It would be so damn easy to create a false story on the Net that it's downright scary. My mom just sent me the fake "Daschle pledging with the wrong hand" picture.

Cripes, we've got half a dozen people posting just here that are willing to believe forty impossible things before breakfast. Complete and utter lack of a BS filter. And the people posting here tend to be the bright ones.

Might be fun, but odds of it getting loose are too high, and depending on the story chosen, could even be dangerous.

How many people are going to divest their wealth, or even commit suicide, believing that a huge approaching planet is going to wreck the Earth?