FOAF tales

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Comment: This is related to the breast milk story
http://www.snopes.com/pregnant/mommilk.asp.

This story is true, told by my father. This happened in post-war Finland
in a small village. My father together with some other friends went to
help a neighbor (a widow, her husband had died in the war) with the
farming. When they had done what they were supposed to do the farmer
invited them in for some pancakes. Food was very scarce at that time,
farmers were a little better off if they had cows, chicken etc on their
own. My father ate with big appetite a huge pile of pancakes. After the
supper he asked the widow that from where did she get the milk (my father
had noticed that there were some chicken on the farm but no cows). She was
laughing (she was a young healthy women and she had given birth to a baby
a couple of months earlier) and said that she is producing the milk
herself ... My father refused for years to eat pancakes

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Comment: re: risque business - Bottled Up

An earlier reference for you, narrated in approximately 1963. My mother
F.E. Woodruff was a nurses' aide at Riverside Hospital, Riverside
California in the mid-1920s and claimed to have been present in the ER
when a woman came in to have a bottle ( brand undetermined) removed from
her vagina. She also said that on more than one occasion men came in to
have light bulbs removed from their rectums, and that one of those had
shattered requiring major surgical repairs.

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She also said that on more than one occasion men came in to
have light bulbs removed from their rectums, and that one of those had
shattered requiring major surgical repairs.

Still, it beats the pre-electricity days when men had to put lighted candles up their bums.

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Comment: NATIONAL GANG WEAK - Article
Gang Initiation using Abandoned car seat used to lure a woman to assault
and rape her.

FYI - THIS HAPPENED IN MY HOME TOWN, so at least it is partially true. I
cam across your report of this incident, and it had been claimed to
originate in Tennessee. It may not have happened there, but this very
horrific event happened in my home town, Williamsport, PA, just about 1 yr
ago (Fall, 2009)

It didn't make the papers, and the police tried to cover it up, but it
happened near a relatives house, on State Route 2014. My Aunt was the
Nurse who treated the victim of her wounds, the victim was an older lady,
in her 50's I think...but the rest of the story was on point, using
baseball bats to rape her, etc. She reported another female videotaping
the whole thing.

My point is, you should revise the status, because in some parts of the
country, activity like this does go unchecked, and people need to be on
alert.

[Photo Bob]

I believe it.

If it had not happened then the papers would have been all over it and the police would not have bothered trying to cove it up and we would all know that it never happened.

A total lack of evidence is what proves the crime.

Or something.

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Referred by: http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/refugees.asp

Comment: The article you have on Refugee's says it is false. I disagree
because a women I work with came from another country and told me herself
that her parents are here
as refugees and they love it here. Why because the US
gives them everything. They have a nice place to live
and plenty of money and the big one is they only pay
one dollar for their perscriptions. Our elderly can't
afford their scripts. So don't tell me they are not
treated better than our elderly who paid their taxes
all their lives.

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Comment: This is in regard to the "No prune juice in Dr Pepper"
information.

My father was a worker in the Dr-Pepper factory in Ft Worth, Texas about
1950. Before I had heard anyone else even suggest the prune juice rumor,
my father told me it was prune juice. How did he know? He was the one on
the floor who wathced for the 55-gallon drum of prune juice to go empty
and he replaced it at that time. It layed on it's side on a 2nd story
mezzanine and had a clear plastic hose running down to the tank which held
the rest of the concoction. Among his duties: When the drum was going
empty, he was to look for the bubbles coming back up the clear hose and
change out the drum.

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Comment: Carpool lanes- Pregnant Women

Just wanted to let you know that last year, here in Orange County Ca, a
close girlfriend of mine who was very pregnant was pulled over for
traveing in the carpool(diamond)lane by herself. The officer issued her a
sitation and fine. She collected her obgyn records and ultrasound
pictures regarding the pregnancy and sent them to the court contesting the
ticket, stating that she was not breaking the law due to having another
living being inside her. The court replied to the letter stating that
they were dropping the citation and fine. She never went to court and
handled it with one letter.
Orange County is a very republican pro-life county and maybe that had
something to do with it.

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Orange County is a very republican pro-life county and maybe that had
something to do with it.

Apparently they're anti-law enforcement as well.

[Brad from Georgia]

I was in a grocery store once when an escaped bullock came dashing in from the parking lot, went into a leaping frenzy, and broke dozens of soft-drink bottles.

So if anybody starts a UL about this, I have the copyright.

[snopes]

Comment: I was just browsing your site when I came upon the article about
condoms clogging a toilet and/or septic tank.
http://www.snopes.com/love/betrayal/evidence.asp

In the early 90's I worked for a Sewer and Water company in the Milwaukee
area (Doc's Sewer and Water) as a septic tank pump operator and, on one
occasion, had a similar experience. As I was pumping one home's septic
tank I noticed numerous condoms floating on the surface. As I was working
the home owner (a local Doctor) came out of the house and asked me "How's
it look?" to which I replied "It looks fine Doc, but you can't keep
flushing this latex or it will eventually clog your drain field". The
home owner looked puzzled and said "Latex?" and I said "I saw a bunch of
condoms floating in the tank when I started to pump it". The Doc got a
funny look on his face and said "Well... that's interesting", turned
around and went back into the house.

I never heard what family drama may have resulted from the information,
but it was obviously a surprise to the home owner.

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Comment: Changing a stop light by flashing your brightlights on your car.
Person telling me this said he has been doing this since 1969. I would
really like to know if this is true or not it has worked for me, but was I
just lucky or did I turely change the light? If it is ture and you perfer
not to post it would you please e-mail me your answer. Thank you for
whatever help you can give.

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Comment: I'm writing about the 22 month old child said to have injured
himself with a nail gun. Your site deems this story undetermined. I have
information to help confirm this as true. I'm told by a friend who is
friends with a friend of the victim that the child is at Dornbecker
Hospital in Portland, Or. The family lives in White City. My friend said
the mother's name is Kayla Scott, which is the name that shows up in the
forwarded email.

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I'm told by a friend who is friends with a friend of the victim

[Dr. Winston O'Boogie]

Yeah, well my wife's boss' girlfriend's hairdresser said that she heard from her daughter's teacher that the girl is in a hospital especially built just for her in Landover, Maryland, and that she's actually grown skin around the nail 'cause the doctors can't find a hammer to remove it.

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Comment: "**** off, Clown!"
Story told to me by Paul XXXXXX, AND HIS MOTHER, both of Littleton,
MA. I had never heard of this urban legend before him, and he claims to
have been the one who did it. His Mom confirms, show was done in Boston,
etc. His Mom was not happy relating the story but insists it's true, as
does Paul.. Interesting note, in my mind, is that he stated when he told
me this story "...wasn't the REAL Bozo in the first place, so I was pissed
that I was there with a phony anyway." He's now about 47, serving with a
VTARNG unit in Afghanistan.

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Referred by: http://www.snopes.com/military/buffer.asp

Comment: demilitarized buffer.

lol. cant believe this
on snopes.

I can tell u for a fact, when i was in basic training in 88 we had a
soldier who wrapped a buffer cord around his neck.
we were outside in formation and a buffer flew out the window, the drill
sarge went insane ran inside and went to chewing on him. he was on the
ground floor. didnt even feel it land as the chord was too long.
he was a big ol boy very muscular, but couldnt handle military life. he
was made to pay for the buffer and was discharged. but he was discharged
for a skin disorder which was self inflicted. toward the end of basic.

was stunned to see this. lol

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Comment: Hi i was just looking at this site because there's always some
crazy stuff happening that I didn't know about and I came across the story
of the clown statue. The one with the babysitter asking if it would be
okay to cover the statue while she watched tv in the parent's bedroom. I
know the person this happened to, but its somewhat of a mix of the stories
on your site. Everything that was said happened, but it was never known
if the man had any intentions of doing anything to anyone. He was said to
have been a resident at the local psychward. I am unaware as to what the
name of the facility is since I am not familiar with the area. I don't
knwo about him being in a canatonic state or a police chase since the girl
babysitting had left right when the parents told her to. This happened in
Melville, NY.

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Comment: In your article "Too Late the Hero", you say that this is an
urban legend. In the early 1990's, I was with my infant daughter in the ER
of a military hospital in Virgina when I heard the ER employees laughing
and having a great time. I asked if it was someone's birthday or
something, and I was told that they had a funny case come in from the
housing complex nearby. They explained that a G.I. had been brought in
after being found wearing nothing but a cape and mask, having fallen and
knocked himself out during some "role-playing" in the bedroom. His wife
had been with him at the time and had to call for help. She had called a
neighbor for help (she had not been tied to the bed, however) and they
found him in his state of undress and called 911. Not exactly what your
legend claims, but fairly close.

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Referred by: http://www.snopes.com/embarrass/mistaken/troll.asp

Comment: Dear snopes, believe it or not,something like the article titled
"for whom the doorbell trolls" happened to my dad's friend. only instead
of a troll it was a leprecaun, it started when my dad's friend got a call
on her cell phone, it was her son he saie"MOM!!! YOU NEED TO GET OVER
HERE!!!" she said "why?""BECAUSE I CAUGHT A LEPRECAUN!!!" so she rushed
home to find a midget jehova's witness trapped in the bath room when my
dad told me i laughed a lot