Dodo Eggs

People put too much stock into what they read.  The printed word can be just as deceitful as the spoken.  Possibly more so since print does not float skyward like speech but sits waiting for the next reader to be deceived.   

DodoEggs.com is proof that it’s as easy to lie in print as it is in speech.  In fact, it’s probably easier because I can keep a straight face. 

(I don’t lie very well.  Saying something false, regardless of the reason, still bothers me.  Did you know that those that lie with ease are actually proud and consider it a valued skill?  Heck, I feel bad when I tell an eighty-two year old hostess that her cobbler is delicious when it’s actually bits of shoe leather in molasses.)

Many people will try to add credence to their assertions by simply stating that they read it somewhere as if that should convince you.

Person A says, “Yea, cell phone usage is linked to mad cow disease.  I read that somewhere.”

Person B shakes her head and replies, “Well then, I guess it could be true.”

During my junior year of college, I decided to try to test the power of print.  I went to my computer and opened the desktop publishing program that I rarely used.  I divided regular printer paper into four quarters and copied my college’s official letterhead onto each section.  Underneath I put…

Dakota University – Medora Branch

DUMB is announcing a joint effort with the Department of Education and the Centers for Disease Control.  We have received grant money to implement the “Learning to Walk Program.”
  
In an effort to control the growing problem of obesity, all students are required to park at least two hundred yards from the front doors.  The added walking improves health, vigor, and attention spans.  Any students who parks in spaces within the designated area will be charged a fee of .50 cents per citation.  Any unpaid fees will put a hold on future registrations or grades.

Your vehicle is parked within two hundred yards and has been cited.

Your license plate number is (I wrote the license numbers here).  Please stop by student services to pay your fine and next time invest in your health!

I waited a half hour after each set of classes began then I started handing out my homemade citations.  I skipped classes to do this but what was I going to learn in Survey of Near-Crimes and College Deviancy anyway? 

As it turns out, I ruined the day for the kind, hardworking employees that toil in the Student Services office.  Why they would complain about angry students knocking down the doors is beyond me…they collected an easy $2.50. 

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