Our admirers over at The Onion have been paying homage to us once again. We've compiled a list of recent coincidences:

September 22, 2006: (brainsnap) Stingray May Have Been Al Qaeda Trained [1]

December 14, 2006: (onion)Osama Bin Laden Takes Credit For Crocodile Hunter's Death [2].

Here are some more stories of ours that they liked so much they couldn't resist borrowing.

April 8, 2005:(brainsnap) Pope a Little Disappointed With Heaven [3]

April 13, 2005:(onion)Heaven Less Opulent Than Vatican, Reports Disappointed Pope [4]

Hmm.. then there was this one.

August 27, 2004: (brainsnap)US Government Considers Privatizing Elections [5].

November 17, 2004: (onion)Republicans Call For Privatization Of Next Election [6].

Thanks, The Onion ... for the free publicity.

Some say you wouldn't know a funny piece of satire unless you had read it somewhere else first.

[Editors note: For those who would like to follow up on this story, it is likely to be re-printed in heavily edited form at The Onion in the next 1-3 months]