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I like the tyre thing. Actually my brother had a tyre fall off while driving. He'd just had the care fixed and the guys at the garage had forgoton to tyten the nuts.
Cujo
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I Have A Novel Idea
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If someone was to spread the tyre thing, it would be more effective to give it a slang name, like "furtling" or something, and hint that it's a new teen craze to go out into the neighbourhod late at night with a tyre iron.
Months later we hear news reports about an outbreak of furtling in your area and to check your tyres before every trip....
Months later we hear news reports about an outbreak of furtling in your area and to check your tyres before every trip....
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Furtling? LOL You're a genius. I can just see a local new bullitin about a gang of local furtlers.
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I love the furtling idea. Have an idea for the slogan.....
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I'd be wary of wheel furtling in case of life imitating art scenarios.
My mate was walking back from the boozer one night with his walkman set to 11 when a car with 3/4 of it's wheel allocation passed him in a shower of sparks. He thought this was really funny until the missing wheel bounced off the wall about 4 inches in front of his head.
My mate was walking back from the boozer one night with his walkman set to 11 when a car with 3/4 of it's wheel allocation passed him in a shower of sparks. He thought this was really funny until the missing wheel bounced off the wall about 4 inches in front of his head.
I think I have it! I think I have the UL we have been looking for! Only I have to say that it comes from something my non-fortean best mate said to me. It has a mix of being something of the moment and is plosible yet not too normal.
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furtling
No, I don't think you want to be calling it 'furtling'
http://www.opengroup.com/lxbooks/089/0894806246.shtml
No, I don't think you want to be calling it 'furtling'
http://www.opengroup.com/lxbooks/089/0894806246.shtml
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Dark Detective said:
Well yes, I would have though a list of residential properties without a TV license would do the trick. For everyone who tells you that the vans (or at least their alleged techological capabilities) are just a fiction created to intimidate evil non-payers there is someone else whose mate's brother in law worked for the TV Liscensing Authority and claims it's all true. I've also read somewhere that the equipment cant detect the radiation from your TV reciever's CRT as the electron beams whizz back and forth and actually reconstruct the broadcast you're watching. Sounds like nonsense to me.
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lucydru said:
Sound good. What is it??
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i like the idea could go with it as not alot of people know the real truth a few do but not enough to ruin it
casio
do we have the two then?
casio
do we have the two then?
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Please don't encourage an idea that could have dangerous consequences.
It should, at the very least, be ultimately harmless if not positive. Even if you just want to highlight people's ignorance and credulity with something that is just plain silly.
I still think that the CCTV related idea is the best one I've heard.
-Justin.
It should, at the very least, be ultimately harmless if not positive. Even if you just want to highlight people's ignorance and credulity with something that is just plain silly.
I still think that the CCTV related idea is the best one I've heard.
-Justin.
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A US clinic has begun to offer a unique method of screening for gastro-intestinal disorders.
Dr. Philip J. Alderson, of Alderson Medical Center, Berkeley, Ca. has developed a technique known as “gastro-chromatography”. The unique feature, however, is that the technique analyses the subject’s flatus, or ‘wind’ to you and I.
“It’s a very simple technique,” Dr. Alderson explained. “The gases expelled quite naturally by everyone every day contain a unique mixture of organic compounds, enzyme by-products and other chemical signatures. By analyzing the relative proportions of these signatures we’ve found a distinct correlation to certain types of gastro-intestinal disorder.”
Upon collecting the required sample, the gases are dissolved into an organic solvent before being analyzed in a standard GC Mass Spectrometer and compared by computer software to Dr. Alderson’s extensive database, developed over the last eighteen months of research.
“It’s quick, easy to do, accurate and a very cheap means of making a fast diagnosis,” Dr. Alderson continued. “Subjects can collect the sample prior to an appointment however they please, whether at home, in the bath or wherever. We can run the test, analyze the results and deliver a diagnosis in a matter of a couple of minutes.”
Whether Dr. Alderson’s method will catch on remains to be seen. And, perhaps, heard.
Berkeley Ca.
October 2nd, 2001
Dr. Philip J. Alderson, of Alderson Medical Center, Berkeley, Ca. has developed a technique known as “gastro-chromatography”. The unique feature, however, is that the technique analyses the subject’s flatus, or ‘wind’ to you and I.
“It’s a very simple technique,” Dr. Alderson explained. “The gases expelled quite naturally by everyone every day contain a unique mixture of organic compounds, enzyme by-products and other chemical signatures. By analyzing the relative proportions of these signatures we’ve found a distinct correlation to certain types of gastro-intestinal disorder.”
Upon collecting the required sample, the gases are dissolved into an organic solvent before being analyzed in a standard GC Mass Spectrometer and compared by computer software to Dr. Alderson’s extensive database, developed over the last eighteen months of research.
“It’s quick, easy to do, accurate and a very cheap means of making a fast diagnosis,” Dr. Alderson continued. “Subjects can collect the sample prior to an appointment however they please, whether at home, in the bath or wherever. We can run the test, analyze the results and deliver a diagnosis in a matter of a couple of minutes.”
Whether Dr. Alderson’s method will catch on remains to be seen. And, perhaps, heard.
Berkeley Ca.
October 2nd, 2001
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is that real or your idea for a ul cos i read somthing in focus about somthing like that a couple of months ago
cas,
cas,
None of the idea's I have come up with have made it to the list. Oh well, I can't be good at everything (not like I am though, I am bad at lots of different things). Might try to think up some more idea's though for it today.
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I was always tempted by idea of creating new urban legends but could never come up with anything which wasn't already in circulation.
However there was a time when me and (now ex) wife were looking at fridges in a big electrical store. She always wanted one of those huge american style SMEG fridges.
Anyway, there were a number of other couples nearby and so I thought it a good idea to speak just loud enough for others to overhear and mention to partner that a friend of a friend had ordered one of those fridges and was told by the shop that he could have an ex-display model quite a bit cheaper. When it arrived and was unpacked he opened it to find the mummified body of a small child inside...
I don't know if any of those in the shop would have bothered to repeat it as a true story. And it's not particularly original- I make no claim to have originated it myself- I might have heard it elsewhere or made it up on the spot, I just don't know...
However there was a time when me and (now ex) wife were looking at fridges in a big electrical store. She always wanted one of those huge american style SMEG fridges.
Anyway, there were a number of other couples nearby and so I thought it a good idea to speak just loud enough for others to overhear and mention to partner that a friend of a friend had ordered one of those fridges and was told by the shop that he could have an ex-display model quite a bit cheaper. When it arrived and was unpacked he opened it to find the mummified body of a small child inside...
I don't know if any of those in the shop would have bothered to repeat it as a true story. And it's not particularly original- I make no claim to have originated it myself- I might have heard it elsewhere or made it up on the spot, I just don't know...
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My example above is garbage, something put together in about five minutes. It seems ULs travel in two ways, by gullibility or by being entertaining. Thought I'd shoot for the latter. Since Casio isn't sure whether it matches a real story he's seen, then I guess reality can be stranger than fiction.
I wonder if seeding ULs is more difficult than people think. The traditional way these days is the "forward this to all your friends" Emails, but people are wising up to the irritations of spam so maybe this method is in terminal decline. Word of mouth of course would be far far more difficult.
I wonder if seeding ULs is more difficult than people think. The traditional way these days is the "forward this to all your friends" Emails, but people are wising up to the irritations of spam so maybe this method is in terminal decline. Word of mouth of course would be far far more difficult.
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i ignor all spam anyway its 1 of 3 things the first adverts the second porn and the third virus's and i dont want any well not right now any way
cas
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Any ideas you're not posting PM me.
My friends and I would definitely be able to get some circulations going. We love playing with peoples heads. (usually just on a small scale, like the other week we convinced half my grade that they saw/talked to me at some party when i was out of town at the time)
My friend also has some interesting stories about our teachers. Such as the small languages teacher *throwing* a student over a desk when he was mucking up too much years ago (stuff to make people look at the teacher and wonder 'is she really that strong?')
My friends and I would definitely be able to get some circulations going. We love playing with peoples heads.
(usually just on a small scale, like the other week we convinced half my grade that they saw/talked to me at some party when i was out of town at the time)My friend also has some interesting stories about our teachers. Such as the small languages teacher *throwing* a student over a desk when he was mucking up too much years ago (stuff to make people look at the teacher and wonder 'is she really that strong?')
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So what happened here? Did all this creative energy just peter out? Or is there some strange news in the media courtesy of this message board?
Alright guys- i really like urban legends. I think they are (if you read R. Dawkins) like some kind of Memetic virus. You get "infected" and spread it around with some of the "offspring" being mutated which leads to a better story and better infection levels. Anyone like this idea and want to tell Dawkins aboot it?
Anyway the urban legend i was thinking about spreading- in the warning/information style- involves a piece of infomation given to me by my girlfriend about a friend of hers who worked as a pizza delivery person. She said that the average life expectancy of a delivere after joining is about six months. I dont know if she meant till death or till they leave but this is the end result. Maybe it will get people to eat healthier, thus making the world a better place.
"Ever wondered about the high price of delivery pizza?((£15 in britain) well this is the secret they didn't want you to know. the average pizza costs a quarter of what you pay for it. one quarter goes to the company but the remaining half goes to the insurance companies. What is that for you ask- well. Pizza delivery boys are trained to deliver as fast as possible or else. this company endorsed dangerous driving causes fatal and near-fatal accidents all the time. The current life-expectancy is about 6 months. You pay the insurance companies through the pizza so that when accidents happen the company is covered for any lawsuits brought by the victims family. No compensation has been paid in the UK for the last 4 years to anyone involved in a pizza delivery accident. amkes you think
Maybe i'll cook for myself tonight"
What does everyone think? I dont want to attach it to a specific company as that would be dangerous and unfair. Any suggestions welcome.
Anyway the urban legend i was thinking about spreading- in the warning/information style- involves a piece of infomation given to me by my girlfriend about a friend of hers who worked as a pizza delivery person. She said that the average life expectancy of a delivere after joining is about six months. I dont know if she meant till death or till they leave but this is the end result. Maybe it will get people to eat healthier, thus making the world a better place.
"Ever wondered about the high price of delivery pizza?((£15 in britain) well this is the secret they didn't want you to know. the average pizza costs a quarter of what you pay for it. one quarter goes to the company but the remaining half goes to the insurance companies. What is that for you ask- well. Pizza delivery boys are trained to deliver as fast as possible or else. this company endorsed dangerous driving causes fatal and near-fatal accidents all the time. The current life-expectancy is about 6 months. You pay the insurance companies through the pizza so that when accidents happen the company is covered for any lawsuits brought by the victims family. No compensation has been paid in the UK for the last 4 years to anyone involved in a pizza delivery accident. amkes you think
Maybe i'll cook for myself tonight"
What does everyone think? I dont want to attach it to a specific company as that would be dangerous and unfair. Any suggestions welcome.
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This would be a good UL, believable and possible. However, it would be immediately connected to each of the big chains. Remember the Sit! in the elevator story, connected to 10 different famous black men. There's an old joke or UL about a violinist I've seen printed about 5 different violinists.
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'Remember the Sit! in the elevator story, connected to 10 different famous black men. '
Jeez, I didn't even realise that one was an UL!
I heard of it happening to my friends aunt about 20 years ago and involving Lionel Ritchie.
jus' goes to show...
Jeez, I didn't even realise that one was an UL!
I heard of it happening to my friends aunt about 20 years ago and involving Lionel Ritchie.
jus' goes to show...
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Re: The gastric chromatography. If anyone can get a proper reference on this - but I will tell you what I know! It was on a feature on EuroTrash, a guy who inserted a balloon into his arse and collected the gases, and was analysing them (and indeed sniffing them). I can't remember why. I believe it was to tell what people were eating, and may have been linked to detecting some illnesses. But not quite as exciting as nmring them!
I suggest if you want something that will spread fast then it should involve either the Taliban or Anthrax. It's not difficult to suggest that the Taliban might be putting Anthrax in all manner of innocent things - children's sweets or cosmetics spring to mind. Already there are people in the UK sending talcum powder and other white powders to people through the post as Anthrax hoaxes (which BTW I wouldn't recommend anyone doing).
You need a nasty thing and an innocent vehicle.
Lead in kid's toys has been done...
A good thing to latch onto would be the dangers of ascorbic acid, a dodgy E number, acidic, can dissolve teeth, etc.etc.. Whilst it is in fact Vitamin C, quite harmless.
I suggest if you want something that will spread fast then it should involve either the Taliban or Anthrax. It's not difficult to suggest that the Taliban might be putting Anthrax in all manner of innocent things - children's sweets or cosmetics spring to mind. Already there are people in the UK sending talcum powder and other white powders to people through the post as Anthrax hoaxes (which BTW I wouldn't recommend anyone doing).
You need a nasty thing and an innocent vehicle.
Lead in kid's toys has been done...
A good thing to latch onto would be the dangers of ascorbic acid, a dodgy E number, acidic, can dissolve teeth, etc.etc.. Whilst it is in fact Vitamin C, quite harmless.
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UL ideas
What about 'booby-trapped' sim cards on 'fake' pre-pay phones which have been sent in to the public domain by mistake or to the wrong country etc...? They have been tampered with by terrorists/disgruntled ex-staff member (or such) and are look-e-likey models made out in the middle east (o.n.o). On Dialling the...
1:registeration line/credit/balance
2:emergency services
3:Random number (666 etc..)
The sim card gives off a small explosion/charge/sound wave/10 inch spike etc... which reacts, somehow, with the battrey etc..
and in some way harms the phone user by wayof..deafening/ear loss/brain damage/burns/memory loss
or brain washes the user into doing something really bad......
Just a thought mind you
:eek!!!!:
What about 'booby-trapped' sim cards on 'fake' pre-pay phones which have been sent in to the public domain by mistake or to the wrong country etc...? They have been tampered with by terrorists/disgruntled ex-staff member (or such) and are look-e-likey models made out in the middle east (o.n.o). On Dialling the... 1:registeration line/credit/balance
2:emergency services
3:Random number (666 etc..)
The sim card gives off a small explosion/charge/sound wave/10 inch spike etc... which reacts, somehow, with the battrey etc..
and in some way harms the phone user by wayof..deafening/ear loss/brain damage/burns/memory loss
or brain washes the user into doing something really bad......
Just a thought mind you
:eek!!!!:
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this is getting a bit like 'foucault's pendulum' - we'll all take ages thinking up the best ul of them all, tying together every strand of forteana into one massive madeup self-referential knot and then start dying off one by one as someone somewhere thinks we know too much, haha...