Post #297728 by MrBaliHai on Sun, Apr 8, 2007 7:45 PM

On 2007-04-08 18:58, bigbrotiki wrote:
The humor of "Ballyhoo" reminds me of the 1921 book "Cruise of the Kawa" (see BOT P.33 for images, P.34 for text), the first spoof of South Sea lore. The article below describes how it was often taken seriously at the time

Now that's just astonishing. The fact that people actually bought into such a patently ridiculous storyline is almost frightening. I mean c'mon, A-E-I-O-U?!!!