About Urban LegendsUrban LegendsPraising McCain- June 16, 2008 You won't find John McCain following Barack Obama's example in setting up a "Fight the Smears" website any time soon, and that's for one simple reason: while there are dozens...http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/06/16/praising-mccain.htm Photo Quiz: Spot the Fakes!- June 15, 2008 Image 1: This picture was taken near the South African coast during a military exercise by the British Navy. Choose one: Real or Fake...http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/06/15/can-you-tell-the-real-from-the-fake.htm Friday the 13th- June 13, 2008 The sixth day of the week and the number 13 both have foreboding reputations said to date from ancient times, so their inevitable conjunction from one to three times a...http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/06/13/fear-of-friday-the-13th.htm Obama Unveils 'Fight the Smears' Website- June 12, 2008 Several weeks ago I made the disheartening observation that Internet rumor-mongering has become, for lack of a better term, "integral" to the political process over the past few election cycles. It...http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/06/12/obama-unveils-fight-the-smears-website.htm Update: Marines, Puppy Throwing Video- June 12, 2008 The Marine Corps Public Affairs Office in Hawaii released a statement on June 11 announcing that the two Marines responsible for the viral video showing one of them tossing a...http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/06/12/update-on-marines-puppy-throwing-video.htm 'Crap Cannon' Debunked- June 11, 2008 Wired.com's Danger Room blog reports there are rumors circulating among political activists that Denver police may be planning to deploy a crowd control weapon called "Brown Note" against demonstrators at...http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/06/11/crap-cannon-debunked.htm Cell Phone Popcorn- June 10, 2008 Question of the hour: can you pop popcorn with cell phones A YouTube video closing in on 1 million views this week purports to show a group of people doing...http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/06/10/cell-phone-popcorn.htm Derrie-Air My Derriere!- June 9, 2008 Weird News guru Buck Wolf informs me that The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News ran several ads last Friday for a fledgling airline called Derrie-Air, described on its website...http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/06/09/derrie-air-my-derriere.htm Taking (Re)Stock of Best Buy's Return Policy- June 7, 2008 From the Consumer Complaints department: circulating via email, a first-person narrative recounting one customer's Kafkaesque experience returning a GPS unit to Best Buy and attempting to obtain a cash refund....http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/06/07/taking-restock-of-best-buys-return-policy.htm The Urban Legends Slide Show- June 6, 2008 A gallery of odd and arresting viral images -- some real, some fake, some persistently enigmatic -- as circulated on the Internets. Start here......http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/06/06/the-urban-legends-slideshow.htm |