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Urban Legends That Foretell Nuclear War

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Here's one I remember from when I was young.... very short and sweet ..

If you see five cars all of the same make and colour going along the road one after the other it mean's there's going to be a nucleur war ... I'm not sure what the basis of this UL is - I remember very closely questioning the school friend who told me and all she could say was 'Well, it's just what everyone says isn't it ?? '

Her father did work at the local military base though so I was inclined to take it very seriously - perhaps as a piece of unleashed, vital classified information ??!!

So, two weeks later when I was walking home from school past the military base, and saw five red Ford Seirras (this was the mid-80's) parked side by side inside the perimeter fence I was convinced we were on the brink of nucleur war and fieghned sickness so I could stay home from school the next day !

I'd love to know what the basis for this UL is ?
Haarp
 
What was the relvence of you staying home from school?

Do you have a nuclear bunker?
 
Yeah Red Dalek !! Point taken, it does seem rather silly !! But in my 13 year old reasoning I wanted to spend my last day on earth at home with my parents and cat rather than be blasted into oblivion while learning about irregular french verbs or some other such insignificance at school !

Haarp
 
Company cars. Get delivered at once. Often same colour and make. Get parked close to each other. Sometimes several people of the same companie can all leave the said car park simultaneously. This often happens at 5PM - 6PM everyday.

Black limosines, or jeeps, with no number plates, however...
 
Black limosines, or jeeps, with no number plates, however...


oh my god, is that a bad thing now you've got me worried!!!!!:eek!!!!:
 
When I was a sprog, there was a saying about seeing ambulances....something like, never swallow touch your collar, never catch a fever, nor for you nor for me nor for all the family.
anyone else heard of that one?
 
I heard that just a week or so ago by my mum! She mentioed it after I said that I hope she wasn't stepping on the cracks in the pavement (sidewalk for all you american people). She replied one thing (which was a different ending to what I knew) then she mentioned the never swallow touch your collar one.

luce
 
I had a friend who's dad worked in the Navy bunker in Norwood (sends out the firing signals to Trident Submarines), and he claimed that if anyone on the BBC world service used the phrase 'and we are expecting important news from the Christmas Island' it meant the Government was sending a coded message to intelligence staff worldwide, that the UK had moved to Defcon 2 and a nuclear attack was expected/imminent.
 
If Big Ben Strikes 13 times it means the government has agreed to pay a ransom to a Criminal Mastermind.
 
JackSkellington~ said:
Company cars. Get delivered at once. Often same colour and make. Get parked close to each other. Sometimes several people of the same companie can all leave the said car park simultaneously. This often happens at 5PM - 6PM everyday.

Black limosines, or jeeps, with no number plates, however...
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Can't. Talk in full. sentences. Or write. In them either.
 
furby2006 said:
Can't. Talk in full. sentences. Or write. In them either.
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Leave the man alone, he's either channelling Hemmingway or sending a coded message.
 
Ah, search on some of Jack's posts: the man knows his stuff, Fort wise.

Don't be too hasty to judge :).

Back OT - that's a new one on me. But. living pretty close to a port that imports lots of cars, you often see lots of identikit buggers in a little gaggle.
 
Here's a real one -

If you're in a shopping mall and hear an announcement asking for 'Mr Snow', there is about to be a fire drill.

I'm sure anyone who works in shops knows that already!

I was delighted to hear the announcement and see the fire drill the same week as I learned about it. :D
 
Mr. Sands is the same thing, in the London area.

I have also heard something about hearing from Christmas Island but the old brain isn't playing the game today.
 
On a few occasions, I've seen processions of cars of the same make and model, and assumed them to be car dealers making a delivery when they had no transporter available.
On one occasion, I saw about 10 or 11 Porsche 911 cars driving to Cambridge (all in one long line), and I thought it was either a football team on a day out, or a Porsche owner's club meeting.
 
Sorry about that one Jack - I've seen your other posts and you are pretty good. And if you want to channel Swamp Thing, go for it.


stuneville said:
Ah, search on some of Jack's posts: the man knows his stuff, Fort wise.

Don't be too hasty to judge :).

Back OT - that's a new one on me. But. living pretty close to a port that imports lots of cars, you often see lots of identikit buggers in a little gaggle.
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Doctor_Occupant, is your avatar Kevin Spacey or Bob Mortimer? I can never tell them apart ;)
 
Dingo667 said:
Doctor_Occupant, is your avatar Kevin Spacey or Bob Mortimer? I can never tell them apart ;)
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His avatar is Higgins from Magnum PI, played by the wonderful John Hillerman.
 
Noooooooooo, not a third one, I have enough problems with KS and BM!!!!

:laughing:
 
Mike_Pratt33 said:
If Big Ben Strikes 13 times it means the government has agreed to pay a ransom to a Criminal Mastermind.
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Mightn't it merely be time to get the clock fixed?
 
Anonymous said:
Here's one I remember from when I was young.... very short and sweet ..

If you see five cars all of the same make and colour going along the road one after the other it mean's there's going to be a nucleur war ... I'm not sure what the basis of this UL is - I remember very closely questioning the school friend who told me and all she could say was 'Well, it's just what everyone says isn't it ?? ' ...

I'd love to know what the basis for this UL is ?
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I can think of a possible basis for this UL - a scenario that I've personally witnessed (October 1988; on a US Interstate highway).

However, it's not five identical cars - it's four identical vehicles escorting a larger vehicle (allegedly always a semi-truck / tractor-trailer rig).

At least as early as the 1970's (when I first read descriptive accounts) the transport of nuclear weapons and weapon subcomponents was supposedly always conducted in a prescribed manner:

- The actual transport vehicle (the semi) would be the third / central member in a convoy of five.
- A quartet of identical security vehicles would flank the transport - 2 out front of it, 2 following it.
- Each of the 5 vehicles would be maintaining a distance of 1 mile between itself and its preceding / following companions.
- Each of the 4 escort vehicles would contain security personnel in non-military garb.
- All 5 vehicles would carry the (then-) distinctive long whip antennas attached via seemingly over-engineered triangular mounts peculiar to government / military satellite communications gear.
- None of the 4 escort vehicles would exhibit any markings or labels noting their affiliation except for their license tags.
- The transport vehicle would either exhibit no markings (logos, etc.) or be camouflaged as the property of some commercial enterprise (freight company, retail chain, etc.).

During the depths of the Cold War, there was a casual / underground mania for information and tales about nuclear weapons and how they were handled.

My guess is that the 'five-identical-cars' tale represented a mutation of the weapons transport protocol that shifted its purported context from mere transportation to preparation for imminent use.
 
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Given that:

a) South Korea is located next door to, well, North Korea,

b) Around 60% of the cars on the road are white,

That's bonkers but true, see here:
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170319000054

In fact, 90% are either white, silver or black, see here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303544604576429782033666682​

c) Vast quantities driven are recent models of Renault-Samsung, Hyundais and BMWs,

The chance of anybody seeing five of the same type and colour in a row at any point since the advent of nuclear weapons can only be high. I for one have walked into a car-park at 50%+ full and seen only white cars! It's not that much of a step to fullfillng your urban legend.

Boom?
 
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Yithian said:
Given that:

a) South Korea is located next door to, well, North Korea,

b) Around 60% of the cars on the road are white,

That's bonkers but true, see here:
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170319000054

In fact, 90% are either white, silver or black, see here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303544604576429782033666682​

c) Vast quantities driven are recent models of Renault-Samsung, Hyundais and BMWs,

The chance of anybody seeing five of the same type and colour in a row at any point since the advent of nuclear weapons can only be high. I for one have walked into a car-park at 50%+ full and seen only white cars! It's not that much of a step to fullfillng your urban legend.

Boom?
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Interesting! I think some of the theories by the 'experts' on that page seem pretty spurious though. Actually, looking it up, the trend seems to be worldwide, though doubtless more pronounced in SK.

EDIT: not as clear cut as it looks: different sources give wildly different estimates for the percentage of different colour cars in say, the UK
 
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