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Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2001] Variations: In circulation in e-mail in October 2010 was this version: Origins: Oh, if only it were that simple! The above incitement to female nudity is offered in a tongue-in-cheek fashion, yet we have folks ask us if it was on the up-and-up, hence this article. No, the President of the United States of America has not made such a request. It's incongruous to believe that a man whose term began with the suggestion that he was instituting a dress code at the White House would now be advocating public nudity as a response to terrorism. (The dress code brouhaha was put to rest in a statement made by Ari Fleischer, White House Press Secretary, during a 15 February 2001 press briefing.) Whether or not Muslims are offended by female nudity is a moot point — clearly the terrorists aren't. An examination of the activities of the hijackers in the days and months leading to the September 11 attacks show that at least some of them enjoyed naked lap dancers in Daytona Beach [Palm Beach Post]. Nudity is thus highly unlikely to provoke such a strong reaction in any remaining operatives as to cause them to jump up and announce themselves. In a nutshell, those whose patriotism urges them to take action are well advised to do it with their clothes on. The neighbors might stand for such nonsense once, but trooping the colors every night at 7 p.m. would be pushing it. No need to unfurl Old Glory, in other words. One of the ways humans deal with tragedy and times of uncertainty is to resort to humor. Akin to the piece quoted above, this next bit first circulated in mid-October 2001 has caused many a smile: The above is a parody of the Mall Risk rumor (wherein the friend of a friend of a girl who was dating a now-disappeared Afghani reports on a letter the jilted gal received that warned her not to take flights on September 11 or be in the malls on Halloween). Though it should be obvious that any warning about stealth alligators organizing for a day of ass biting has to be a joke, our incoming mail proves otherwise — some have in all seriousness asked if this was a real threat they had to prepare for. Perhaps these folks have never heard the saying about being up to your ass in alligators. Finally, a punning bit of humor that nobody (we know of) has taken seriously:
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