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Contributed by: Eric J. Lubbers/YourHub.com on 8/10/2007

Author's note: The North Denver News has issued an editor's note ( link) that not only confirms that this story is a complete hoax, but chastises the world at large for believing that a story in a newspaper with no history of satire might be true. To that I say only that the burden of proof of fact should not be the reader's responsibility.

The North Denver News is reporting that one of our own, a Denverite named Thomas Martel, has had his thumbs "whittled" so that he can properly use his new iPhone and other tiny tech items.

This blogger( link) makes a few interesting comments about the man, but also assumes that Bonnie Brae is a city in Colorado, not the southeast Denver neighborhood that is home to the city's best ice cream.

The surgery itself is a little perplexing to me, because I would think that really, any dowel-like object (pen, stylus, toothpick, etc.) or even a fingernail could still accomplish the job without the whole "slicing off a piece of your body" business.

There is also the question of what his hands look like now (the story didn't have photos). Symmetry is important in the look of a hand, so significantly smaller thumbs might throw your hand aesthetics completely out of whack.

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Submitted By: Eric Lubbers

posted on 8/10/2007 @ 5:15:38 PM

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Nancy: I just called it like I saw it and assumed the North Denver News did it's own fact-checking. And yes, upon doing a cursory search, it does appear that none of the players in the story: Thomas Martel, Dr. Robert Fox Spars nor the story's author, James Benfly, seem exist, at least online. Nor does Benfly appear on the staff page of the newspaper. I left a message with the editor of the North Denver News/Cherry Creek News to get a comment, but I haven't heard back yet. You'd better believe I'll be following this up.

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Submitted By: Nancy Dolson

posted on 8/10/2007 @ 4:31:17 PM

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It appears to be a hoax. You'd think that RMN could google the surgeon's name before proliferating a bogus story (then maybe contact said surgeon). http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/

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Submitted By: Fairlight Baer-Gutierrez

posted on 8/10/2007 @ 3:05:50 PM

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I haven't been this proud to live in North Denver since the KFC at 38th and Federal became a KFC and Long John Silver's.

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Submitted By: Rebecca Zimmerman

posted on 8/10/2007 @ 2:15:22 PM

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Gross!

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Submitted By: Laura Mayo

posted on 8/10/2007 @ 2:13:52 PM

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That's just plain creepy.

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Submitted By: Erin Feese

posted on 8/10/2007 @ 2:13:20 PM

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Ew, ew, ew. I am clutching my thumbs and wincing just imagining it. Sure, people get plastic surgery because they think their butts are fat or something, but thumbs?? Shouldn't technology cater to humans, not the other way around?

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Submitted By: Daniel Smith

posted on 8/10/2007 @ 2:08:54 PM

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Is he related to Cher, by any chance?

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