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Just for fun - which of the below are true and which of them are purely urban myths....:-) Run through them before you use google though.


You use only 10% of the capacity of your brain.

Bumble bees should not be able to fly

You get stomach cramps if you swim after eating a meal

You need to drink 8 – 10 glasses of water a day to remain healthy and hydrated

Bromide is put into the food in military camps

Mr Ed was a horse

The SOS distress call means ‘Save Our Souls’

An email entitled ‘An Internet Flower For You’ is a deadly virus

The moon landings were faked

Gang initiates are sneaking into cars at garage forecourts and kidnapping the female drivers

I'm too lazy to google - i don't think any of them are strictly true (though i don't actually know what bromide is so maybe it does go into food in military camps)

Ah, heck. Gonna have to google!!!

xx

Mr Ed was a zebra??????????

xx

1. false. 2. true. 3. false. 4. false. 5. false. 6. can't remember if he was the horse or the man. 7.true. 8. don't know. 9. who knows. 10. hope not true.

Ooh, i've just learned what bromide is and what, it is claimed, that it does. *giggle*
Apparently, not true though.

xx

Yep, Mr Ed wasn't a horse - he was a zebra

It is true you know-

They used to give us that stuff when I was in the army to stop us thinking about sex all the time!


And you know what?

Its finally starting to work!

xxxx mick

I reckon only No:s 1, 4 and 6 are true, although they did used to put bromide in the tea when OH was doing his National Service - horrible smell, but I reckon that would infringe peoples' human rights these days

Ann X

Hi all,
Too early for me lol
Rec 1,2,3 tue,then 'sulk' coz my dreams are shattered re Mr Ed,,,'sobs'

No, the bromide one is an urban myth :-)

well according to my OH they put it in his tea when he was doing National Service back in the late fifties

I remember believing it as well!

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/ate/sexandrelationships/sexualarousal/200160.html

Right, I'm away out for the rest of the day.

They are ALL untrue - urban myths each and every one!

Check them out on Snopes - as well as google. Hours of meticulous research went into this informative and fun thread.

Honest.

Well Eldrick not too sure of all the answers but

1
2 Myth
3
4
5 Myth (so my OH,ex.soldier, tells me lol )
6 True
7 Myth ..._ _ _ ... from an 'old' Girl Guide ;O)
8
9 Myth
10

you're telling me after all these years that Mr.Ed wasn't a Horse? blimey lol

Just googled and wiki. says it was a Palomino

another myth of sorts is

"Don't cast a clout until may is out"

Actually it means THE may, as in may flower, not the month!! Not a lot of people know that!!

Ann XX

Moon landings were faked.....

Just to stick two 'lunar' fingers up to the Russians!

Just MO of course.

Sue x

Erm....

men use 10% of their brain..women 25%..
Bumble bees are good at parachuting..giving impresssion of flying..
Cramps..whilst swimming occur if you gobble up frogs..

If 8-10 glasses of water constitutes to 2 litres..true..kind of..but it can be any fluid...beer included..We also consume our water through eating..
Bromide...and Ed(will google!)
SOS..sounds good to me..
internet flower..as an internet virus..well they come in all disguises..so possible.

moon landings at being fake..? It would be the best kept conspiracy ever!..that one open to discussion..

The last one can only happen in America..we are far too polite for that over here! ; )

Can't agree with you Eldrick on all being untrue...

well I believe the moon landings happened - when I was in Washington I went to the Smithsonian Institute and they had a piece of the moon you could touch!!! but then I'm a sucker, a salesman's dream me!!

Yes John..I agree...
Eldrick makes things up the top of his head!..lol