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WTF? At first I thought NPR had been taken in by an Onion story, but now I think the Onion is making a really lame joke about a tragedy,

Posted by mara Jul 12 '12, 17:07

This really happened, I *think*:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=156666184

this, i guess, is a joke (www.theonion.com)

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Joke's too soon and on the wrong side of the line. - the liioulu with blueberry pie Jul 12, 17:21
there really was a tanker truck fire, and people were killed trying to get fuel. the onion is "joking" that they were trying to get free flames. - b. Jul 12, 17:13 3
- Ok, thanks. I just don't see the humor, I guess. -- nm - mara Jul 12, 17:19 2
  - yah, they often miss on things like that for me. -- nm - b. Jul 12, 17:22 1
    - Yeah, I heard on the radio on the commute home, listening to NPR, then opened Facebook and saw the Onion ... thing. First time something that specific - mara Jul 12, 17:25

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