It didn't bloody happen!
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troc said:
Www.snopes.com - where urban myths are collected and digested and is where I send my dad to every few weeks when he tries to convince me of the latest wheeze........
Exactly this. My old man now has the sense to check first, since I started responding to each of his rage inducing fwd emails with the news that what he was sending to all his friends as gospel, was a well-known crock of s
t. "But its on t'interweb int it? It must be true?"
more of the same (similar)
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Googling Lisa Stansfield for about half an hour now...
housen said:
only read first page
but im confused why would anyone lie about her family stealing penguins ?
its not normal
are you sure she was lieing ?
Why, does it sound at all plausible to you..?but im confused why would anyone lie about her family stealing penguins ?
its not normal
are you sure she was lieing ?
And if so, would you be interested in a Nigerian timeshare investment sca... opportunity I'm putting together?
Ari said:
housen said:
only read first page
but im confused why would anyone lie about her family stealing penguins ?
its not normal
are you sure she was lieing ?
Why, does it sound at all plausible to you..?but im confused why would anyone lie about her family stealing penguins ?
its not normal
are you sure she was lieing ?
And if so, would you be interested in a Nigerian timeshare investment sca... opportunity I'm putting together?
but i amazed that someone would say such a thing ,,,ive never met such a
myself timeshare sure pm me with details
motorizer said:
the penguin incident that made the news recently happened after the penguin page on snopes was last updated
To be fair, it wasn't that incident we were doubting 
As to Snopes, I find it useful to point people to when they don't believe me when I say such-and-such a story is a myth. My somewhat overly excessive knowledge being gleaned from over 20 years on the internet/web/usenet and a lot of research )not just Snopes/mythbusters
). It's a hobby. That and dispelling stupid homoeopathy myths and bks - which is not a hobby so much as in my job!Cock Womble 7 said:
...and she turned round and saw the maniac standing on the roof of the car, with her boyfriend's head on a stick, banging it on the roof.
...and when the Police traced the call, they found it was coming from the same house...
OOhh Yes! I remember being told that in about 1977! I even remember who told me. Hea was a complete ****!...and when the Police traced the call, they found it was coming from the same house...
Kids have been 'borrowing' animals from zoo's since 1976.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3KV5kXqOKY
(skip to 3:40)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3KV5kXqOKY
(skip to 3:40)
john2443 said:
Cock Womble 7 said:
...and she turned round and saw the maniac standing on the roof of the car, with her boyfriend's head on a stick, banging it on the roof.
...and when the Police traced the call, they found it was coming from the same house...
OOhh Yes! I remember being told that in about 1977! I even remember who told me. Hea was a complete ****!...and when the Police traced the call, they found it was coming from the same house...
I've been told a number of times of a bloke with a super powerful rifle/pistol, or even bow, at a shooting range that went through the target, the back wall, (strangely there's never any metal plate and sand in this range, like there is in every range I've ever been to) and right through a police car that was in the street. But fortunately they were very understanding and didn't press charges.
motorizer said:
As I thought, not a school boy, duffel bag, or school bus in sight. 
housen said:
Ari said:
housen said:
only read first page
but im confused why would anyone lie about her family stealing penguins ?
its not normal
are you sure she was lieing ?
Why, does it sound at all plausible to you..?but im confused why would anyone lie about her family stealing penguins ?
its not normal
are you sure she was lieing ?
And if so, would you be interested in a Nigerian timeshare investment sca... opportunity I'm putting together?
but i amazed that someone would say such a thing ,,,ive never met such a
myself timeshare sure pm me with details
Why do people claim to be personally involved (or family involved) in these myths?
Tango13 said:
Don't forget the one about the Police officer in Wales/Scotland/East Anglia manning the speed trap who pointed his hand held Radar at a Tornado/Harrier/Jaguar/Typhoon/F-15/F16 to see how fast it was going.
He had a lucky escape because the 'Master Arm' switch was in the 'Off' position otherwise he would've got an anti-radar missle up the chuff.
That's a classic example of one that keeps getting the details changed. If every time it was told the it was the same police force and aircraft you'd think maybe more people would believe it. I never understant why people feel the need to change a couple of details on an urban myth and pass it on.He had a lucky escape because the 'Master Arm' switch was in the 'Off' position otherwise he would've got an anti-radar missle up the chuff.
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