Yes, Metafilter, there IS a Santa Claus

December 25, 2004 11:17 AM

T.E.R.D. Tangible Evidence. Real Discoveries. Dr. Lloyd Darrow may have proof that something - or someone - really exists.
posted by mr_crash_davis (8 comments total)

Thanks for destroying my faith in the generosity of my dear old Mom and Dad. Turns out it was that creepy fat guy all along.
posted by kozad at 11:21 AM on December 25, 2004

Newspaper Rock.

Still pretty funny.
posted by singletrack at 11:54 AM on December 25, 2004

The Federal Government -- and a Democratic Judge -- already declared that Santa Claus is real.

I'm glad to hear that Big Foot, Sasquatch and the Loch Ness Monster are just a bunch of Hooey, though. I was getting worried that I'd never seen one.

Does anyone know about the Jersey Devil?
posted by nathanrudy at 12:32 PM on December 25, 2004

I wish he didn't enable comments on the page... people have pissed all over it. A shame.
posted by mote at 1:55 PM on December 25, 2004

Does anyone know about the Jersey Devil?

Actually, Miroslav Satan plays for the Buffalo Sabres.
If you're asking about the uniform he signed, it'll cost you $475US.
posted by Smart Dalek at 2:44 PM on December 25, 2004

This guy did a nice thorough debunking in the comments: (heh)
Message: Hmm, a simple Whois search reveales (sic) a lot: http://www.whois.net/whois.cgi2?d=terd.org First of this site is registered to a Mark Hatch who isn't mentioned once on this site. It is also registered to an organisation called Somic Pictures. Then we have the movie. the quality of the movie iw (sic) way too good for anything recorded 55 years ago. Those cameras were heavy and slow, and there is no way they could have recorded souch (sic) a detailed movie, definetly (sic) not when moving around so much. The papyrus is obviously edited in photoshop. In all egyptian art all the characters are outlined and got lots of details, but the santa is only a red and white smudge.

Deadly serious, or deadly satire within parody? I love the internet-- it's so ambiguous.
posted by Devils Rancher at 3:30 PM on December 25, 2004

Some Christian group rented a billboard by one of our major highways and put up the following message:
SANTA CLAUS IS NOT REAL. ANYONE WHO TELLS YOU HE IS IS LYING.

Thanks, guys!
posted by 235w103 at 5:27 PM on December 25, 2004

Wheras, in contrast, God you should believe in because it makes you feel good and your elders tell you.
posted by abcde at 10:21 PM on December 25, 2004