Urban myths that somehow, people still believe
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schmunk said:
nonsequitur said:
john2443 said:
eybic said:
There's a documentary on Netflix about it https://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Hot-Coffee/70167106
"This documentary examines the so-called "hot coffee lawsuit" in which a woman sued McDonald's after she spilled her coffee and burned herself, specifically looking at the reasons why the fast-food giant invested heaps of money to sway public opinion."scalded, ffs.
Often remember a family member telling a story that back in the 70's/80's a local Chinese businessman was stopped at an army checkpoint in my town. When asked to open the boot it was found to contain hundreds of dead seagulls that he apparently used as a substitute for chicken.
Until I ran into people from other towns many years later where the exact same thing apparently happened to Chinese business men in their local towns too!
Until I ran into people from other towns many years later where the exact same thing apparently happened to Chinese business men in their local towns too!
john2443 said:
"This documentary examines the so-called "hot coffee lawsuit" in which a woman sued McDonald's after she spilled her coffee and burned herself, specifically looking at the reasons why the fast-food giant invested heaps of money to sway public opinion."
scalded, ffs.
You don't need skin grafts for scalds. She was in hospital for 8 days. scalded, ffs.
The damages were based on punitive damages as McDonalds had ignored previous complaints about the temperature.
The more I read about it maybe 8 years ago as part of a tort law module for post grad studies in environmental law the more I realised that the spin by McDonalds was incredibly successful. I was of the "what a joke" mindset until I actually read the case.
Bottle of water on the lawn:
My grandad used to do it too. I thought it might be down to the way the sun reflects off it, the fact that it could somehow be mistaken for a shiny, skinned predator (snake?) or something like that.
Also "grandad" autocorrected to "granddad". I'm a bit of a linguistic puritan but who in blue
still spells it that way?!
ETA
Please don't evade the swear filter it's there for a reason!
My grandad used to do it too. I thought it might be down to the way the sun reflects off it, the fact that it could somehow be mistaken for a shiny, skinned predator (snake?) or something like that.
Also "grandad" autocorrected to "granddad". I'm a bit of a linguistic puritan but who in blue
still spells it that way?!ETA
Please don't evade the swear filter it's there for a reason!
Edited by Big Al. on Wednesday 2nd August 20:22
br d said:
When the internet was a lot younger there was that story floating about of the woman in the bath with the lobster and cigarette lighter. Was that based on anything substantial or just complete bks?
ks?DRFC1879 said:
My grandad used to do it too. I thought it might be down to the way the sun reflects off it, the fact that it could somehow be mistaken for a shiny, skinned predator (snake?) or something like that.
When subsequent posts make you do a double take...Odhran said:
Often remember a family member telling a story that back in the 70's/80's a local Chinese businessman was stopped at an army checkpoint in my town. When asked to open the boot it was found to contain hundreds of dead seagulls that he apparently used as a substitute for chicken.
Until I ran into people from other towns many years later where the exact same thing apparently happened to Chinese business men in their local towns too!
There is zero danger of substituting seagull for chicken. Seagull tastes very fishyUntil I ran into people from other towns many years later where the exact same thing apparently happened to Chinese business men in their local towns too!
DRFC1879 said:
Bottle of water on the lawn:
My grandad used to do it too. I thought it might be down to the way the sun reflects off it, the fact that it could somehow be mistaken for a shiny, skinned predator (snake?) or something like that.
I thought the idea behind it, and hanging old CDs from low branches, is that the cat will see a distorted reflection of itself (though not sure how a CD distorts the reflection), mistake it for another cat, and not want to intrude on territory.My grandad used to do it too. I thought it might be down to the way the sun reflects off it, the fact that it could somehow be mistaken for a shiny, skinned predator (snake?) or something like that.
DRFC1879 said:
Bottle of water on the lawn:
My grandad used to do it too. I thought it might be down to the way the sun reflects off it, the fact that it could somehow be mistaken for a shiny, skinned predator (snake?) or something like that.
Also "grandad" autocorrected to "granddad". I'm a bit of a linguistic puritan but who in blue fvck still spells it that way?!
Simply, what is a 'gran'? We have granddaughter, grandson, grandmother. And so to granddad.My grandad used to do it too. I thought it might be down to the way the sun reflects off it, the fact that it could somehow be mistaken for a shiny, skinned predator (snake?) or something like that.
Also "grandad" autocorrected to "granddad". I'm a bit of a linguistic puritan but who in blue fvck still spells it that way?!
threespires said:
boyse7en said:
There is zero danger of substituting seagull for chicken. Seagull tastes very fishy
True, they need a lot of lemon to disguise it. PixelpeepS3 said:
heard a great one from our electrician last weekend
'some people think that electricity can't kill any one and it was a myth created by electricians to ensure that people at home didn't attempt their own electrical work'
seriously?!
Jesus H!!'some people think that electricity can't kill any one and it was a myth created by electricians to ensure that people at home didn't attempt their own electrical work'
seriously?!
I'm surprised that anyone that believed that has lived long enough to spread it around
Have we had TV detector vans yet?
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