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snopes.com - Urban Legends

Posted: Tue 13 Jul, 2004 19.31
by Neil Jones
http://www.snopes.com

Interesting site filled with all kinds of supposedly "urban legends" on all kinds of things.

For example: The 1980's song, Tell Me Why I Don't Like Mondays (by The Boomtown Rats) is based on a true story of a schoolgirl in America who went on a killing spree in 1979. (click for more)

It is alleged (but it is not true) that the ghost of a dead boy appears in the film Three Men And A Baby. (click for more)

It is rumoured that a munchkin actor killed himself on the set of the 1939 version of movie The Wizard Of Oz. (click for more)

A photo of a topless woman appears in the Disney animation, The Rescuers. (click for more)

Interesting site!

Re: snopes.com - Urban Legends

Posted: Tue 13 Jul, 2004 19.53
by Chris
Neil Jones wrote:A photo of a topless woman appears in the Disney animation, The Rescuers. (click for more)

Interesting site!
A topless woman?

All I see is a cringing green face with tongue sticking out.

Posted: Tue 13 Jul, 2004 20.00
by Neil Jones
Um...?

Posted: Tue 13 Jul, 2004 20.26
by Chris
Neil Jones wrote:Um...?
This ...

Image

Posted: Tue 13 Jul, 2004 20.52
by Gavin Scott
Image

EDIT: Sorry the image wouldn't remote link, yet I could see it because it was in my webcashe.

Uploaded to TomServo's space - ta.

Posted: Tue 13 Jul, 2004 21.38
by James Martin

Posted: Tue 13 Jul, 2004 23.48
by Neil Jones
I don't see this green face and sticky-out tongue, or am I just missing something?

Posted: Tue 13 Jul, 2004 23.51
by Neil Jones
Ah hah, got it licked now.

Remote loading limitation it would appear.

Re: snopes.com - Urban Legends

Posted: Wed 14 Jul, 2004 00.02
by Larry Scutta
Neil Jones wrote:For example: The 1980's song, Tell Me Why I Don't Like Mondays (by The Boomtown Rats) is based on a true story of a schoolgirl in America who went on a killing spree in 1979.

Yes and a radio station somewhere played it on the morning of the Dunblane shootings not realising the back-story of the song

Posted: Wed 14 Jul, 2004 08.48
by Jenny
Snopes rocks. I post on their messageboards from time to time too.