Sunday, April 02, 2006

God plays pranks and directs,He causes tears and quenches tears,He cures madness and inflicts madness.


I found this great hoax site.
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/

It said...
CLAIM: There is a lake in Massachusetts called Lake Chargoggaggoggmanchaugagoggchaubunagungamaug. The name is a Native American word that means 'You fish on your side, I'll fish on my side, nobody fish in the middle.'ANSWER: FALSE. There is a lake in Massachusetts that goes by that name. But the explanation of its meaning is incorrect. Larry Dale, editor of the Webster Times, made up the fanciful etymology for an article he wrote in 1921. He meant it as a joke, but people took his story seriously and continue to repeat it to this day. The long name actually means something like, 'the fishing place at the boundaries and neutral meeting grounds.' The body of water in question is more commonly referred to as Lake Webster.

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