Urban myths

ireland.man · 18-10-2014 09:48PM

daviecronin wrote: »

One for the lads.....

You get a hairy hand if you do you know what

I know what what you mean

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2070370/Eating-cake-make-hairy.html

Defiler Of The Coffin · 18-10-2014 09:50PM

The guy that shifted a fine lookin wan in a nightclub, brought her outside into an alley where she proceded to open her legs and requested him to "lob it into me bass"

ireland.man · 18-10-2014 09:55PM

What about the one where if you say "Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary" into a mirror three times Mary Harney appears and charges the cost of her beauty treatments at a spa in Florida to your debit card.

Kermit.de.frog · 18-10-2014 10:26PM

The Hell Fire Club.

Geuze · 18-10-2014 11:06PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

What are your favorite Irish urban myths?

I'll start.

Asylum seekers get free buggies and leave them at bus stops.

The best ones are those that are obviously untrue yet so many actually believe it:D

The DSP does give out money for buggies, this is all public knowledge, published in Annual Stats, etc.

It is not a myth, it is true.

Whether the recipients leave them at bus stops, I don't know.

All stats here:

http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Annual-SWS-Statistical-Information-Report-2013.aspx

See Section C, the scheme is known as SWA / Exceptional Needs Payments.

Geuze · 18-10-2014 11:10PM

In 2012, you can read that 867,000 was spent on prams / buggies.

Barely There · 18-10-2014 11:10PM

Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »

The guy that shifted a fine lookin wan in a nightclub, brought her outside into an alley where she proceded to open her legs and requested him to "lob it into me bass"

Thought it was more along the lines of 'guy brings the wan home, starts to go down on her, she stops him and says "None of your fancy stuff, just horse it into me"'.

ireland.man · 18-10-2014 11:16PM

Geuze wrote: »

The DSP does give out money for buggies, this is all public knowledge, published in Annual Stats, etc.

It is not a myth, it is true.

Whether the recipients leave them at bus stops, I don't know.

All stats here:

http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Annual-SWS-Statistical-Information-Report-2013.aspx

See Section C, the scheme is known as SWA / Exceptional Needs Payments.

And is the idea that every child in Ireland may potentially be given a pram suffice to say 'asylum seekers get free prams' is therefore not a myth?

FirstinLastout · 18-10-2014 11:35PM

Barely There wrote: »

Thought it was more along the lines of 'guy brings the wan home, starts to go down on her, she stops him and says "None of your fancy stuff, just horse it into me"'.

Aye, t'was back in my caravan too it was Boss!

eamonnq · 18-10-2014 11:51PM

Neighbour of a celebrity invites celebrity to a party in his house and then receives a bill for an appearance fee.

irritablebaz · 18-10-2014 11:59PM

the welcome to the aids club date. heard that one in 3 different countries so far.

Fred Swanson · 19-10-2014 12:02AM

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hairyprincess · 19-10-2014 12:18AM

retalivity wrote: »

That sh1te about bono and bruce springteen in a restaurant.

What was that?

One eyed Jack · 19-10-2014 12:20AM

hairyprincess wrote: »

What was that?

The way I heard it was Bono and the Pope, but I think "the Pope" was actually Sinead O Connor on her day off :pac:

retalivity · 19-10-2014 06:45PM

Google 'Bono bruce Springsteen restaurant' and there's a heap of results

BrokenHero · 19-10-2014 06:57PM

retalivity wrote: »

That sh1te about bono and bruce springteen in a restaurant.

Some clown even told the fcuker on the Graham Norton show last year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkf9n-WQ5Ik

Doom · 19-10-2014 07:00PM

Travellers are holy God fearing folk...

AndonHandon · 19-10-2014 07:01PM

Dogs can't look up.

Tordelback · 19-10-2014 07:02PM

Geuze wrote: »

Whether the recipients leave them at bus stops, I don't know.

You will meet many people (my mother, for one) who know someone who actually saw an Asylum Seeker* not bother wrestling their buggy onto a bus, and when asked about replied that it was easier to pick up another free one at the other end. That's what makes it an urban myth.

The factual provision of essential infant equipment to people who have no other means of acquiring it because they aren't allowed to work or to have access regular social welfare payments is irrelevant: it's the assertion of an obviously untrue, but morally judgemental, observation made by a 'friend of a friend' that qualifies.

*As they have yet to be issued with yellow stars, you'd have to assume the person in question was a black woman, else how would the witness know their legal status?

Galway K9 · 19-10-2014 07:10PM

corner of hells wrote: »

Asylum seekers do get free buggies , however they get free cars too so never need to use busses.

Their entitled to free buggies under supplementary welfare allowance.
I also found out through freedom of info act that they get a sort of transport grant of a substantial sum enough for a car.
Their not here for the weather

lazeedaisy · 19-10-2014 07:14PM

Ronan keating & Brian Kennedy getting caught in bed together,

ireland.man · 19-10-2014 07:59PM

Galway K9 wrote: »

Their entitled to free buggies under supplementary welfare allowance.
I also found out through freedom of info act that they get a sort of transport grant of a substantial sum enough for a car.
Their not here for the weather

Can you share that info about people getting money for cars? Otherwise it sounds suspiciously urban myth-ish!

We are all entitled to free buggies under that allowance providing we qualify by being in acute need of the equipment. Singling out one minuscule group of people is absurd, it's like saying 'all red-haired Polish people who have stutters are eligible for free buggies in Ireland'. It's technically true but meaningless.

But what makes this a myth is its essence, that asylum seekers are supposedly given an extraordinary level of comfort and support. When you compare the reality, living in group homes, 19.10 euros a week and a bus ticket, to the claims of being handed cash for cars, free houses, free car, free phones, free holidays, etc, that's the thing we'd call a myth!

Although saying that my friend's cousin's caseworker saw an Asylum Seeker walking his pet crocodile in the Liffey one time.

Galway K9 · 19-10-2014 09:40PM

ireland.man wrote: »

Can you share that info about people getting money for cars? Otherwise it sounds suspiciously urban myth-ish!

We are all entitled to free buggies under that allowance providing we qualify by being in acute need of the equipment. Singling out one minuscule group of people is absurd, it's like saying 'all red-haired Polish people who have stutters are eligible for free buggies in Ireland'. It's technically true but meaningless.

But what makes this a myth is its essence, that asylum seekers are supposedly given an extraordinary level of comfort and support. When you compare the reality, living in group homes, 19.10 euros a week and a bus ticket, to the claims of being handed cash for cars, free houses, free car, free phones, free holidays, etc, that's the thing we'd call a myth!

Although saying that my friend's cousin's caseworker saw an Asylum Seeker walking his pet crocodile in the Liffey one time.

I will try find on.pc tomorrow and share it. It wasn't published I had to write letter stating the freedom of info act.

Also have another interesting one too tomorrow.

DBB · 19-10-2014 10:24PM

lazeedaisy wrote: »

Ronan keating & Brian Kennedy getting caught in bed together,

Ooh! This one reminds me of another one...
Marc Almond of Soft Cell (an 80s pop band for you kids out there :pac:), had to be rushed to hospital to get his stomach pumped, and it was full of horse semen
:eek::eek::eek:

Irelandcool · 19-10-2014 10:28PM

On saorview you can find this mysterious channel called the Midnight channel.
Once there on rainy night keep staring at it till it reaches midnight and eventually your soulmate will appear on the screen.

Planemo · 19-10-2014 10:30PM

DBB wrote: »

Ooh! This one reminds me of another one...
Marc Almond of Soft Cell (an 80s pop band for you kids out there :pac:), had to be rushed to hospital to get his stomach pumped, and it was full of horse semen
:eek::eek::eek:

Anytime I've heard it, it was Rod Stewart. (Also in the same vein - Richard Gere and a gerbil...)

My favourite urban myth: La-a
"The dash don't be silent!"

mikemac1 · 19-10-2014 10:34PM

My friend was on Bus Eireann from Limerick to Galway and they were passing Bunratty.

The Yank in the seat behind thought it was great planning to have the castle so close to the dual carriageway

I've heard that story waaaaaaay too many times

Doom wrote: »

Travellers are holy God fearing folk...

They are, just not the 7th commandment

Vojera · 19-10-2014 10:36PM

DBB wrote: »

If you swallow chewing gum or bubble gum, your insides will stick together

Don't worry, though, you'll poop it out in seven years :pac:

fleet_admiral · 19-10-2014 10:39PM

Chewing gum is made from cats guts

Birneybau · 19-10-2014 10:52PM

BrokenHero wrote: »

Some clown even told the fcuker on the Graham Norton show last year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkf9n-WQ5Ik

Saw that, Cnut.

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