# Unnecessary Government Announcements

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unnecessary-government-announcements/627113>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 3, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unnecessary-government-announcements/627113 "2012-07-03T16:36:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unnecessary-government-announcements/627113/1 "2012-07-03T16:36:33Z")

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[Mermaids don’t exist](http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/mermaids.html).

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> No evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found.

Any other official announcements caught your eye?

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unnecessary-government-announcements/627113/2 "2012-07-03T16:58:38Z")

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“There is no zombie apocalypse”.

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unnecessary-government-announcements/627113/3 "2012-07-03T17:46:03Z")

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In their defense, the 7,756,152nd time that one of your employees has to take time out of his or her busy day to answer the oh-so-cute query from a little first grader who’s writing his/her first letter to the Government. . . it just makes sense to put up a web page and point them to it.

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**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unnecessary-government-announcements/627113/4 "2012-07-03T20:43:34Z")

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> [@TruCelt](#):
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> In their defense, the 7,756,152nd time that one of your employees has to take time out of his or her busy day to answer the oh-so-cute query from a little first grader who’s writing his/her first letter to the Government. . . it just makes sense to put up a web page and point them to it.

I was just about to say wtf? FIRST letter to the government? who the hell writes to the government?

when I remembered I’d commented on a consultation less than 24 hours ago 😃

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unnecessary-government-announcements/627113/5 "2012-07-03T20:53:26Z")

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“The terror alert level is now Orange.”

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unnecessary-government-announcements/627113/6 "2012-07-03T21:46:39Z")

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“Is your computer plugged in?”