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starone | 21:47 Tue 30th Nov 2010 | ChatterBank
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So what is an urban myth. Is it different from a suburban myth or a country myth? Got any examples?
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Saddam's use of the tunnels for stashing WMD was a turban myth.
Apparently, ''urban'' indicates it's a modern myth, and not old folklore.
The beast of exmoor is a suburban myth, until someone gets eaten that is.
The water doesnt turns purple in the public smimming pool if you pee in it.
My favourite one is Sue Lawley saying "f**k me till I fart!"
What, like Wagner's got nice hair? Simon Cowell's not gay? That sort of thing?
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Thanks Naz. Personally I would rather have old folklore, much more interesting.
Dris - I still think about that one, every time I get in the pool.... just in case...
Old folklore does tend to be based on slightly more believable events, or interpretations of such.

Urban myths are just rumour-mongering.
lol boxy -so do i but my 'pal' told me it didnt :)
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Great! I didn't know there were so many and gave me a laugh too.
Example of a countryside myth:
"Everyone in Norfolk is solely related to other people in Norfolk"
It's clearly a myth, since some of them are also related to sheep ;-)
It's a tramp.
Sorry, thought you said urban meff.
Hey Dris, did you know 30% of people confess to doing that!
There are no " no go areas"
Jamie Lee Curtis was not actually born a hermaphrodite - I only discovered that one was an urban myth last week when I was looking something up for Pinkilady's 'Caroline Wyatt' thread :)
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In Captain Pugwash there are no characters called Master Bates, Seaman Staines or Roger the cabin boy.
If you leave your false teeth in a glass of coca cola overnight, they'll have dissolved by the morning.
Ludwig, I'm not sure if that counts as a myth - real myths should be authorless, but that one was invented by Victor Lewis.

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