Bugün öğrendim ki: Bir adam, herhangi bir evi ünlü yapabileceği konusunda arkadaşına bahse girer. Bunu başarmak için, 54 Berners Caddesi'nde hizmet talep eden binlerce mektup yazdı. Londra'nın bazı bölümlerinin kapatıldığı gün o kadar çok insan geldi ki. Adam (caddenin karşısından onu izleyen) bahsi kazandı.
Theodore Hook perpetrated hoax [Coordinates](/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system "Geographic coordinate system"): [51°31′03″N 0°08′14″W / 51.5176°N 0.1372°W / 51.5176; -0.1372](//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Berners_Street_hoax¶ms=51.5176_N_0.1372_W_) [![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/ Berners_Street_Hoax_caricature.jpg/300px- Berners_Street_Hoax_caricature.jpg)](/wiki/File:Berners_Street_Hoax_caricature.jpg) Berners Street hoax, caricature [![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thbook .jpg/220px- Theodore_Hook.jpg)](/wiki/File:Theodore_Hook.jpg) Theodore Hook, perpetrator of the hoax, circa 1810 The **Berners Street hoax** was perpetrated by [Theodore Hook](/wiki/Theodore_Hook) "Theodore Hook") in [Westminster](/wiki/Westminster "Westminster"), [London](/wiki/London "London"), [England](/wiki/England "England"), in 1809. Hook had made a bet with his friend [Samuel Beazley](/wiki/Samuel_Beazley "Samuel Beazley") that he could transform any house in London into the most-about address in a week, which he achieved by sending out thousands of letters in the name of Mrs Tottenham, who lived at 54 [Berners Street](/wiki/Berners_Street "Berners Street"), requesting deliveries, visitors, and assistance.