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Free Cell Phone & Calling Plan
I had a former employee call me earlier today inquiring about a job, and at the end of the conversation he gave me his phone number. I asked the former employee if this was a new cell phone number and he told me yes this was his “Obama phone.” I asked him what an “Obama phone” was and he went on to say that welfare recipients are now eligible to receive (1) a FREE new … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Government and Military, UrbanLegendsOnline
Subject: The daughter of the new CIA director
CIA Director’s Daughter I wonder if any of this will come up during her father’s confirmation hearings. Linda Panetta the daughter of Leon Panetta, who was recently named to be the new CIA director. Linda is a supporter of all the anti-American regimes in this Hemisphere. Here she is with Hugo Chavez and Daniel Ortega, two sworn enemies of the United States. She is a radical anti-American activist who wants to close the School of the Americas, considers that American soldiers are criminals and is against any aid to the government of Colombia, our main ally in the region. See some of her websites: http://www.soawne.org/ http://www.soaw.org/presente/index.php Brandy Pappas Posted via email from Urban Legends Online … Read entire article »
Filed under: Children, Government and Military, UrbanLegendsOnline
Always Check the Barn!
A New York man retired. He wanted to use his retirement money wisely, so it would last, and decided to buy a home and a few acres in Portugal . The modest farmhouse had been vacant for 15 years.; the owner and wife both had died, and there were no heirs. The house was sold to pay taxes. There had been several lookers, but the large barn had steel doors, and they had been welded shut. Nobody wanted to go to the extra expense to see what was in the barn, and it wasn’t complimentary to the property anyway……so, nobody made an offer on the place. The New … Read entire article »
Filed under: Cars, UrbanLegendsOnline
‘Chicken Gun’ Proves Essential to Revival of Space Shuttle Program
NASA scientists have commandeered a chicken gun – a device normally used in aircraft safety testing to fire chicken carcasses into airplane windshields at flight speed, approximating the damage caused by bird strikes – to simulate the impact of loose tank foam hitting vulnerable parts of the space shuttle. Urban legend has it that a group of foreign aerospace engineers once tried to use the American-made chicken gun in their own safety tests, with disastrous results — unaccountably, the poultrified projectile shattered every windshield sample it was fired at, no matter how thick. U.S. experts brought in to solve the problem did so by passing along four simple words of advice: "Thaw the chicken first." Will from Worcester, MA Posted via email from … Read entire article »
Filed under: Government and Military, UrbanLegendsOnline
The Letter
In Berlin, after World War II, money was short, supplies were tight, and it seemed like everyone was hungry. At that time, people were telling the tale of a young woman who saw a blind man picking his way through a crowd. The two started to talk. The man asked her for a favor: could she deliver the letter to the address on the envelope? Well, it was on her way home, so she agreed. She … Read entire article »
Filed under: Food, Scams and Cons, UrbanLegendsOnline
The Sloppy Joe
A butcher named Joe owned a diner with his wife, whom he loved dearly. One evening Joe came home to find his wife having sex with his best friend. Joe went crazy finding out about their affair this way. He yelled and screamed and during their heated argument, Joe killed them both. He disposed of the bodies by chopping them up and sending them piece by piece through his meat grinder. The next day, Joe called his dearly departed wife’s parents and the parents of his ex best friend and invited them to dinner at the diner. There he told them that the two cheaters had run off together and left him a note telling him she wanted a divorce and that she and his friend were to be … Read entire article »
Filed under: Food, Love and Marraige, UrbanLegendsOnline
Kentucky Fried What?
When people eat at KFC do they really know what they are eating? During a recent study of KFC done at the University of New Hampshire, they found some very upsetting facts. First of all, has anybody noticed that just recently, the company has changed their name? Kentucky Fried Chicken has become KFC. Does anybody know why? We thought the real reason was because of the "FRIED" food issue. It’s not. The reason why they … Read entire article »
Filed under: Food, UrbanLegendsOnline
Hormones in Cow’s Milk
Please read this and pass along to as many people…. Mitzi Lyons and her husband Kyle live here in Gainesville. Their daughter Marissa has had menstrual problems, bleeding every day for three years and within the last year she started producing milk. They have performed tests, surgery and put her on birth control without success. They were considering giving the girl a hysterectomy in January, but Mitzi’s Dad started doing research on the internet about his granddaughter’s problem. He found out that farmers were injecting rBST (hormones) into cows so that they would produce more milk. Wal-Mart sells Great Value milk, which contains rBST and is the kind that the Lyons family always drank. Her parents stopped giving Marissa Great Value milk 3 months ago and she has since … Read entire article »
Filed under: Food, Medical, UrbanLegendsOnline
Goodbye Mother
A young man is shopping in a supermarket when he notices that an older woman seems to be following him, staring at him in a sorrowful manner. He moves to the next aisle, trying to avoid her, but she follows, still staring. And when he finishes shopping, he ends up behind her in a long checkout line. Her grocery basket is full to overflowing; his contains just a few items. She keeps staring at him … Read entire article »
Filed under: Scams and Cons
Buggy Burrito
Sara was driving home from work one day and she was starving. Not wanting to worry about cooking dinner once she got home, she decided to stop for some take out. She pulled into her local Taco Bell and ordered a burrito. She enjoyed her quick meal and when she was done she headed home. When she woke up the next day, her tongue felt sore and a little swollen. It bothered her all day, so she went to see her doctor to find out what was wrong. The doctor didn’t find anything on his initial examination, so he told her to come back if it got any worse. Days later her tongue swelled up considerably and became very sore. She went back to the doctor and he decided … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bugs and Snakes, Food, UrbanLegendsOnline
