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Paul-Craft · 2024-05-03 00:03:15

I might be having a brain fart right now, but I'd just about swear I've read a similar story before. Can anybody back me up, or am I just mistaken?

ehnto | karma 13794 | avg karma 3.12 · | 2016-07-01 17:14:02+00:00

You are right, that was the story I was thinking of! Thank you for the correction.

varenc | karma 4948 | avg karma 5.69 · | 2022-01-28 17:20:11

Thank you! I recalled that story but wasn't sure on the details.

refurb | karma 27208 | avg karma 1.53 · | 2022-12-20 19:57:02

That would be it! I got the story slightly wrong, but that's the one I thinking of.

Justin_K | karma 1410 | avg karma 2.9 · | 2023-01-28 08:21:05

I swear I've heard this story before....

adii | karma 520 | avg karma 5.84 · | 2011-08-11 08:57:12

I've never heard that story before, but it sounds just about spot-on. Do you have a link to it perhaps?

thijsvandien | karma 993 | avg karma 2.52 · | 2019-07-09 16:42:58+00:00

Sorry, never heard of that, and since the rest of the story was so similar, it didn't really register in my brain as something entirely different.

jamesy0ung | karma 765 | avg karma 3.98 · | 2023-03-10 02:04:44

I swear I've heard this exact story before

BlakeSimpson | karma 39 | avg karma 1.39 · | 2023-06-19 13:59:37

I was about to reference the same story! Glad I wasn't the only one that remembered this.

lib-dev | karma 93 | avg karma 1.66 · | 2023-10-11 18:12:52

Ah now that you mention it, that does sound right! I forgot that part of the story.

listic | karma 1445 | avg karma 1.15 · | 2014-06-02 10:01:41

Please provide the link. I haven't heard of the story and it sounds really interesting.

kazinator | karma 30751 | avg karma 1.78 · | 2019-05-18 20:29:25+00:00

Sorry, yes. There is a parallel story about that, actually.

thomnottom | karma 641 | avg karma 4.25 · | 2016-05-09 13:30:55+00:00

Thank you. I was sure I heard this story before and it was bugging the crap out of me trying to figure out where.

elvinyung | karma 2131 | avg karma 4.18 · | 2018-10-07 21:23:55+00:00

Oh wow, thanks so much for linking this story! I was actually thinking of it as I was writing the post, but I couldn't remember the title.

Dove | karma 5122 | avg karma 4.37 · | 2012-12-27 18:00:44+00:00

Ah. I guess it has been some years since I heard the story. Thanks for the correction. :)

kragen | karma 31428 | avg karma 2.09 · | 2022-05-06 08:05:31

Hmm, that's interesting—that seems like an inconsistency in the story. OP, what year was this?

splike | karma 680 | avg karma 6.02 · | 2023-11-15 07:53:55

I don't have the link, but I also remember reading this story. I tried googling but didn't have any luck either. I just wanted to let you know that you're not misremembering!

mastazi | karma 9266 | avg karma 4.29 · | 2016-09-29 22:52:08+00:00

Thanks for the link + explanation! Now that I saw the article, I vaguely remember the story but, at the time, I did not do any further reading.

mr_mitm | karma 2572 | avg karma 3.03 · | 2023-11-29 02:03:11

That story sounds so much like that joke that I'm wondering if there is some urban legend thing going on here.

hmottestad | karma 3188 | avg karma 3.08 · | 2013-04-28 18:16:48+00:00

Can anyone verify this story?