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Old 05 March 2008, 04:16 AM
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Comment: the myth about a girl who was masturbating with a frozen hot dog
is true on several occasions.

1) my cousin knows a girl, cuz it happened at his high school and the
parmedics had to come.

2) a couple of my friends know this girl that it has happened to. I dont
know her personally but she either still goes to my old high school or she
graduated a year or two ago.
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Old 05 March 2008, 05:40 PM
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Comment: The story about the "Five dollar Bill" and a serial rapist is
shown on your list as 'false'. However, we received one similar that was
written by Trish Yoakum in Louisianna and she does exist and wrote the
story. It might not have been the actual 'serial killer' and she admits,
it might not have been him, but she was in fact confronted by this man who
became quite irate bacause she would not open her window. Her advise is
well stated and we would consider this to be a true story.
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Old 05 March 2008, 06:41 PM
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Comment: The story about the "Five dollar Bill" and a serial rapist is shown on your list as 'false'. However, we received one similar that was written by Trish Yoakum in Louisianna and she does exist and wrote the story. It might not have been the actual 'serial killer' and she admits, it might not have been him, but she was in fact confronted by this man who became quite irate bacause she would not open her window. Her advise is well stated and we would consider this to be a true story.
See, it's the same, only different, so it's really true.

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Old 08 March 2008, 02:09 AM
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Comment: Sounds like an urban legend, but it isn't:

At a small, liberal arts college in Alabama a dorm monitor heard
unmistakeable noises of passion coming from a men's dorm room after
visiting hours. Administration officials were called and they pounded on
the dorm door calling out: "We know you have a girl in there. Come out
and take your punishment."

The young man did just that but the girl inside dashed past everyone
wearing only her boyfriend's underwear on her head covering her face.
Afterward the officials sheepishly remarked, "Nope, none of us can say
what her face looked like."

I actually know all but one of the individuals that were present that
night but, as it happened in the seventies and everyone is married and
respectable now I keep the details to myself. Just thought you would
enjoy hearing a true story once in a while.
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Old 10 March 2008, 08:28 AM
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Comment: I personally know a man that did have a spider bite that swelled
up & at the doctor's office, spider eggs came out.
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Old 10 March 2008, 11:39 PM
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Comment: This is in response to the "Woman smears peanut butter on her privates
offers herself to a dog" rumor. A friend of mine has a sister who is a
known addict. Once at a high school party, she ventured into a bedroom
(presumably feeling ill from drinking too much or the adverse effects of
the mixture of drugs and alcohol). While in the bedroom, the household dog
entered the room. Apparently my pal's sister was naked for some reason and
the dog began going to town as the girl was in a lowly state. This is
backed up by the older siblings of our other friends who were also in
attendance at the party.
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Old 11 March 2008, 02:56 AM
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Well, if I were ever at a party and found myself in a "lowly state," the first thing I would do is grab a jar of peanut butter, retire to the bedroom and smear the peanut butter all over my privates before passing out. I vote "true."
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Old 17 March 2008, 04:59 AM
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Comment: As for the child smuggling a penguin out of an amusement park, it
is inaccurate. I was at the Newport Aquarium in Newport, Kentucky last
year when a family returned to bring back the baby penguin their young son
had stuffed in his jacket. They discovered it on the car ride home. You
can call the Newport Aquarium to confirm this story.
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Comment: on the "Embarrassing Accidents"one the one about the woman and
the flammable substance in the toilet is true.My mother worked with a
woman who did that.
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Old 21 March 2008, 09:28 AM
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Comment: I just wanted to ask somehting about the Marilyn Monroe six toes
article. I have been a MM fan since high school. I remember a girlfriend
of mine told me that she had been to a Ripley's Believe It Or Not museum
where they had a "specially made shoe" to accomadate Marilyn's extra toe
(not a pair, just one shoe).

I'm glad to see that the extra toe rumor has been put to bed on your site,
but I'm wondering if my friend was lying about seeing the shoe - trying to
push my buttons, or if she really saw it.
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Old 17 April 2008, 05:57 AM
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Comment: on the halloween costume switch story, i know a guy who actually
did that with his wife. they're swingers, and he and another man wore the
same costume on purpose and the husband told her about it the next day.
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Old 21 April 2008, 05:03 PM
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Comment: A friend of my husband's was getting ready to start his third tour of duty
in Iraq. He ran into Target in his dress uniform to get a few things and
was told by the manager he had to leave because he could not wear his
uniform in the store. Then he was told that Target did not suport the
war. I've heard a lot of rumors about Target, but this isn't a rumor,
this is something that actually happend to someone I know.
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Old 27 May 2008, 06:30 PM
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Comment: http://www.snopes.com/autos/business/carburetor.asp

You might not have all of the facts on this one. My uncle, Earl Burch, was
the manager for a Buick dealership in Wichita Falls, TX. in the early
50's. He told me this story on many occasions, with a few small added
details. Number one was that he was the person that sold the car. Number
2, they didn't take the carb, they took the whole car. The elderly woman
who had purchased the car had made a trip from Wichita Falls to Dallas and
noticed the gas gauge had not moved. She brought the car in to have it
looked at, but no one could find any problems with it and it did indeed
still have a full tank of gas. She left only to come back a week later
complaining of the same problem. Again they looked the car over from top
to bottom only to find nothing wrong and YES, it still had a full tank.
Again she leaves only to return yet a third time complaining of the same
problem. Getting frustrated with the issue, and the mechanics total
inability to find anything wrong, they opted to contact Buick to see if
they had any suggestions as to what might be happening. This apparently
set off a few flags at the manufacturer because they immediately asked for
the VIN number off the car. They arrived a day later, gave the woman a new
car as well as refunding her the sales price of the auto she had. They
took the car and nothing was ever mentioned of it again.
It's not likely that Earl heard this over the internet because he simply
could not use a computer. There are much better chances that he could have
grown a thrid arm out of his forehead.
It is possible however that Uncle Earl could have been having a go at me,
but I just don't think that's very likely. This man lived FAR too
interesting of a life to have need to make up stories, and the thought of
it more than likely would have offened him.
Sadly Earl passed away about 4 years ago so the truth may never be known,
but in his memory I thought it would be nice to throw his 2 cents in on
this story.
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Old 27 May 2008, 06:30 PM
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Comment: Ok, I have a really nasty,true story.
My brother and his girlfriend who both go to Kansas State University told
me this nasty story about her brother.

In her hometown of Little River, Kansas her brother had been hearing a
strange scratching nose in his ear. After a while he got really bothered
by it and went to the doctor.

When he went to the doctor, he couldn't find anything wrong w/ his ear so
the doctor took all the earwax out of jis ears. What they found in his ear
was truly horrifying.

There had been a SPIDER scratching on his eardrum for weeks! They had also
found on eggs in his earwax. EEEEWWWW!!!!
If you need more specifics i can tell u just ask.
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Old 27 May 2008, 06:39 PM
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Comment: As for the child smuggling a penguin out of an amusement park, it
is inaccurate. I was at the Newport Aquarium in Newport, Kentucky last
year when a family returned to bring back the baby penguin their young son
had stuffed in his jacket. They discovered it on the car ride home. You
can call the Newport Aquarium to confirm this story.
Called Newport Aquarium. They deny the story.
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Old 27 May 2008, 06:49 PM
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This man lived FAR too interesting of a life to have need to make up stories, and the thought of it more than likely would have offened him.
And I'm sure none of his other stories were made up either.
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Old 27 May 2008, 07:19 PM
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It's not likely that Earl heard this over the internet because he simply
could not use a computer.
Indeed. Urban legends, tall tales, and the like did not even exist before there were computers or the internets, let alone being spread around without one.

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It is possible however that Uncle Earl could have been having a go at me,
Ya' think?
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Old 27 May 2008, 07:24 PM
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This man lived FAR too interesting of a life to have need to make up stories
Of course not. Why go to all the effort of making up stories when it's so much easier to simply repeat ones you've already heard?

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Old 10 June 2008, 04:55 PM
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Comment: This is regarding the article entitled Nobody's Fuel. I just
wanted to comment on it. There is a carburetor design that will provide
that gas mileage. I had a teacher who grew up in the 50's. He knew an
inventer to designed such a carburetor. I don't remember his name but I
remember what he said. His inventor friend was approached by a firm that
purchased his rights and ownership of the design. I hear about these
stories all the time. Everytime someone figures the carburetor design an
oil firm or organization purchases it's the rights of it. This promotes
the use of higher consumming carburetors and profits for the oil
industries and all of the politics that regulates it.
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Old 13 June 2008, 06:32 PM
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Comment: I wish to comment on "the dishonest note" in respect of motor
claims. I work as a team leader for a large UK insurer and, being a bit
sad about my job, I collect unusual, funny and bizzarre claim forms from
customers.
I can confirm that I have seen a genuine case of this where our
policyholder found a note under their wiper stating "The people standing
around looking at me think I'm leaving my details, but I f**king aint".
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