And hurry!

[snopes]

Comment: I just moved to New York, and I've been told by
long-time residents about all kinds of ways to get injured or killed here.
So, I would like to know:

1) Do people really get electrocuted and die from stepping on subway
grates, manholes, cellar doors, especially if it's been hot and rainy?

2) If a man standing on the subway platform urinates onto the tracks and
his urine stream hits the electrified third rail, will he get electrocuted
and die?

3) Do a lot of people die from objects falling or dropping from
apartments overhead? Most notably glass bottles and air conditioning
units?

4) Do a number of New Yorkers lose an eye every year due to getting poked
by the umbrella spindles of other careless, fast-walking pedestrians?

Please let me know!

[snopes]

Comment: WILL AN MAGNETIC INPULSE WAVE DRAW IN A LIGHTING BOLT DURNING A STORM

[DrFraud]

Originally Posted by snopes

Comment: I just moved to New York, and I've been told by
long-time residents about all kinds of ways to get injured or killed here.

Sounds like a real friendly buncha folks. Who's your Welcome Wagon lady, Lizzie Borden?

[snopes]

Comment: A rumor that I've heard several times, in different circumstances
and conversations, is that masturbation effects penis size. The general
concensus is that it leads to a smaller penis, or can even cause shrinking
in a fully developed male. This could be an urban legend, but all of my
attempts to use a search engine, even on a medical site, has led to less
then relevant results. Even some rather embarrasing situations.
Perhaps you may be able to find that which my inept searching has not?

[rockland6674]

Originally Posted by snopes

Comment: A rumor that I've heard several times, in different circumstances and conversations, is that masturbation effects penis size. The general concensus is that it leads to a smaller penis, or can even cause shrinking in a fully developed male. ... Perhaps you may be able to find that which my inept searching has not?

"Excuse me, miss. I was wondering if you could help me find my penis."

*SLAP*

[franjava]

It doesn't effect penis size, but you'll go blind.

[SatansHobbit]

Originally Posted by snopes

Comment: A rumor that I've heard several times, in different circumstances
and conversations, is that masturbation effects penis size. The general
concensus is that it leads to a smaller penis, or can even cause shrinking
in a fully developed male.

Yep, it's true. My penis shrinks dramatically immediately after masturbating.

[Canuckistan]

Originally Posted by SatansHobbit

Yep, it's true. My penis shrinks dramatically immediately after masturbating.

Why do I get the feeling that this will be the theme for a future photo challenge?

[DrFraud]

Originally Posted by snopes

Comment: A rumor that I've heard several times, in different circumstances
and conversations, is that masturbation effects penis size. The general
concensus is that it leads to a smaller penis, or can even cause shrinking
in a fully developed male...Perhaps you may be able to find that which my inept searching has not?

Have you tried a magnifying glass?

[SatansHobbit]

Originally Posted by Canuckistan

Why do I get the feeling that this will be the theme for a future photo challenge?

Would do, but my camera doesn't support "Panoramic" view.

[Izzy Quigley]

Originally Posted by snopes

3) Do a lot of people die from objects falling or dropping from
apartments overhead? Most notably glass bottles and air conditioning
units?

Sheesh. Everybody knows it's pianos that fall on people in the city, not bottles and air conditioners.

[Hyper Squirrel]

Originally Posted by snopes

Comment: I just moved to New York, and I've been told by
long-time residents about all kinds of ways to get injured or killed here.
So, I would like to know:

1) Do people really get electrocuted and die from stepping on subway
grates, manholes, cellar doors, especially if it's been hot and rainy?

2) If a man standing on the subway platform urinates onto the tracks and
his urine stream hits the electrified third rail, will he get electrocuted
and die?

3) Do a lot of people die from objects falling or dropping from
apartments overhead? Most notably glass bottles and air conditioning
units?

4) Do a number of New Yorkers lose an eye every year due to getting poked
by the umbrella spindles of other careless, fast-walking pedestrians?

Please let me know!

Gee, I must have been lucky to make it this far in life if that's what New York is really like! Number three makes me think of Spy Vs. Spy.

[snopes]

Comment: Can electricity (i.e. car battery, tazer) neutralize venom from a
(snake,spider,scorpion,etc.) bite.

[snopes]

Originally Posted by Izzy Quigley

Sheesh. Everybody knows it's pianos that fall on people in the city, not bottles and air conditioners.

And safes. Don't forget the safes.

- snopes

[Nonny Mouse]

Originally Posted by snopes

And safes. Don't forget the safes.

- snopes

Yup, those New York safes are lethal. French safes, on the other hand....

Nonny

[Hyper Squirrel]

Originally Posted by Nonny Mouse

Yup, those New York safes are lethal.

I was crushed by seven today!

Originally Posted by snopes

Comment: Can electricity (i.e. car battery, tazer) neutralize venom from a
(snake,spider,scorpion,etc.) bite.

Don't know never been bit by a snake,spider,scorpion*,etc. while it's being tazered.


*To all pedants yes a scorpion sting can also be classed as a bite.

[snopes]

Comment: I was wondering if Cellphone Addiction really is true. Is it?

[Psihala]

Originally Posted by snopes

Comment: A rumor that I've heard several times, in different circumstances and conversations, is that masturbation effects penis size. The general concensus is that it leads to a smaller penis, or can even cause shrinking in a fully developed male. This could be an urban legend, but all of my attempts to use a search engine, even on a medical site, has led to less then relevant results. Even some rather embarrasing situations.
Perhaps you may be able to find that which my inept searching has not?

Isn't that, um, using the search engine in sort of a bad way? Although, I must admit that is certainly... creative... :o

Wouldn't it be easier to just search with your hands?

~Psihala
(*Next he'll be telling us about the possible uses for the floppy drive...)

[snopes]

Comment: does smoking marijuana stems make you impotent?