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Satire site’s parochial observation makes man roar ‘that’s so true’

A satire site's wry observation extended into a two paragraph quip made Jed Alexander from Massachusetts roar "Man, that's so true" to himself this Wednesday.

Using his computer mouse to copy and paste the story into an email, which he then sent to some of his friends, Jed was delighted when emails returned lauding the truthfulness of the observation. Many were accompanied with a series of punctuation marks that indicated they had laughed at its contents.

It is thought that those receiving the emails also remarked out loud "How true", despite the fact that they were alone at the time.

The observation itself was one of six on the site that week and maintained its reputation for making six parochial observations every issue without fail. Although Jed admitted that from past experience he was unlikely to remember what the actual observation was, he was delighted to have seen it anyway.

It is thought that by throwing little witticisms or word-plays at people who have no interest in matters outside their own sphere of immediate existence lends positive reinforcement for continued ignorance and bigotry. This isn't a conspiracy, an expert told us, merely the result of a self-celebrating culture.

It was not disclosed that if the observation proved not to be true, the story would have consisted of little more than a collection of words.

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