George and Marsha return: yet another fake

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by John Bear, Jun 13, 2001.

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  1. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    A reader in Greece has alerted me to a new degree "service" that actually seems to be operated from Athens, even though the only name used (Onapolis) was once the proprietor of a dreadful Hawaii school run from Ohio.

    The site, while not mentioning the school from which one will earn ones degree, does recount the touching "George and Martha" story -- and surely someone here will remember which school used that story. Was it Hamilton? Or one of the Hawaii wonders?
    http://www.aleconline.org/
     
  2. David Yamada

    David Yamada New Member

    John, I just read that story and found it VERY reminiscent of the kind of advertising copy used by correspondence schools and self-help book publishers in the 1920s.
     
  3. bgossett

    bgossett New Member

    This has been copied from the ARRC website at http://www.heri.com/franks.htm where it is "Frank's Story". In changing the name, someone obviously overlooked the situation where Frank meets George, so that the copied version has George meeting George.

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    Bill Gossett
     
  4. George Brown

    George Brown Active Member

  5. Michael Lloyd

    Michael Lloyd New Member

    One wonders if Mr./Ms. Onapolis offers a degree in onanism.

    Ahem. Sorry. Too much caffeine.

    Regards,

    Michael Lloyd
     
  6. Scott W. Metcalf

    Scott W. Metcalf New Member

    I thought Onapolis was the capital of Onan--oh, that's Oman...

    Never mind [​IMG]

    Scott
     
  7. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    Scott writes: "I thought Onapolis was the capital of Onan--oh, that's Oman..."

    Better keep your hands off this topic.
     
  8. Chip

    Chip Administrator

    O, man.
     
  9. EllisZ

    EllisZ Member

    Heh heh ... it looks like someone got around to changing the 2nd George to "Kevin".
     
  10. bgossett

    bgossett New Member

    That "global find and replace" will get you every time. [​IMG]

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    Bill Gossett
     
  11. Bill Huffman

    Bill Huffman Well-Known Member

    Must be a true story, only the names have been changed to protect the gullible.
     

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