Practical jokes on the Internet

[jducoeur]

Y'know, there's a worthwhile sociological experiment to be done: spread the word that Nigeria doesn't really exist -- it's just a hoax invented for the purpose of fake Internet rumors. Anything you hear about Nigeria is, by definition, false.

The Net is just primed for this. I bet a fair number of people would believe it...

Comments

[runolfr.livejournal.com]

So the reason there's no oil coming from Nigeria is that there is no Nigeria... interesting. But where was the oil supposedly coming from Nigeria before *really* coming from?

[fitzw.livejournal.com]

You see, that's just it: Any information that oil ever came out of this "Nigeria" place was planted evidence.

[baron-steffan.livejournal.com]

Too easy: Ruritania, Kafiristan, and the drilling platforms off the northern coast of Chad.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Oh, c'mon. Tell me this -- when did you first hear that there ever WAS oil from "Nigeria"? Or did you only hear about it after there "wasn't oil coming from Nigeria any more?" Think about it.