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Urban legends, ala Jan Harold Brunvand.
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Teaching "Help" 6-10-81
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This Teaching asks, "What does it take for you to answer a call for help?" TEACHING DELIVERED THROUGH FRANCES M. KLUG ON JUNE 10,1981 "HELP" "Sometimes this word is said silently, and sometimes it is said in a shout. Many times it is just obvious to the eye, and this is where charity should come about.... more »
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Are you on this much shorter list?
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The book project continues apace. I've pared the list of people from whom I need permission down to about 350. This list contains the remaining names. So far, only 8 people have said no. If your name is on this list, I would like to quote something you have written in my book. Please, contact me - either at mike [dot] muth... more »
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Michael Chiklis' hair
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My husband told me last night that Michael Chiklis (star of _The Shield_, a USAn tv show) shaves his head because he had some kind of hair dye incident that fried his hair and made it not grow back right. This reminded me of the "shaving your legs makes it grow back thicker" idea. I didn't see anything with a cursory Google. Anyone familiar with this... more »
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Legends & Rumors (September)
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Some of the items posted to "Legends & Rumors" <[link]> in September: Worms grow in vaginas (Africa) Mayor wonders if Barack Obama is the Antichrist Gang initiation: rape and stabbings (Regina, Saskatchewan) Gang initiation: gas station assault (Pontiac, Michigan) Gang initiation: mall shootings (Macon, Georgia)... more »
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UK trivia test, OT
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Perhaps someone here could help me find my way to a bit of cultural arcana I've lost track of. There is a school in the UK that gives its students a famously fiendish trivia test each year, in the form of a take-home test over Christmas break. It has groups of four or five questions, with each group connected by some common, unstated theme which has to be deduced... more »
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We won the lottery! -- New twist
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Does this sound familiar? We won the lottery, 815 grand in Euros, respond immediately, fill out form with bank info, etc. etc. There's typos, bad grammar, wrong fonts, barcodes and all. Most unusual is that this is a letter, not an email: an actual piece of paper delivered in an envelope from Spain, with an actual lick-it stamp with... more »
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lauren fickett is guilty of
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lauren fickett 925-933-6979 is guilty of 5884 w tucson estates pkwy tucson, az 520-883-7486 this is where he lives now with his big mouth wife Marilyn 902 Dartmouth Way Concord, CA they moved on this st. because the st. name is the same as his wifes name big mouth superintendent of the mt. diablo unified school district... more »
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