http://thecitydesk.net/2007/11/14/the-fake-homeless-man/ Fictional urbanism. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:16:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://thecitydesk.net/2007/11/14/the-fake-homeless-man/comment-page-1/#comment-2675 Gaines Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:45:43 +0000 http://thecitydesk.net/2007/11/14/the-fake-homeless-man/#comment-2675 This arises troubling memories of the hideous Fake Orphanage scam of 1982. Animatronics were just coming into vogue then, and the general public hadn't yet developed the ability to discern between human babies and android babies. Dozens of barren women were crushed upon learning they had "adopted" -- for a hefty sum! -- bundles of wires and circuit boards rather than bundles of joy. This arises troubling memories of the hideous Fake Orphanage scam of 1982. Animatronics were just coming into vogue then, and the general public hadn’t yet developed the ability to discern between human babies and android babies. Dozens of barren women were crushed upon learning they had “adopted” — for a hefty sum! — bundles of wires and circuit boards rather than bundles of joy.

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