And any that you believed to be true at some time.

One of my favorites (and I really upset Tutsi with this one) is that on average, everyone swallows twelve spiders a year while they are asleep.

Diamonds will dissolve in a glass of coke, overnight.

In fit of pique, I collected the "Fat Controller's" jewels.....but couldn't find a glass big enough.

I'll leave it up to the Bravehearts to disprove it.

Regards.

And any that you believed to be true at some time.

One of my favorites (and I really upset Tutsi with this one) is that on average, everyone swallows twelve spiders a year while they are asleep.

From this article..........

http://www.brownreclusespider.org/eating-s...asleep-myth.htm

Brenda : (laughing widely) Yes, but that is the point. A thing as such, entering your mouth, is automatically expelled by an unconciouss defense mechanism. You would probably shut your mouth, or turn the head away, or move away, or use your hand to push that thing away, or even wake up in the very instant. But, chew it? Swallow it? Not a chance.

Interviewer : I see.

Brenda : And I tell you this: spiders are not stupid. Ok, they are not clever, but they are clever enough to avoid a humid hole which is breathing. They do not enter the mouths of animals in the wilderness, neither do they enter the mouths of the human. They are trying to get their food, they tend to go to the light at night, where insects gather, not to dark wet breathing places such as a mouth.

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Personally, I have woken spluttering because of oral invasion, spider.... woteva, neva found nuffin, but......

Dunno about involuntary swallowing anything, doubt it very much.

Urban myths? The obvious one that springs to mind is the one about the number of blocks that went into the building of The Pyramids at Giza is the same as the number of Freemasons in the world added to the number of trees on the Grassy Knoll. But hey, we all know that one, right?

And any that you believed to be true at some time.

One of my favorites (and I really upset Tutsi with this one) is that on average, everyone swallows twelve spiders a year while they are asleep.

in my traditional thai household the bed is usually packed with as many bodies as can fit comfortably (wife, nieces, step daughter and offspring, etc.) so when I'm at home the creepy little buggers haveta crawl over them first to get to me...

out here in the saudi desert I sleep alone...never seen no spiders...

The story that says humans use only 10% of their brainpower.

Fact is that some posters on TV obviously use less than that.......

Yes include me if you wish, ha ha ha!

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*totster includes AlexLah*

totster

is that an urban myth then?

The story that says humans use only 10% of their brainpower.

Fact is that some posters on TV obviously use less than that.......

Yes include me if you wish, ha ha ha!

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Urban Myth:

Alex watches "Crime TV" before coming up with "Witness to Drive By Shooting" and "Hacking up Sounds from the neighbor's flat" topics.

Not sure if an urban myth or not, but i had a friend at schooI who wouId reguIarIy drink miIk at a weird angIe (Ieaning over to one side). When I asked her what she was doing, she confided that she was worried that one boob was deveIoping more than the other. She said that if she drinks miIk that way, it wouId baIance out the side she was worried about.

(No it wasnt me OK)

I've been assured by several people that eating cucumber after chili neutralises the bite of the chili. (Doesn't work for me...)

Gordon Brown was;

A. Elected as the UK's Prime Minister,

and

B. Is really alive and not a cardboard cut-out pulled to meetings on casters.

Not sure if an urban myth or not, but i had a friend at schooI who wouId reguIarIy drink miIk at a weird angIe (Ieaning over to one side). When I asked her what she was doing, she confided that she was worried that one boob was deveIoping more than the other. She said that if she drinks miIk that way, it wouId baIance out the side she was worried about.

(No it wasnt me OK)

What was her hair colour ?.................Let me guess.......

Not sure if an urban myth or not, but i had a friend at schooI who wouId reguIarIy drink miIk at a weird angIe (Ieaning over to one side). When I asked her what she was doing, she confided that she was worried that one boob was deveIoping more than the other. She said that if she drinks miIk that way, it wouId baIance out the side she was worried about.

(No it wasnt me OK)

What was her hair colour ?.................Let me guess.......

Definitely a natural...

Water goes down the plughole different ways in the Northern and Southern hemispheres. That means my house in Liverpool must straddle the equator as I have several sinks and water goes down different ways in different sinks!

Cats will always land on their feet. (Ive witnessed some pretty graceless topples in my time..followed by the "you didnt see me do that..nothing to see here..nothing happened" grooming)

I've been assured by several people that eating cucumber after chili neutralises the bite of the chili. (Doesn't work for me...)

There are two ways that 'sort of' work for neutralizing capsaicin which is the chemical in chili that causes a burning/stinging sensation:

1. It's soluble in fat. Hence, if you get chili on your skin, you can neutralize it by dipping the affected skin in oil (for my hand I've tried pouring some sunflower oil into a plastic bag and then sticking my hand into it, it actually worked ok). For the same reason, fatty milk or yoghurt also helps alleviate it a little if ingested.

2. Really cold things like ice, ice-cream or ice-cold water cause temporary desensitisation, so if the capsaicin burn is inside the mouth, sucking on an ice cube gives temporary relief (but the capsaicin is not dissolved).

Cats will always land on their feet. (Ive witnessed some pretty graceless topples in my time..followed by the "you didnt see me do that..nothing to see here..nothing happened" grooming)

Yes, yes! I love that look they put on, you know, the "I-meant-to-do-that" look.

Water goes down the plughole different ways in the Northern and Southern hemispheres. That means my house in Liverpool must straddle the equator as I have several sinks and water goes down different ways in different sinks!

This simply confirms all that I've ever heard about Liverpool...

They now have mains water in Liverpool?

I heard they may even have a starbucks. Talk about rapid economy growth eh!

Have loads of bloody starbucks, the buggers are like a virus!

I'd been led to believe that they're now shutting just as fast.

It's an ill wind etc, etc...

I'd been led to believe that they're now shutting just as fast.

It's an ill wind etc, etc...

If you were in Liverpool......would you want to be awake?

.....only for the Scouse comics. Tops.

Regards.

I'd been led to believe that they're now shutting just as fast.

It's an ill wind etc, etc...

If you were in Liverpool......would you want to be awake?

.....only for the Scouse comics. Tops.

Regards.

Could someone please explain what that means....... in English preferably.

I think he is referring to Jimmy Starbucks the well known comic and coffee maker ?

Bangkok is a hotbed of UFO visits!!

AlexLahLah has started several threads on the subject, complete with photo evidence, after credible sightings!

Others think he's just seeing advertising airships

I saw those photos and I believed in them. Conditionally.

I hate it when people change their avatars, don't you?

Freak accident

A circus dwarf, nicknamed Od, died recently in the North when he bounced sideways from a trampoline and was swallowed by a yawning hippopotamus which was waiting to appear in the next act.

Vets on the scene said Hilda the Hippo had a gag reflex which automatically caused her to swallow.

They added in mitigation that the hefty creature was a vegetarian who had not previously digested a circus performer. Unfortunately, the 1000 plus spectators continued to applaud wildly until common sense dictated there had been a tragic mistake.

Police said the trampoline has been sent for forensic analysis.

Source: pattayamail

The truth: snopes.com

Thai Die

"The government must crack down on this disgusting craze of Pumping", a spokesman for the Nakhon Ratchasima hospital told reporters. "If this perversion catches on, it will destroy the cream of Thailand's manhood."

He was speaking after the remains of 13-year-old Charnchai Puanmuangpak had been rushed into the hospital's emergency room.

"Most 'Pumpers' use a standard bicycle pump," he explained, "inserting the nozzle far up their rectum, giving themselves a rush of air, creating a momentary high. This act is a sin against God."

Charnchai took it further still. He started using a two-cylinder foot pump, but even that wasn't exciting enough for him, and he boasted to friends that he was going to try the compressed air hose at a nearby gasoline station. They dared him to do it so, under cover of darkness, he snuck in.

Not realising how powerful the machine was, he inserted the tube deep into his rectum, and placed a coin in the slot. As a result, he died virtually instantly, but passers by are still in shock. One woman thought she was watching a twilight firework display, and started clapping.

"We still haven't located all of him," say the police authorities. "When that quantity of air interacted with the gas in his system, he nearly exploded. It was like an atom bomb went off or something."

"Pumping is the devil's pastime, and we must all say no to Satan," Ratchasima concluded. "Inflate your tires by all means, but then hide your bicycle pump where it cannot tempt you."

Source: Snopes.com