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I'm not sure about the keg trees, but many people believed a BBC presentation in 1957 showing spaghetti being harvested from trees. People were inquiring about growing their own spaghetti. This is similar to the WMD in Iraq hoax perpetuated by the Bush administration on the entire US Congress, all the American people, and Bush's poodle, Britain's Tony Blair, except the WMD hoax was not and is not funny.<BR>
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Info on spaghetti tree hoax:<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/comments/858/">http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/comments/858/</A><BR>
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If people will believe spaghetti grows on trees, well ... as P. T. Barnum said, "there's a sucker born every minute."<BR>
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But now it is claimed that Barnum never did say this, that this famous quote was spoken by one of his competitors:<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.historybuff.com/library/refbarnum.html">http://www.historybuff.com/library/refbarnum.html</A><BR>
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Truth does not come easily, in history or in school bond levy debates!<BR>
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Ted Moffett</FONT></HTML>