Keegan-Michael Key reads a letter from the Smithsonian to a man donating 'artefacts' from his garden
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Legend has it that in 1994, a letter was sent by the Smithsonian Institute to a man who regularly and very kindly donated artefacts discovered in his back ga...

A friend sent this to me, and I have to say I really enjoyed hearing about a crank whose . . . ideas . . . are harmless and do not appear to boil down to antisemitism. I really enjoy things like Q Anon Anonymous, but it can definitely get depressing to hear about all the racism etc that seems to be the endpoint of all crackpot theories. So here's a harmless (as far as I can tell!) weirdo to enjoy. :sicko-wholesome:

  • VenetianMask [any]
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    2 years ago

    Is there really a guy donating the contents of a joke parachute bag to the Smithsonian?

    • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      It appears to be a presentation from a group that really does do dramatic readings of actual letters, so I'm choosing to believe. When my friend sent it to me, I thought Keegan-Michael Key was just doing a bit or something, but it doesn't look like it is. :i-want-to-believe:

      • VenetianMask [any]
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        2 years ago

        That's delightful. I hope he's 100% serious and raging that OF COURSE clams don't have teeth NOW

        • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          I know! It's so, so good. And then the part with the director having a special shelf just for this guy's "finds." Delightful is exactly the right word.

    • replaceable [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      There are several comments saying that the letter is fake