Kansas doctor claims Elvis has left the surgery

March 5, 2002 8:24 AM

Kansas doctor claims Elvis has left the surgery What would you do if you just published a book?
posted by ginz (11 comments total)

P.T. Barnum: "There's a sucker born every minute."

Rushmc's Corollary: "There's a conman born every 30 seconds."
posted by rushmc at 8:32 AM on March 5, 2002

A spokesperson for Graceland, Elvis's former home and museum, says the legend is still buried in the garden to the best of her knowledge.

Obviously she's hiding something... but what could it be?
posted by spilon at 8:35 AM on March 5, 2002

spilon: "Obviously she's hiding something... but what could it be?"

Clearly it's the "evidence" that Elvis' middle name "Aron" is misspelled on his grave marker as "Aaron", so obviously whoever's buried there is someone not-the-King (of course, his middle name was only spelled "Aron" because the doctor misspelled it on his birth certificate, but that's quibbling over a minor detail in the face of overwhelming proof that he's still alive and living in Tweed, Ontario).
posted by biscotti at 8:50 AM on March 5, 2002

This is obviously true because if you had a patient that faked his own death, he'd have no problem whatsoever with you spilling the beans on it to the Australian Broadcasting Company.

Welcome back, E. There are a few things we have to tell you about your daughter, though...You may want to sit down.
posted by ColdChef at 8:50 AM on March 5, 2002

The author and his friend, who he calls Elvis/Jesse, have a web site.
posted by rcade at 9:50 AM on March 5, 2002

thanks, rcade. That website is a bit "time cube"-y, don't you think? Especially the press releases...
posted by nprigoda at 10:18 AM on March 5, 2002

Elvis has not been seen anywhere else. He's living in my basement, living on a diet of live chickens and deep-fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches. I didn't want to adopt him, but my wife thought he was cute, and looking hungry. I said that we would feed him once, but now I can't get rid of him. He's already savaged one animal control officer, and the rest won't deal with him. His random singing at night is keeping me up. Any suggestions anyone?
posted by Samizdata at 11:00 AM on March 5, 2002

Samizdata: a couple of episodes of "Family Ties" or "Spin City" should do the trick. You just need a little evil anti-Elvis.
posted by biscotti at 11:36 AM on March 5, 2002

C'mon now. Everybody knows that Elvis was really just a front for Edward De Vere. I mean, Christopher Marlowe. I mean ...
posted by dhartung at 11:53 AM on March 5, 2002

A little more info on this lunatic, from an article in the KC Star last October.
posted by bingo at 2:41 PM on March 5, 2002

A little more info on this lunatic, from an article in the KC Star last October.
posted by bingo at 2:43 PM on March 5, 2002