Urban Myths

[starone]

So what is an urban myth. Is it different from a suburban myth or a country myth? Got any examples?

[NazNomad]

Saddam's use of the tunnels for stashing WMD was a turban myth.

[NazNomad]

Apparently, ''urban'' indicates it's a modern myth, and not old folklore.

[askyourgran]

The beast of exmoor is a suburban myth, until someone gets eaten that is.

[Dris]

The water doesnt turns purple in the public smimming pool if you pee in it.

[Answerprancer]

My favourite one is Sue Lawley saying "f**k me till I fart!"

[Lardhelmet_2]

What, like Wagner's got nice hair? Simon Cowell's not gay? That sort of thing?

[starone]

Thanks Naz. Personally I would rather have old folklore, much more interesting.

[boxtops]

Dris - I still think about that one, every time I get in the pool.... just in case...

[NazNomad]

Old folklore does tend to be based on slightly more believable events, or interpretations of such.

Urban myths are just rumour-mongering.

[Dris]

lol boxy -so do i but my 'pal' told me it didnt :)

[starone]

Great! I didn't know there were so many and gave me a laugh too.

[Buenchico]

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 ;-)

[123everton]

It's a tramp.
Sorry, thought you said urban meff.

[Dagman]

Hey Dris, did you know 30% of people confess to doing that!

[oranger]

There are no " no go areas"

[karenmac60]

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 :)

[ludwig]

In Captain Pugwash there are no characters called Master Bates, Seaman Staines or Roger the cabin boy.

[sandyRoe]

If you leave your false teeth in a glass of coca cola overnight, they'll have dissolved by the morning.

[jno]

Ludwig, I'm not sure if that counts as a myth - real myths should be authorless, but that one was invented by Victor Lewis.