GrassleyPhobia: A Sign of the Times

I’m going to have to issue a little disclaimer about my last post, which was intended (obviously, I thought) as a spoof.
A highly sophisticated communications officer for a major museum (who shall remain nameless to protect the credulous) has just sent me this anxious e-mail:
The Grassley reference is a joke, no?
YES, OF COURSE it was a joke!
I guess I should have realized that when it comes to the senior Senator from Iowa, museums have entirely lost their sense of humor. Sen. Charles Grassley is (as far as I know) NOT combing tomorrow’s NY Times “Museums” section for truth-in-advertising violations (although, apparently, museums don’t put anything past him). Nor, alas, has Grassley ever leaked anything on any subject to CultureGrrl.
This loopy incident reminds me of the time I wrote a satire for the Wall Street Journal about the plans for the Guggenheim Antarctica. Some readers (those who lived closer to the North and South poles) e-mailed comments indicating they actually took it seriously.
Hereafter I shall designate my serious posts with a capital “S” and my frivolous ones with a very large “F.” (Just kidding! KIDDING!!!)