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James Deuce
19th December 2004, 13:39
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/internet/a/top_10_uls_2.htm
Ghost Lemur
19th December 2004, 15:49
Prefer these guys (http://www.snopes.com/).

First time I came across it I must have spent about 4 hours just reading.
Hitcher
19th December 2004, 16:06
I can't remember the link but there's another site that debunks all of the crap that the roman-sandle-hand-plaitted-hemp-underwear brigade perpetrate about genetic "engineering". Does the heart of a rationalist no end of good!
Skunk
19th December 2004, 18:36
I can't remember the link but there's another site that debunks all of the crap that the roman-sandle-hand-plaitted-hemp-underwear brigade perpetrate about genetic "engineering". Does the heart of a rationalist no end of good!Ah yeah, whatever. :rolleyes:
Motu
19th December 2004, 19:11
Oh boy - I'm not gunna wear my jacket on backwards any more!!!

How about a local one? - you know a lot of old railway tracks have been pulled,Taranaki for example....well some guy was riding his bike along the old trackway - but then found out they took down the bridges!! I've heard this one more than once...so it must be true eh??
sels1
19th December 2004, 19:16
I can't remember the link but there's another site that debunks all of the crap that the roman-sandle-hand-plaitted-hemp-underwear brigade perpetrate about genetic "engineering". Does the heart of a rationalist no end of good!

Does this mean you didnt vote for the Greens Mr H? :laugh:
pete376403
19th December 2004, 20:46
"Mythbusters" on Discovery channel on Monday evening. If I saw the advertising trailer correctly, one of the things they looked at was the "Chevy-with-the-JATO-rocket-on-the-roof"
Hitcher
19th December 2004, 20:55
Does this mean you didnt vote for the Greens Mr H? :laugh:
I couldn't possibly comment...
Hitcher
19th December 2004, 20:57
The "Chevy-with-the-JATO-rocket-on-the-roof"
But I LOVE that story...

It's almost as good as the one where the baby Jesus gives the glass slippers to Cinderella.
jrandom
19th December 2004, 20:57
plaitted

Aha! You can weasel out of ignominy for 'plat', but *this* may well prove your hempy undoing...
Hitcher
19th December 2004, 21:09
Aha! You can weasel out of ignominy for 'plat', but *this* may well prove your hempy undoing...
Macrame away!
Scaredy Cat
20th December 2004, 06:52
The best time to watch Mythbusters on the Discovery Channel is 5.30 pm on Saturdays. Pretty cool stuff.
Daisy Duke
20th December 2004, 15:46
EEK - check out the photo's in this one:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/brownrecluse.asp
sels1
21st December 2004, 14:22
EEK - check out the photo's in this one:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/brownrecluse.asp

Looks like some put an oxy-acetelene torch on his thumb.
(I have had that experience...!)
Hitcher
21st December 2004, 15:30
I watched Mythbusters on channel 50 last night. Great fun. I particularly liked their attempts to rip the rear axle assembly from a Police car, as portrayed in American Graffiti.
Drunken Monkey
21st December 2004, 15:43
The best time to watch Mythbusters on the Discovery Channel is 5.30 pm on Saturdays. Pretty cool stuff.

The 'current' episode of the series screens at 10:30pm on Monday nights on Discovery. Reruns on Sat, Sun and Mon usually. Excellent viewing.