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The Accidental Tourist (2001)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281>1=10036"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/tech.msn.com/img/5AB90952-E3B9-48F3-B2E9-B84A8D9A053D" alt="Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks // Wrong plane, wrong tower, nice posture." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281>1=10036"><STRONG>2. Sick Kid Needs Your Help (1989)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281>1=10036"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/tech.msn.com/img/6F3C178B-19B2-42B5-BF0A-9790274E1C76" alt="Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks // Proof that "Craig Sherwood" wasn't simply a creation of Hallmark's marketing department." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281>1=10036"><STRONG>3. Bill Gates Money Giveaway (1997)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281>1=10036"><STRONG>5. Nigerian 419 E-Mail Scam (2000)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=2" href="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=2" style="font-size: 11px;">tech.msn.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=2"><STRONG>6. It's Kidney Harvesting Time (1996)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=2"><STRONG>7. You've Got Virus! (1999 and on)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=2"><STRONG>8. Microsoft Buys Firefox (2006)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=2"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/tech.msn.com/img/03CE9BAD-2306-4708-A229-D2E8FE47CA4F" alt="Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks // Microsoft Firefox 2007 Pro: Closed-source and better than ever! " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=2"><STRONG>9. The Really Big Kitty (2001)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=2"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/tech.msn.com/img/C3FA0047-960A-4CBF-8919-76E729999B8B" alt="Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks // How many half-lives does an atomic cat have? " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=2"><STRONG>10. $250 Cookie Recipe (1996)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=3" href="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=3" style="font-size: 11px;">tech.msn.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=3"><STRONG>11. Free Vacation Courtesy of Disney (1998)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=3"><STRONG>12. Sunset Over Africa (2003)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=3"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/tech.msn.com/img/474BE969-694C-43F9-91C0-428365DF8CC0" alt="Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks // The lamps are going on all over Europe--but in England it's sunny. " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=3"><STRONG>13. Alien Autopsy at Roswell, New Mexico (1995)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=3"><STRONG>14. Real-Time GPS Cell Phone Tracking (2007)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=3"><STRONG>15. Apollo Moon Landing Hoax (1969)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=3"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/tech.msn.com/img/DD783FA2-FF40-468B-BD4E-78DAF83BA8DC" alt="Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks // If that's the moon, where's the green cheese? (© PC World)" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=4" href="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=4" style="font-size: 11px;">tech.msn.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=4"><STRONG>16. Sell It on eBay! (1995)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=4"><STRONG>17. Chinese Newspaper Duped (2002)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=4"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/tech.msn.com/img/4E8C3805-B374-4BF3-9AFA-FE2736731735" alt="Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks // Schematic view of the proposed "modern facility" for Congress. (© PC World)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=4"><STRONG>18. The Muppets Have Not Already Won (2001)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=4"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/tech.msn.com/img/043101DD-7E1A-4707-B262-AC1DB04BF43F" alt="Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks // Evil Bert" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=4"><STRONG>19. Chevrolet's Not-So-Better Idea (2006)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=4"><STRONG>20. Rand's 1954 Home Computer (2004)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=5" href="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=5" style="font-size: 11px;">tech.msn.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=5"><STRONG>21. Microsoft Buys Catholic Church (1994)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=5"><STRONG>22. Hercules, the Enormous Dog (2007)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=5"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/tech.msn.com/img/1786D4BD-A1FC-48D2-AE08-B77B3512B875" alt="Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks // That dog won't hunt: "Hercules." (© PC World)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=5"><STRONG>23. Lights-Out Gang Member Initiation (1998)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=5"><STRONG>24. Hurricane Lili Waterspouts (2002)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=5"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/tech.msn.com/img/31238DEE-1385-4DC3-8E10-8E0244700296" alt="Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks // Waterspouts in triplicate--must be Lili! (© PC World)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://tech.msn.com/news/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=4831281&page=5"><STRONG>25. Pranks Shut Down Los Angeles Times Wiki (2005)<BR /></STRONG></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7E9A20B0-44FC-4548-A50E-D7E78E99AD93/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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