paulgro
February 1st, 2002, 03:24 PM
On December 17,1997, the Michigan State Department of Environmental Quality sent a letter to a landowner who, according to the letter, had built an unauthorized dam across a river and would be fined $10,000 per day until it was removed. The real culprits? Beavers!
Upon revelation of the error, the threat was removed, but not before the department was the brunt of some ridicule. You can read the letter from the authorities and the response from the recipient of the letter by clicking the link below. It's quite amusing.
dam (http://www.snopes2.com/humor/letters/dammed.htm)
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Upon revelation of the error, the threat was removed, but not before the department was the brunt of some ridicule. You can read the letter from the authorities and the response from the recipient of the letter by clicking the link below. It's quite amusing.
dam (http://www.snopes2.com/humor/letters/dammed.htm)
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"I have not failed. I've just found
10,000 ways that won't work."
Cosmic Coffee Shop (http://pub83.ezboard.com/bcosmiccoffeeshop)
Chiana's!!! (http://pub12.ezboard.com/bchianassoapworld)
Mod Squad (http://www.angelfire.com/hi5/serendipity/MSPoster/ModSquad.html) Permit Man (http://www.angelfire.com/hi5/serendipity/Permit/PermitMan.html)