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# Can anyone recommend me
some particularly good 'urban legend' sites for debunking internet hoaxes? I just got the 'progesterex' email again from a v. scared female friend.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Mon 10 Jun 2002, 12:56, archived)
# qwerty
www.snopes2.com ?
(qwerty, Mon 10 Jun 2002, 12:57, archived)
# snap
.
(Wallz, Mon 10 Jun 2002, 12:58, archived)
# que?
? ? ?
(or am i being thick?)
(I helped save b3ta! pickledpizza Older, nicer, fluffier., Mon 10 Jun 2002, 12:57, archived)
# it's a really nasty email I've had a couple of times now,
basically it describes a nasty gang rape then goes on to say that the rapists used "progesterex" to render the victim sterilised for life so that they couldn't be identified in a paternity case later.
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice...
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Mon 10 Jun 2002, 13:03, archived)
# And utter utter
bullshit, in case anyone is wondering.
(tomsk, Mon 10 Jun 2002, 13:05, archived)
# bugger
I've just ordered a boxful.
(I helped save b3ta! pickledpizza Older, nicer, fluffier., Mon 10 Jun 2002, 13:08, archived)
# oops, sorry,
should've mentioned that bit, shouldn't I...
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Mon 10 Jun 2002, 13:21, archived)
# Progesterix
you say? Does it work? Can I have some?
(I helped save b3ta! Wifey, Mon 10 Jun 2002, 13:12, archived)
# Remember, kids,
Progesterex is a made-up drug.
(tomsk, Mon 10 Jun 2002, 13:15, archived)
# Ah
bollocks.
(I helped save b3ta! Wifey, Mon 10 Jun 2002, 13:17, archived)
# Progesterex?
Was that the Druid one of the fishmonger?
(I helped save b3ta! grinfish redux I can remember when all this were eels, Mon 10 Jun 2002, 13:26, archived)
# This is good
Tells is true or not and then tells you why

http://www.snopes2.com/
(Wallz, Mon 10 Jun 2002, 12:57, archived)
# here's one:-
http://www.snopes.com
(I helped save b3ta! Watty, Mon 10 Jun 2002, 12:57, archived)
# This is the best one I know of
http://www.snopes2.com/
(I helped save b3ta! adverse_camber, Mon 10 Jun 2002, 12:59, archived)
# snopes2! I've got it!
...thank you all very much!!
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Mon 10 Jun 2002, 12:59, archived)
# say it once again
just to make sure.
(I helped save b3ta! Craymen, Mon 10 Jun 2002, 13:04, archived)