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Jim Lane

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18. My excuse for not immediately spotting the satire

Tue Nov 5, 2013, 02:35 AM

Nov 2013

It sounded sort of like something that actually happened at my law firm. We were redacting documents to be produced to the other side (they were entitled to the documents but not to all of the information). We discovered that, with the particular copying equipment we were using, stuff that was highlighted in the traditional yellow was blacked out on the copies. for a moment, reading the OP, I thought maybe the CIA had encountered some similar reversal of what you'd expect.

Has anyone else ever seen this -- yellow highlighted material not appearing on photocopies?

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CIA realizes it's been using black highlighters [View all] Brickbat Nov 2013 OP

That is hilarious - Intel-bots running amuck blacking out everything in sight. 99th_Monkey Nov 2013 #1

um onion Egnever Nov 2013 #2

Doke!! ` 99th_Monkey Nov 2013 #3

I'm not usually fooled by these Renew Deal Nov 2013 #5

That is a sign of really good satire. zeemike Nov 2013 #8

Yes it is. I have a feeling many more will fall victim to belief, disbelief, then laughter. :) nt adirondacker Nov 2013 #13

Congrats on winning the Poe Award. Coyotl Nov 2013 #9

uh? ok. I'll try to keep it going. 99th_Monkey Nov 2013 #17

Thread win on the first post!!!! Congratulations!!! Woosh!!! nt msanthrope Nov 2013 #15

Now that's funny... Wounded Bear Nov 2013 #4

Aw jeez, that's funny. I needed that. louis-t Nov 2013 #6

An Onion classic. nt awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #7

FFFFFF damnit AtheistCrusader Nov 2013 #10

Not usually a fan of Onion reposts on GD, Denzil_DC Nov 2013 #11

The Onion nails it! PrestonLocke Nov 2013 #12

Remember when there was a leaked document during the Bush regime rocktivity Nov 2013 #14

And this: The Pentagon's Report On The Importance Of Not Classifying Everything Is Redacted pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #16

My excuse for not immediately spotting the satire Jim Lane Nov 2013 #18