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Urban Myths & Stupid Beliefs
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 2:58 pm
by Clive Evans
My favourite, is the old chestnut about people having their eyeball pulled out of it's socket for the eye to be cleaned etc. As if the optic nerves were a piece of elastic. When I worked at BT, their was a youngster who was a bit of a "topper". We were discussing this topic ( it is surprising the amount of people who believe this myth ) and our friend the topper said "Oh! Yes it is possible. I had my eye cleaned out at Moorfields ". Any other stories of a similar nature. Please don't tell us you have had your eye pulled out to your cheek. I reckon that's worth a Boarding ban!
Re: Urban Myths & Stupid Beliefs
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 4:54 pm
by Article_50
I must have met several people who have seen a dreadful amateur production of Anne Frank and when the Gestapo arrived in the final scene, someone in the audience shouted out "She's in the attic!"
Re: Urban Myths & Stupid Beliefs
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 4:59 pm
by Fanny
West Side Story wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 2:58 pm
My favourite, is the old chestnut about people having their eyeball pulled out of it's socket for the eye to be cleaned etc. As if the optic nerves were a piece of elastic. When I worked at BT, their was a youngster who was a bit of a "topper". We were discussing this topic ( it is surprising the amount of people who believe this myth ) and our friend the topper said "Oh! Yes it is possible. I had my eye cleaned out at Moorfields ". Any other stories of a similar nature. Please don't tell us you have had your eye pulled out to your cheek. I reckon that's worth a Boarding ban!
What’s a topper?
Re: Urban Myths & Stupid Beliefs
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 5:06 pm
by Omygawd
That "we are the greatest team the world has ever seen". I still believe it though.
Re: Urban Myths & Stupid Beliefs
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 5:14 pm
by Clive Evans
huxley said "What’s a topper?" When you tell a story for example, " I can get to Northumbria in 2 hours 30 mins " Spen69 will say I can do it in 2 hours flat or you tell someone you pulled 2 girls in Majorca in one night a topper says " oh, I pulled 5 " Surely you must know one or two toppers. I know about 8 or 9.
Re: Urban Myths & Stupid Beliefs
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 5:18 pm
by Fanny
West Side Story wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 5:14 pm
huxley said "What’s a topper?" When you tell a story for example, " I can get to Northumbria in 2 hours 30 mins " Spen69 will say I can do it in 2 hours flat or you tell someone you pulled 2 girls in Majorca in one night a topper says " oh, I pulled 5 " Surely you must know one or two toppers. I know about 8 or 9.
Gotcha. I know a fair few of those myself.
Re: Urban Myths & Stupid Beliefs
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:01 pm
by Howling Mad Murdock
We call them bullsh*tters
Re: Urban Myths & Stupid Beliefs
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:19 pm
by Fanny
It’s a specific subsection of b*llshitting.