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Posted by dawnbixtler on 2005-11-02 06:37:00 +0000

A step backwards or forwards?

So it might go from <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/11/01/wikipedia.reut/index.html">web to print?</a>
Interesting. I'm sure Wikipedia would help areas w/o the web, but it (almost) defeats the purpose.

Did the Onion start as a web page or a rag?
Posted by tgl on 2005-11-02 15:29:56 +0000
The Onion started as a weekly out of Madison, WI.
Posted by rladew on 2005-11-02 16:06:54 +0000
Actually, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion#History">onion</a> may have its origins around or even before 5000 BC where its' first documented use was by the Palestinians...

(sorry, I couldn't help it: working at a cubicle is warping my mind continually)
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Posted by tgl on 2005-11-02 17:27:30 +0000
Then, in 4999 BC, the Jews stole the onion.
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