Letter to The Onion editors
Posted by Matthew on Wednesday October 5, 2005 @05:37PM
from the Our-milkshake-is-better-than-yours,-too dept.
Matthew writes: Sirs,
Your article entitled “Skeleton Of Mayan Nerd Dug From Prehistoric Locker“, while humorous, is rife with anthropological and archeological inaccuracies.
Firstly, the Altun Ha settlement was not yet settled in 800 B.C. The Mayan culture had not yet distinguished itself from its Olmec forebearers (who would have been in full bloom in 800 BC).
Secondly, the dwellers at Altun Ha did not begin to use stone lockers until the classical period beginning in 200 A.D. Altun Ha was a religious center whose only high school served the children of priests, who had no need to store illicit drugs while at school.
Finally, there never were any antelope, or any other large ungulate besides the Llama, in South America then or now.
Normally, I would never take to task the editor of another esteemed satirical publication. But the outragous fabrications in your piece bespoke a lack of fastidious fact checking unbecoming to your organization.
Your servant, Matthew