U.S. Officials: “Happy New Year” greeting originated in Yemen

ITALY – Blogger William K. Wolfrum today sent Happy New Years greetings to all his friends, family and readers. Upon hearing this news, U.S. officials quickly surmised that the greeting likely originated in Yemen.

“At this point it may be too early to tell, but we have it on good authority that the New Years greetings in question more than likely originated in Yemen,” said an anonymous U.S. official. “Al Qaeda has a stronghold in Yemen, and the recent attempted terrorist attack came from someone in Yemen. Yemen.”

Wolfrum, reportedly on vacation, has denied any connection to Yemen, and has admitted only to struggling to find the apostrophe key on an Italian keyboard, thus forcing him to try and write everything sans apostrophes.

“It is a real pain in the ass, let me tell all of you,” said Wolfrum.

U.S. officials responded by saying it is well known that Yemen is a growing terrorist stronghold that rarely used apostrophes.

“Yemen,” said the official.

Nonetheless, Wolfrum was adamant about getting his greetings out.

“I wish all of you a Happy New Year, and hope that 2010 is a wonderful year for you all, in every way imaginable,” said Wolfrum.

–WKW

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