Description:
Urban legends, ala Jan Harold Brunvand.
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NYC Bedrock
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Those of us who were at AFU NYC a few eons back may recall
Charles Dimmick telling us the reason why there were places
without skyscrapers...
I thought of that when I found <[link]>
discussing same.... more »
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SUPER BOWL TO GET REALLY $UPER NEXT SEASON
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INDIANAPOLIS (Rueters) -- Say
goodbye to the Super Bowl as we
know it.
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At a special meeting yesterday,
the NFL franchise owners unanimously
agreed to change its official name to
the Multi-Millionaires $uper Bowl.
That's because just about player in
the Big Game is a millionaire-plus... more »
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The Debunking Handbook
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Ever had a discussion with someone who wasn't, er, amenable to rational
argument? PPQ failed? Abstract: ...
Full PDF text:
<[link]>
Thomas Prufer
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Stolen biscuits (cookies)
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Is anyone familiar with the story described here?
[link]
I'm pretty sure I first came across it in a 1976 BBC television series
called "It's Child's Play", which featured short plays written by children.
In this version the protagonists were an elderly (white) lady and a younger... more »
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Standardising the length of an axle
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Remember the UL about how the standard railroad gauge was determined?
I was perusing C.P. Fitzgerald's "China, a Short Cultural History" [available on-line through Google Books] and came across reference to the major reforms under the first Emperor, Shih Huang Ti, circa 230 B.C., one of which was standardization of the length of the axles of... more »
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"Alcatraz" TV show already bothering real Alcatraz
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This has the stink of the "Fargo money" urban legend and associated
media story-over-news.
"Fans of X are crazy" is a better story than "people trying to access
closed areas like they have been for years have started making 'secret
hideout' jokes."
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Cars and deer -- UL-ish?
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A story, told to me as true. I was young, and don't remember if it was told a
FOAF, or a an actual and named person. The teller isn't available for PPQ. (I
fully support the BOA! Yesyes, I do!). It has some features of an UL, but I have
only heard it once. "X and Y were driving along, and hit a deer in their car. They thought it a... more »
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Rumbullion
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I just learned a new word.
And it's not in my very thick crossword puzzle dictionary.
Heavens be praised for Google.
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"Sober Sue", a hoax itself?
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Hoaxes about hoaxes, that happens a lot, I'm suspecting
that the hoax of Sober Sue is itself hoaxey.
[link]
I first read about her in Sifakis' Hoaxes and Scams, and
it just occurred to me the story itself maybe is a show
business legend, and not true. Somehow the story of... more »
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