Urban LegendsI'm ashamed to admit it, but I fell for the "Bob Holness played the saxophone on Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street" story some years back. It just seemed so right. I still want it to be true.
What have you fallen for, or even better, what legends have you started?
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chthonic, Thu 5 Jan 2006, 16:02)
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The Encyclopedia of Urban Legends by Jan Harold Brunvandis possibly the best collection of these stories ever. When reading it I was surprised at how many Urban Legends I had heard of, but more by the number that I believed up until I read the book! I felt such an idiot....
The author has tried to track down the origins of the legends, so if you want to be showoff you can read the book and next time someone starts telling one you can butt in and say "actually that story first appeared in the New York Times on 1st April 1956..."
Oh, and niceandwarmandhot, I used to know the rubbish guy, or someone who did the same thing. A short chap called Fritz with scraggy red hair and beard, a nose ring and a penchant for getting his nob out at the slightest provocation. Used to be in the 'Naked Parade' on TFI Friday & appeared various TV dramas as a background character.
All off topic, but I don't care cos I started playing while reading this thread and I've lost 4 times already. 5. Shit.
(, Sat 7 Jan 2006, 0:03, Reply)
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