Urban Legends FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions about urban legends supported, challenged and debunked
This FAQ about urban legends supported, challenged and debunked was compiled and written by Terry Chan tchan@dante.lbl.gov and Peter van der Linden linden@eng.sun.com with numerous contributions by others.
01 Introduction to the faq postings for alt.folklore.urban- The newsgroup alt.folklore.urban (AFU) is devoted to the ...
- 02 Introduction to the newsgroup alt.folklore.urban
- This is alt.folklore.urban -- the newsgroup where nonsense is ...
- 03 Two notes to new readers (alt.folklore.urban)
- - We encourage you to post any stories you suspect may be an UL. ...
- 05 A digression on urban legends and "falsehood" (alt.folklore.urban)
- Occasionally, there is a post to the effect of: That actually happened ...
- 07 Nominations for the official motto of alt.folklore.urban
- [One free clue: if youse post with one of the following in your article,...
- 08 alt.folklore.urban man of the year
- - B1FF (1990)...
- 10 Official mascot (alt.folklore.urban)
- - My pet King snake, ...
- 11 Hack etymologies for the word 'posh' (alt.folklore.urban)
- - Puke On Shoes ...
- 12 Official photographers (alt.folklore.urban)
- - Dan Wright and Patrick S. Clark (ret.)...
- 13 Official hatchetman (alt.folklore.urban)
- - Ray Not Dick ...
- 14 Official food of alt.folklore.urban
- - Chicken Mole'...
- 15 Official big dic of alt.folklore.urban
- - The OED or Winston Churchill (tie)...
- 17 Key to Listed FAQs (Urban legends)
- T = 100% scientific ...
- 18 The misappliance of science (Urban legends)
- F.*You can make as much ice faster by starting with warmer water....
- 19 The 'plane truth (what goes up...) (Urban legends)
- T. 800ft diameter asteroid passed within 500K miles of hitting earth in 1989....
- 20 Does not compute (Urban legends)
- T. Computers have been stolen....
- 21 Twinkie twitter (Urban legends)
- T. animal or vegetable shortening on ingredients list == ...
- 22 Mad medicine (Urban legends)
- T. London doctor struck off for inveigling Turkish peasants to donate a kidney....
- 23 Wind-powered fantasies (Urban legends)
- T. Fin-de-siecle Frenchman,Petomane,got rich farting as music hall act.Fartist....
- 24 Stupid academia tricks (Urban legends)
- NOTE: Many university-based ULs are passed continually. Before posting, check ...
- 25 Stupid people tricks (Urban legends)
- T.*Craig Shergold, UK cancer kid,sought get-well cards,overwhelmed with 33 mil....
- 26 What's in a word? (Urban legends)
- [Bear in mind that AFU is not a dictionary server. Try checking out ...
- 27 How firm is your foundation? (Urban legends)
- F. Building is built backwards. Public criticizes; Architect commits suicide....
- 28 Kill your television! (Urban legends)
- F. Newlywed Game husband televised response that the strangest place they ...
- 29 Reefer madness (Urban legends)
- [The alt.drugs FAQ list has lots of interesting info.]...
- 30 Astonishing antipodean antics (Urban legends)
- F. Some part of Australia is antipodal to some part of N. America or Europe....
- 31 Lewd food (Urban legends)
- T. There're kosher Chinese restaurants in and around big East Coast US cities....
- 32 Snuff movies (Urban legends)
- Tb.The Feds, cops, CIA, etc. have never actually found a real snuff film....
- 33 Upstanding legends of the penis and scrotum (Urban legends)
- See also http://www.best.com/~snopes/sex/sex....
- 34 Hide the salami (Urban legends)
- U. Cuckolded husband replaces contents of wife's pessaries with lye....
- 35 Disney dementia [and other amusement park stories] (Urban legends)
- See especially http://www.best.com/~snopes/disney/disney....
- 36 Question authority (and other conspiracies) (Urban legends)
- U. CIA fixed the Anarchist's Cookbook, so explosive blows up as you make it....
- 37 Legal beagles [see also wild life, stupid people tricks, and snuff] (Urban legends)
- T. If you have questions about copyrights, you should really check ...
- 38 Wild life in the fast lane (Urban legends)
- F.*As part of initiation, potential gang members drive around with ...
- 39 Legends about natatory capabilities of large anthropoid primates (Urban legends)
- Tb.Gorillas can't swim....
- 40 Astounding avian anomalies (Urban legends)
- F. Birds cannot sing while on the ground....
- 41 Doggie-style and catty-wumpuss [see also lewd food] (Urban legends)
- F. Dalmatians and humans are the only mammals whose urine contain urea....
- 42 Other animal (but non-buggy) crackers (Urban legends)
- U. Every animal has enough brains in its head to preserve its own hide....
- 43 Bait shop [think very carefully before posting to these threads] (Urban legends)
- T. The etymology of POSH....
- 44 Arthropod crackers (Urban legends)
- T. Really big insects (snakes too) can get imported along with fruit shipments....
- 45 Credits and some references (Urban legends)
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