[The Avon Lady]

Originally Posted by Tchocky

Look here.

What's published in the Asscoiated Content article is indeed parody. But author Nicholas Plagman bases his parody on this true story.

If you'll read carefully, the first link article about Plagman states:

"Earlier this month, he found a story about a middle school student in Lewiston accused of harassing a Somali classmate by placing a ham on the table in the school cafeteria.

The incident has been labeled by some as a hate crime. To Plagman, that was just absurd enough to write about with his own blend of exaggeration. So he embellished quotes and attributed them to a school superintendent, a man who runs the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence, and a Somali student.

Plagman defended his decision to quote real people as saying things they never uttered. It is part of the parody process, he said.

"Has anyone noticed that the first half of every quote is real?" Plagman said."

Frankly, this is just one incident of many over the last decade or so.

Anyway, this incident may have been worse than expected had the sandwich been an HLT. To quote this article:

"American commanders cite al-Qaida's severe brand of Islam, which is so extreme that in Baqouba, al-Qaida has warned street vendors not to place tomatoes beside cucumbers because the vegetables are different genders, Col. David Sutherland said."

Now I know why fridges come with 2 veggy bins on the bottom.