[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: What I just saw on TV...

[Shaun Hately]

On 14 Jun 2004 at 4:02, Jason wrote:

> Well, if that's true, then it isn't as funny. :-\
> Just out of curiosity, how do you know it's a parody?

Because I've been around a long time (-8

Serious answer - see the link at the bottom to Landover. Landover 
is probably the most famous of these parody sites on the net.

Or check the source code for the page:

meta name="Description" content="Providing Effeminate Husbands for 
otherwise Unmarriable Women

Most of these clever parody sites include things like that hidden 
in the source.

The main reason I know is because this page has come up quite 
regularly in other forums I inhabit where people have analysed the 
site in detail - checking out references to places, people, etc.

Also, if you look around for Better Bowers stuff, it's not always 
that subtle. Sometimes it's extremely obviously parody - the stuff 
actually put on the site tends to be subtle enough to fool people - 
but the other stuff (such as the newsletter) often isn't.

Some people, BTW, take these things seriously - there are people 
out there who believe Betty is real - and follow her words 
religiously. So the ideas are out there.

But the source is parody.


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