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SimonM · Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 1835 Location: Toronto, Ontario

This link was drawn to my attention. From what I can tell it is not a hoax. Then again the date on it was April 1.... http://65.127.124.62/south_asia/4483241.stm.htm

anospi · Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 2:21 pm Post subject:

I am totally convinced this is an April Fool's Day hoax put up by some crackpot at BBC. However, it will make for an interesting reader in one of my classes, as I'm currently teaching in Phnom Penh!

SimonM · Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 1835 Location: Toronto, Ontario

If it wern't for the fact that A) It was left up after Apr. 1 B) it was posted AFTER noon and everyone knows the pranks end at noon and C) You could get fired for a hoax like that I would be 100% certain of it too. As it is I'm 98% certain it's a hoax, but a good one. Can you imagine - you can develop an immunity to zombiism by drinking lots of Gin and Tonic! Smile

Incredible Ape · Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 4:47 pm Post subject:

Come on guys..it's just a very well done fake. If you look at the address you can see it isn't even a bbc website...just a series of numbers. They copied the BBC template and links, that's all.

Wink

SimonM · Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 1835 Location: Toronto, Ontario

Yes, but it IS a very well done fake. I hadn't noticed the URL issue before.

Kent F. Kruhoeffer · Joined: 22 Jan 2003 Posts: 2129 Location: 中国

I'm sitting in an internet cafe in Bangkok this morning, sipping my ice coffee, waiting for the 10am "visa shuttle bus" to Cambodia. If I catch one of those creatures alive, I'm going to bring him back and let him teach all my classes. Apparently, zombies relate well to one another.

Then I'm going write a book about my harrowing adventure and retire on the royalties.

And to think it all started right here on Dave's. Mr. Green

Zombies, malaria, land mines. It's gonna be a great day! Laughing

khmerhit said so.

khmerhit · Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 8:49 pm Post subject:

Happy trails, Mr kent. Goold luck in Poipet, and say hello to all me mates in PP, including ** and ** and **..
kh

Kent F. Kruhoeffer · Joined: 22 Jan 2003 Posts: 2129 Location: 中国

Thanks kh:

Actually I went over the border at Pong Nam Ron, which is south of Poipet

and much less crowded.

Didn't see any Zombies, dammit - but had a great time anyway!

Was back in BKK by 7:30PM for a cold Chang and some off-key karaoke with the natives. Mr. Green

In the not too distant future, there may be a Master Index Cambodia. Stay tuned!

bluffer · Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 6:42 am Post subject:

Similar to this one. Very funny Smile

http://www.perfect.co.uk/robin/2005/05/lionvsmidgets.htm

Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets in Cambodian Ring-Fight

An African Lion much like this is responsible for the death of 28 Cambodian Midgets
Spectators cheered as entire Cambodian Midget Fighting League squared off against African Lion
Tickets had been sold-out three weeks before the much anticipated fight, which took place in the city of K�mp�ng Chhn�ng.

The fight was slated when an angry fan contested Yang Sihamoni, President of the CMFL, claiming that one lion could defeat his entire league of 42 fighters.

Sihamoni takes great pride in the league he helped create, as was conveyed in his recent advertising campaign for the CMFL that stated his midgets will "... take on anything; man, beast, or machine."

This campaign is believed to be what sparked the undisclosed fan to challenge the entire league to fight a lion; a challenge that Sihamoni readily accepted.

An African Lion (Panthera Leo) was shipped to centrally located K�mp�ng Chhn�ng especially for the event, which took place last Saturday, April 30, 2005 in the city�s coliseum.

The Cambodian Government allowed the fight to take place, under the condition that they receive a 50% commission on each ticket sold, and that no cameras would be allowed in the arena.

The fight was called in only 12 minutes, after which 28 fighters were declared dead, while the other 14 suffered severe injuries including broken bones and lost limbs, rendering them unable to fight back.

Sihamoni was quoted before the fight stating that he felt since his fighters out-numbered the lion 42 to 1, that they �� could out-wit and out-muscle [it].�

Unfortunately, he was wrong.

The story behind it is at
http://lionvs40midgets.tripod.com/

ChrisRose · Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Posts: 427 Location: Hong Kong

Can Cambodia afford Black Hawk helicopters?

Fud · Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Posts: 27 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand