Crazy Urban Myths/Superstitions You've Heard

Zillah · 04-04-2009 12:13PM

Cunny-Funt wrote: »

Please tell me you told her she was an idiot and proceeded to light multiple smokes from candles at every table?

I mean, what age was she?

Silly americans...

She was 35 or so. We had a conversation where I basically tried to get her to understand that there was no reason to believe this and that believing these sorts of stories leaves her open to anything anyone feels like making up. She was so into it, with such real upset, that I couldn't bring myself to be anything more than a little baffled. Plus we were quite off our faces at the time.

I do take a slight relish lighting smokes from candles these days though.

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

The belief was that when the first soldier lit his cigarette, the sniper would see the light; when the second soldier lit his cigarette from the same match, the sniper would take aim and note if the soldier was friendly or foe; when the third soldier lit his cigarette from the same match, the sniper would fire.

Haha, that's pretty awesome thanks to the plausibility. It makes perfect sense, the longer you hold a lit match the greater the chances that a sniper will take a shot.

Zapho · 04-04-2009 12:19PM

www.snopes.com for all your urban legend needs. Be warned though, I wasted a lot of working days reading this site....

Aisling(",) · 04-04-2009 02:30PM

I've heard that if a lad is em pleasuring a woman by hand and if she sneezes the muscles contract so much that his fingers will be broken.

they'd have to be some freaky strong muscles

Davie_m · 04-04-2009 02:34PM

if the wind changes while pulling a funny face, it will stay like that :pac:

Lord Trollington · 04-04-2009 02:46PM

Aisling(",) wrote: »

I've heard that if a lad is em pleasuring a woman by hand and if she sneezes the muscles contract so much that his fingers will be broken.

they'd have to be some freaky strong muscles

Aisling with the aid of my googus i'd be willing to risk it trying to find out whether this myth is true or not...
i'll also bring a huge tub a pepper with me for the occassion...
All in the Name of science of course!!!

Thoie · 04-04-2009 03:11PM

Homeopathy.

Kipperhell · 04-04-2009 03:18PM

A bird flying into your house means somebody in your family will die.

The wife's family are all very superstitious and get freaked out by some strange things

bluto63 · 04-04-2009 03:22PM

If a black cat crosses your path it's bad luck

Capt'n Midnight · 04-04-2009 08:02PM

Zapho wrote: »

www.snopes.com for all your urban legend needs. Be warned though, I wasted a lot of working days reading this site....

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

The mythbusters are even more sinister.

:eek:

Capt'n Midnight · 04-04-2009 08:05PM

That it's unlucky to be superstitious.

galwayrush · 04-04-2009 08:16PM

i often heard that out economy was the envy of Europe and perhaps the World. I know it's not true because we weren't invited to the G20 Summit.:D

Stercus Accidit · 04-04-2009 08:19PM

the magpie thing.

one for good two for bad yadda yadda..

fcukers are all over UCD, I must be due a golden good luck triplet by now.

ShooterSF · 04-04-2009 08:32PM

Stercus Accidit wrote: »

the magpie thing.

one for good two for bad yadda yadda..

fcukers are all over UCD, I must be due a golden good luck triplet by now.

Actually you were. I was sent to deliver a unique master crafted crystal bowl worth over 3grand to you. However whilst walking to your house I saw a magpie. Continuing to walk I (superstisiously) looked up to say hello to him when I tripped over a black cat and smashed your crystal.

Sorry.

Mimikyu · 04-04-2009 08:39PM

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Stercus Accidit · 04-04-2009 08:42PM

ShooterSF wrote: »

Actually you were. I was sent to deliver a unique master crafted crystal bowl worth over 3grand to you. However whilst walking to your house I saw a magpie. Continuing to walk I (superstisiously) looked up to say hello to him when I tripped over a black cat and smashed your crystal.
Sorry.

I hear thats also bad luck, here, I've a few spare magpies, you can have them, I'll be down to a silver orphan but heck, you need em more than I do.

marcsignal · 04-04-2009 09:11PM

"It is easier for a rich man
to get through the eye of a needle,
than it is for a camel t.......

ehhh

.....than is is for a camel to" :pac:

*discreetly gets coat*

Jack Sheehan · 04-04-2009 10:30PM

JEWS DID 9/11.
JEWS DID 9/11.
JEWS DID 9/11.

Paddy Samurai · 04-04-2009 10:32PM

Trinny. wrote: »

No. You spelled it wrong.

Damn mustard! .........,nearly went half blind trying out that spell.

dresden8 · 04-04-2009 11:12PM

-Phuqer- wrote: »

If a bird shíts on you it's good luck.

I've been shat on 7 times so far. You'd be surprised how few times I've won the lotto.

Every time somebody tells me that, I feel like kicking them in the nuts and while they're rolling around on the floor clutching their nads in agony, I'll **** on their heads and see how lucky they feel.

Not much I'd suspect.

Valmont · 04-04-2009 11:34PM

I can't believe no one has mentioned the number one bull**** urban myth of all time:

That everyone eats something like 8 spiders a year while they are asleep.

And before anyone tries to defend this, I want to see a quantitative piece of research from a peer reviewed journal explaining the phenomenon. How in the hell could such a "fact" be established in the first place?! I'm so angry because this was said to me again today for the one millionth time.

JerryHandbag · 05-04-2009 12:17AM

Paul MacCartney of that little known band The Beatles died in a car crash in 1966 and the guy you see today is a lookalike and soundalike.....if you listen to the outro of Strawberry Fields Forever you can hear John Lennon say "I Buried Paul" and not "Cranberry Sauce" as some would have you believe

Jack Sheehan · 05-04-2009 12:21AM

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Paul MacCartney of that little known band The Beatles died in a car crash in 1966 and the guy you see today is a lookalike and soundalike.....if you listen to the outro of Strawberry Fields Forever you can hear John Lennon say "I Buried Paul" and not "Cranberry Sauce" as some would have you believe

Dont forget the cover of Abbey Road. He'd be 28 IF he was still alive!

JerryHandbag · 05-04-2009 12:27AM

Jack Sheehan wrote: »

Dont forget the cover of Abbey Road. He'd be 28 IF he was still alive!

Yeah he walked barefoot across the zebra crossing....a clear indication that he has passed on to the next world...theres a picture of him somewhere prior to 1966 with a chipped tooth and one after '66 and the tooth has miraculously healed itself again*.....I tells ya its like that whole Michael/LaToya Jackson thing!!!

*May be complete horsesh1t

sinlessgunner · 05-04-2009 12:29AM

Slightly OT but Declan O'Rourke in his song "Nowhere to hide" directly alludes to the lighting up on a candle:

"He lit a smoke upon a candle, and somewhere a sailor died"

Good song too. Back on topic:

Anyone ever hear of it being bad luck to pass a single piece of turf on the road? My mam is pretty superstitious and its so embarrassin like if she seen a piece of turf on the M50 she would risk her life to pull over and get it haha!

Or picking up a comb or brush on the ground will bring a banshee to your house :rolleyes:

The list I know is endless!

Jack Sheehan · 05-04-2009 12:33AM

An extremely drunk friend of mine busted out this gem: 'Lads, lads I'm serious,I've heard that every time there's an awkward pause in a conversation a gay baby is born'.

Valmont · 05-04-2009 12:56AM

Jack Sheehan wrote: »

An extremely drunk friend of mine busted out this gem: 'Lads, lads I'm serious,I've heard that every time there's an awkward pause in a conversation a gay baby is born'.

A thought I gay baby was born every time there was a rainbow?

Lobelia Overhill · 05-04-2009 11:30AM

I'd a friend who told me in deadly serious tones about the fire in the disposable nappy factory in town. They couldn't put it out because the nappies kept soaking up the water from the hoses.

She also told me the one about the deep fried rats.

She believed both stories, despite the fact that there was no disposable nappy factory anywhere near where we lived, and I heard 4 other variations of the deep fried rat from people all over the UK

Mmcd · 05-04-2009 02:47PM

Pepsi and mentos taken internally together will kill you!

Heres Proof

steo87 · 05-04-2009 02:55PM

minidazzler wrote: »

How young exactly????

(I'd post a Chris Hansen pic but this is AH so I can't!!!)

Take a seat....take a seat....I'm Chrrriiiiiiiiss Haaaaaaansssss-eeeeen

Acoshla · 05-04-2009 06:33PM

Zillah wrote: »

that I could only understand if I had ever lost someone at sea.

You should have said "No, but i have lost a lot of seamen." :rolleyes:

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