"Julia Altshuler" > wrote in message
...
> Mark Thorson wrote:
>> Snopes has a full debunking of this urban legend:
>>
>> http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/mcferrin.asp
>>
>> Although McFerrin didn't commit suicide, the guy who
>> wrote "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and
>> Smile, Smile, Smile" did in fact commit suicide.
>
>
> This, is a nutshell, is why I love usenet despite all the reasons not to
> love it. Thread drift brings us to interesting tangents. Something
> inaccurate is posted. One person alone doesn't correct the misconception.
> It's a group effort. Together, we even get to the bottom of where the
> misconception came from. (Well, I mean, in as much as discovering that
> something is a widely known urban legend is getting to the bottom. No one
> ever knows who started the rumor.) Thanks.
>
>
> --Lia

What I love most is that, at least on this NG, people don't react to the
original poster of inaccurate information with "Oh you a***hole dumbf***
you're worthless!" and then stitch a scarlet letter onto his bare tit and
all killfile him. It eliminates the need for a lot of bowing and scraping
when people can just correct something that's wrong without getting
personal. So double thanks. :-)