Online Rhubarb

November's Fake Ad revealed

by Jay Forstner

posted 12/6/2009

We received 174 responses correctly identifying the Fake Ad on p. 11 of the November Observer. The ad was for a book, Can You Have an Online Rhubarb?, self-published by Ed Nimby, a character who's appeared in several previous Fake Ads as a political candidate. The magic word, Arborweb, bridged the title and the subtitle, Web-Based Rhetoric in the Computer

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