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Watching something on TV talking about swimming, talk turned to urinating in swimming pools. Some still actually believed in the urban myth, that all swimming pools have a urine indicator dye in them. You are supposed to be engulfed in a cloud of coloured dye, such as blue or purple. Others would instantly know, you had urinated in the pool. I knew that was one big porky, many years ago, probably aged about eleven :rolleyes:.

Know of any good urban myths?
 
There are a job lot of nearly new steam locomotives tucked away in working order in case of nuclear war. The resultant EMP would render other forms of transport useless hence the need for the so called "Strategic Steam Reserve"

Pretty much debunked, but rumours persist where they might be stored, disused tunnels being the favoured hiding place.

Only last month several steam locos were fired up in Sweden after lying dormant wrapped in protective covering, they really did have a SSR
 
tijuana taxi said:
There are a job lot of nearly new steam locomotives tucked away in working order in case of nuclear war. The resultant EMP would render other forms of transport useless hence the need for the so called "Strategic Steam Reserve"

Pretty much debunked, but rumours persist where they might be stored, disused tunnels being the favoured hiding place.

Only last month several steam locos were fired up in Sweden after lying dormant wrapped in protective covering, they really did have a SSR
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Saying nothing apart from it's not what you know but who you know
 
Many Years ago, when Cars had Separate Chrome Bumpers, remember those? a local story (Cornwall) was that a Friend of a Friend, and we all got one of those, was
Driving across Bodmin Moor on the way to Plymouth. He/She saw some one wanting a Lift so slowed down to give him one but as He/She got near the person was swinging a Chain, so the Driver sped away but heard the Chain
hit the back of the Car. When He/She got to Plymouth He/She went to inspect the Damage and found the Chain wrapped around the Bumper with the Assailants hand hanging off the Chain!!!

Must of been a lot of Bodmin Moor residents with one Hand because this was told (and believed) by lots of people (with Friends of a Friend).
 
stryvya said:
Many Years ago, when Cars had Separate Chrome Bumpers, remember those? a local story (Cornwall) was that a Friend of a Friend, and we all got one of those, was
Driving across Bodmin Moor on the way to Plymouth. He/She saw some one wanting a Lift so slowed down to give him one but as He/She got near the person was swinging a Chain, so the Driver sped away but heard the Chain
hit the back of the Car. When He/She got to Plymouth He/She went to inspect the Damage and found the Chain wrapped around the Bumper with the Assailants hand hanging off the Chain!!!

Must of been a lot of Bodmin Moor residents with one Hand because this was told (and believed) by lots of people (with Friends of a Friend).
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No not heard of that one, maybe due to location :).
 
I see loads doing the rounds on Facebook....... there's the woman that unlocks her car then notices a note on the rear window, when she gets out to read it a murderer jumps in the back without her seeing it.....

Then there's the person that saw a car seat in the road with baby crying, apparently if you stop a gang murders you and steals your car.

On a similar vein, if you flash a car that doesn't have it's headlights on the occupant will chase you down and kill you..... apparently another gang initiation where the first person to flash the new member has to be killed.

All manner of variations which if people just checked www.snopes.com they'd see is nonsense.

I normally use the line "If this sort of thing was actually happening don't you think it'd be on the news?" :lol:
 
Russ77 said:
I see loads doing the rounds on Facebook....... there's the woman that unlocks her car then notices a note on the rear window, when she gets out to read it a murderer jumps in the back without her seeing it.....

Then there's the person that saw a car seat in the road with baby crying, apparently if you stop a gang murders you and steals your car.

On a similar vein, if you flash a car that doesn't have it's headlights on the occupant will chase you down and kill you..... apparently another gang initiation where the first person to flash the new member has to be killed.

All manner of variations which if people just checked www.snopes.com they'd see is nonsense.

I normally use the line "If this sort of thing was actually happening don't you think it'd be on the news?" :LOL:
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Exactly, just the many FB myths, people still copy and paste :).
 
jonbeeza said:
Exactly, just the many FB myths, people still copy and paste :).
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It says it's true on the internetz so it must be :banana:

When I was with my ex-wife she caught wind of this "British Heart Foundation" diet that apparently the organisation recommend to overweight people so they can lose weight quickly (which of course is contrary to most sources that say weight loss should be done slow and steady).

It involved eating things like beetroot and ice cream and other REALLY strange combinations:eek:

Yes she did lose weight but she didn't like it when I pointed out that the quantity of food she was eating was significantly less than normal...... This was before Facebook really took off and there was no real way to verify the diet's validity but it turns out it's not endorsed from the BHF, far from it, they actually advise against it (surprise surprise).
 
Then there's the tapping on the boot of the car so you get out and they either steal the car or murder you... glad I have a reversing camera now so I can see them when they're hiding and run them over more easily :D
 
There was also the one about getting your drink spiked then waking up in a bath of ice with no kidneys.
 
There was one doing the rounds in the 80's where a woman had bought a houseplant and every time she watered it, it made a hissing noise. She then discovered it had a tarantula/black widow/bird eating spider (select spider of choice) with a load of babies hidden inside. I swear I must have been told the story dozens of times and it had always happened to a friend of theirs or their cousin's wife's mother's window cleaner's sister.;)
 
The thing I've noticed about the spreading of urban myths, is that a lot of the time, people just accept what they're told. Whisper.gif :wideyed:
However, when they tell someone and are met with a o_OSRSLY? response, they get embarrassed and defensive at having no provenance, so they make one up on the spot; Saying you were told personally by your sister-in-law's workmate's brother's hamster is not something the listener can go and personally verify, but if they accept it, they'll pass it on, with the relationship trail getting longer with every retelling. :p
 
Hey I've seen the movie. It's all true dude and dudettes. I mean I have a friend who knows a guy whosee neighbour saw a guy without a hand in the pub.
 
Graham W said:
Bob Holness played the saxophone solo on "Baker Street".
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My mate Dave has a talent for getting hold of the wrong end of the stick and beating himself over the head with it. One day a bunch of us were in the car when Baker Street came on the radio. Dave immediately went into his pompous professor mode and said "Now, do you know who is playing the saxaphone?"
Before I had a chance to shoot him down with Rafael Ravenscroft, he said "None other than......Bob Hoskins!"
 
Me, I'm an urban myth!
 
The girl leaves work late and says goodbye to her colleague and drives off into the night. Then she sees a car following her down the country lanes and which begins to flash it's headlamps at her, and sounds the horn so she drives faster and faster, and finally skids off the road. The other car stops, and a man gets out and runs toward her car. She is hysterical at this point. He pulls open her car door and shouts "get out" . And just as she does so, a knife wielding man hiding on the back seat of her car gets out and runs off. Her colleague had noticed him and tried to warn her, but she just drove faster.

It's true! I still have the knife!
 
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ianp5a said:
The girl leaves work late and says goodbye to her colleague and drives off into the night. Then she sees a car following her down the country lanes and which begins to flash it's headlamps at her, and sounds the horn so she drives faster and faster, and finally skids off the road. The other car stops, and a man gets out and runs toward her car. She is hysterical at this point. He pulls open her car door and shouts "get out" . And just as she does so, a knife wielding man hiding on the back seat of her car gets out and runs off. Her colleague had noticed him and tried to warn her, but she just drove faster.

It's true! I still have the knife!
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I think that was an NCI plot, not that I watch it :)..
 
boogie man said:
Surprised nobody's mentioned the poodle in the microwave one yet.
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Just done a search, glad it was just an urban myth, at least I hope is :eek:.

PS

I initially thought you said, a pot noodle in the microwave, lol.
 
It always amazes me how many seemingly intelligent people buy into the one about entering your pin number backwards into a cash machine if you're ever forced to withdraw money under duress.
It's supposed to trigger an alarm in the bank or alert security or some such nonsense.

Just a little bit of thought should tell them that it's absolute rubbish.
How exactly is this supposed to work for people who've chosen a palindrome for their pin number?
And if it really was genuine don't you think that their bank would have informed them about it at some point?
But still it pops up in my EMail/Facebook with worrying regularity :rolleyes:
 
SarahLee said:
It always amazes me how many seemingly intelligent people buy into the one about entering your pin number backwards into a cash machine if you're ever forced to withdraw money under duress.
It's supposed to trigger an alarm in the bank or alert security or some such nonsense.

Just a little bit of thought should tell them that it's absolute rubbish.
How exactly is this supposed to work for people who've chosen a palindrome for their pin number?
And if it really was genuine don't you think that their bank would have informed them about it at some point?
But still it pops up in my EMail/Facebook with worrying regularity :rolleyes:
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I wonder how many people could actually do this, calmly and confidently, if they're under real duress?
 
SarahLee said:
Probably very few.

I also wonder how many people have actually tried it to test it out and ended up with their card being eaten by the machine.
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You get 3 attempts to get the number correct, so unlikely to lose your card.
 
If i see anything on Facebook that tells you to share or pass it on, it's a hoax.
I've not seen anything on my timeline that disproves my theory, and believe me some s*** gets posted.

(Obviously this discounts actual events like missing dogs, cats, children, remotes or sanity)
 
we all know about carrots improving your night vision being a myth
what i didn't know was how the myth was started

The myth is thought to have started as a piece of British propaganda during World War II. That government wanted to keep secret the existence of a radar technology that allowed its bomber pilots to attack in the night
 
cosmicma said:
we all know about carrots improving your night vision being a myth
what i didn't know was how the myth was started

The myth is thought to have started as a piece of British propaganda during World War II. That government wanted to keep secret the existence of a radar technology that allowed its bomber pilots to attack in the night
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Yes, it was a plan to fool the Germans, and they supposedly fell for it. But what did it supposedly fool the Germans into doing? Wasting their time growing Carrots maybe?

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Ahh worked it out now. Simply to make the Germans think it was the Carrots that made the British pilots so good,hitting their targets in the dark. Not some technical stuff.
 
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Russ77 said:
It says it's true on the internetz so it must be :banana:

When I was with my ex-wife she caught wind of this "British Heart Foundation" diet that apparently the organisation recommend to overweight people so they can lose weight quickly (which of course is contrary to most sources that say weight loss should be done slow and steady).

It involved eating things like beetroot and ice cream and other REALLY strange combinations:eek:

Yes she did lose weight but she didn't like it when I pointed out that the quantity of food she was eating was significantly less than normal...... This was before Facebook really took off and there was no real way to verify the diet's validity but it turns out it's not endorsed from the BHF, far from it, they actually advise against it (surprise surprise).
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Mate of mine was on the winalot dog food diet ,did him no harm at all ,he was always munching on it whenever he felt peckish ,he actually lost six stone in six months and looked really healthy to even his hair had a healthy glow to it .told me he never had anything else to supplement it in all that time .


Alas poor Dave got run over by a Lorry about a year ago .


It seems he was on his hands and knees in the middle of the road


Sniffing a Rottweilers arse
 
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