Duggy wrote:   
   > On Sep 21, 2:35 pm, Elko T  wrote:   
   >    
   >> In any event, why are /you/ answering? It was   
   >> Joe's blunder to begin with.   
   >    
   > It has been said for a long time and I'm pretty sure Joe wasn't the   
   > first.   
      
      That don't make it true. It is amazing what outright falsehoods    
   circulate as "facts". One example - when we came to the States, my    
   daughter was quite seriously taught at school - in homeroom class I    
   believe - that in Bulgaria, the punishment for drunk driving, was    
   execution. Just like that! That didn't seem right to her, and she tried    
   to object, but was pooh-poohed. And she wasn't really sure - it's not    
   stuff third graders pay much attention to. Later, I found that it    
   /really/ was part of some fact sheet that was supposed to be used when    
   teaching the dangers of drunk driving. Which of course makes all other    
   "facts" on that sheet suspect.   
      
      
   > And in a public forum you've got to expect other people to chime in   
   > support one side or the other.   
      
      OK, then - I wasn't aware that it was a common misconception, I    
   though that Joe invented it on the fly.   
      
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