one obviously cannot have inside information about ALL companies.
However, if you guys say it’s all moot because the source is WWN, then I’ll just rest my case.
Coldfire, coldfire, coldfire… tsk tsk … we only have WWN’s word that the guy even exists, let alone that he made those stock trades. The time travel thing isn’t the only dubious element of the story.
True enough. It appears to be an April fools joke. Pretty good one, though!
Wait, so is this guy in league with BatBoy or not?
I like the other WWN stories posted there better…
Al Qaeda’s Latest Weapon of Terror: Your Telephone!
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/wwn/20030409/104990040011.html
Saddam Starred in Gay Porn Films!
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/wwn/20030410/104998680005.html
Thanks though Tars, I didn’t know Yahoo carried WWN… I’ve got a new pastime now!
It’s like he reached into my heart and poured a little bit of wonder into my soul.
Coldfire, the WWN is a tabloid paper known in the US for publishing stories more surreal than anything produced by Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf. They were The Onion before The Onion was The Onion.
Ah! Thanks for the clarification and the link, Punoq.
Okay, this is a lovely description, but I feel that there should be a qualifier here: isn’t the WWN intended to be taken seriously? The Onion is a satirical paper. But as far as I can tell, the WWN publishes “news.” You’d have to be among the 1500 Stupidest People in America to believe any of it, of course, but heck, more people than that watch Crossing Over with Jonathan Edward.
Or have I just been monumentally whooshed all my life?
Recent General Questions thread on this, and a Snopes article.
I don’t know about all your life, but since at least around the time the “Bat Boy” story first “broke”, the stuff I’ve seen from WWN sort of admits it’s all a big joke. Sort of like how pro wrestling now admits it’s “sports entertainment”.
I really didn’t pay attention before Bat Boy, so I don’t know if they were previouly so over the top, but to see an example of some of the stuff they’re now writing, look at Bat Boy Endorses Gore.
Now wait a minute, before all of you get your panties in a bundle. . .
Me and Andrew (who’s real name is TANGO11939, or “Niner” for short) are good buddies. Hell just last week–well, that’s 2819 to you folks–we got together with each other’s biological propigants (you call them “wives”) for a good three-moon game of tri-tiered chess.
Had it been any other picture, I would have suspected his teenage offspring was fooling around with the quantum capacitor again, kinda like he did with the Napoleonic wars. Crazy kids. . . :rolleyes:
But then again, Niner’s been known to get himself into some fiascoes before. Remember Mount St. Helens in 1980? He thought he could control another Vesuvius. :smack:
Tripler
Aw Niner, what the hell did you get yourself into now. . .