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AIBU to think there are some very gullible People around?

26 replies

WorraLiberty · 07/10/2014 18:19

I can't believe anyone took this seriously when this mock front page was tweeted!! Grin

AIBU to think there are some very gullible People around?
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WorraLiberty · 07/10/2014 18:19

Some of the comments here

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KirjavaTheCat · 07/10/2014 18:22

Grin silly buggers.

lifeissweet · 07/10/2014 18:23

It's a Daily Mail front page - it's only one iota away from being plausible...

WorraLiberty · 07/10/2014 18:24

Sadly, that's very true! Grin

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ILovePud · 07/10/2014 18:27

Ha ha I missed that, thanks for posting it's given me a right laugh.

raltheraffe · 07/10/2014 18:32

I had to block a guy on Facebook last night who went apeshit at me. He shared a photo which is doing the rounds at the moment which appears to show the same actress deployed in the Sandy Hook massacre as the Boston Bombing.
I pointed out to him, very politely, it was a photoshopped meme and rather than saying thanks for that information he went ballistic. He started posting all these updates saying just because I share a photo does not mean I believe in it. The photos I share are nothing to do with me.
I found it quite amusing actually. He fails to believe the US Government and police force about a horrific massacre, but then puts all his faith in a meme that a 12 year old could have knocked out on photoshop.

AIBU to think there are some very gullible People around?
seasavage · 07/10/2014 18:33

It can't be true. Fail always mention benefits right?

MrsTerryPratchett · 07/10/2014 18:35

The only bit that isn't plausible is the spiders. Terror as Muslims bring Ebola to the UK would absolutely be something they would print.

Vitalstatistix · 07/10/2014 18:36

No! Surely nobody believed it? Good grief.

raltheraffe · 07/10/2014 18:36

seasavage, you are spot on. It should have mentioned that one of these Muslim spiders had already fathered several nests of baby spiders by different females, just for the benefits.

AntiDistinctlyMinty · 07/10/2014 18:39

And there should have been spider sad faces...

ILovePud · 07/10/2014 18:42

No mention of the female spider's weight so obviously not a DM story.

DeWee · 07/10/2014 18:57

If it was the Express the spiders would be bringing some form of extreme weather to UK.
I've come to the conclusion that they have decided print the "Freezing temperature"/"Heatwave"/"Tropical storm" so frequently that, by the law of averages, they'll occasionally be right.

AuntieStella · 07/10/2014 18:58

Anyone see the lunchtime news?

The footage of the cute little terrier dressed up in a tarantula costume?

Just think, a spider the size of a dog...

DeWee · 07/10/2014 18:59

Sorry, didn't finish... the Mail doesn't go in so much for extreme weather, so they should have put them out as a pair, Mail with the Ebola stuff, and the Express with the weather.

Timeforabiscuit · 07/10/2014 19:00

Is there a naked royal?

Agree its only the spiders that made me raise a quarter eyebrow!

ILovePud · 07/10/2014 19:01

If it was the express the spiders would have had to be somehow damaging the housing market or implicated in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

WorraLiberty · 07/10/2014 19:04

And there should have been spider sad faces...

But according to the Daily Fail, Muslim spiders aren't allowed to show their faces. Well not the female ones anyway Grin

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ILovePud · 07/10/2014 19:07

They're probably not even female Muslim spiders though Worra, they're probably male, terrorist Muslim spiders evading the authorities by wearing burkas.

WorraLiberty · 07/10/2014 19:10

True ILovePud and claiming benny-fits for their 1000s of offspring.

I think the BNP are organising a massive conker picking exercise in the hope of fending them off.

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ILovePud · 07/10/2014 19:14

They won't be allowed the health and safety Stasi have banned conkers.

ILovePud · 07/10/2014 19:19

...which is a shame because they are in fact a superfood and the latest cure for cancer.

Timeforabiscuit · 07/10/2014 21:39

But not if you're a woman! As the latest pop science report has shown!

giraffescantboogie · 08/10/2014 00:52

Love it!

ShanghaiDiva · 08/10/2014 01:02

Obviously not true as no mention of the value of spiders' house.