Urban Legends...

[M@ttitude]

Did anyone hear this story or have any of there own?
A work mate told me that a friend of a friend of his was in Thailand a couple of years ago on holiday on some beach, anyway he found this little fluffy dog on the beach who stayed with him for the remainder of his stay, he fed him everyday and just loved the little guy.. The day came when he had to leave but he didnt want to go without the dog, he never saw such a friendly intelligent little madra so he said feck it' i'll try sneak him home, how he got him home I dont know, maybe he sedated him and put him in his hand luggage or something, he was only a tiny little fella afterall.. A success anyway, so he went home and introduced his dog to his wife and 2 year old son, he also had a cat who didnt seem to mind the doggy.

The man spent the next day in work and on the way home he picked up dog food because he knew the dog would be hungry because he had been feeding him much earlier in the days previous, he opened the back door and saw the dog chewing on the cats leg, the fcuker ate the cat! everything.. from the bones, hair and skull.. The man couldnt believe his eyes and locked the dog in the shed. The next morning he nervously put the dog in a box and took him to the vet to ask why his dog is acting strange, the vet took one look and his jaw dropped, closed the lid and demanded to know where this came from, the man reluctantly told him the story. The vet said, this has to killed because its a Bangkok Sewer Rat! Only friendly because it was fed but is ruthless when hungry, the vet said it was so lucky it didnt get near his two year old son :eek: ..

Fact or Fiction??

[dahamsta]

http://www.snopes.com/critters/lurkers/mexpet.htm

[Fair_play_boy]

When Apollo Mission Astronaut, Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, he not only gave his famous "One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Mankind" statement, but followed it by several remarks, usual com traffic between him, the other astronauts and Mission Control. Just before he re-entered the lander, however, he made the enigmatic remark "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky."
Many people at NASA thought it was a casual remark concerning some rival Soviet Cosmonaut. However, upon checking, there was no Gorsky in either the Russian or American space programs.
Over the years many people have questioned him as to what the "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky" statement meant. Some months ago, (July 5, 1995 in Tampa Bay FL) while answering questions following a speech, a reporter brought up the 27 year old question to Armstrong.
This time he finally responded. Mr. Gorsky had finally died and so Neil Armstrong felt he could answer the question.
When he was a kid, he was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard. His friend hit a flyball which landed in front of his neighbour's bedroom window. His neighbours were Mr. and Mrs. Gorsky.
As he leaned down to pick it up, young Armstrong heard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky. "Oral sex! You want oral sex?! You'll get oral sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!"

[max power]

2 here for ya......

shamrock rovers fans never cause trouble.......

cork is the biggest club in the counrty ;)

[pete]

cork is the biggest club in the counrty ;)

No urban legends in midlands as Longfords only a town.

;)

[max power]

indeed a town winning trophies.......while the "city" just talks about it ?????

[pete]

indeed a town winning trophies.......while the "city" just talks about it ?????

We're saving ourselves for the big competitions... :D

[max power]

like the inter toto cup :D ;)

[dahamsta]

When Apollo Mission Astronaut, Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, he not only gave his famous "One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Mankind" statementSnopes has an answer for everything...

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/mrgorsky.htm

adam

[M@ttitude]

Snopes has an answer for everything...
spoil sport :rolleyes:

[the 12 th man]

we dug up some more here
www.foot.ie/showthread.php?t=13258

[Fair_play_boy]

Snopes has an answer for everything...

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/mrgorsky.htm

adamDammit! I wanted that to be true. :(

[dcfcsteve]

Fact or Fiction??

M@ttitude - I hope you were taking the ****, because that's the single most ridiculous question I've heard in a very, very long time. For perspective - it's up there with an English friend of a friend who once asked me, in all sincerity, whether there were any Catholics in Northern Ireland....

Think about it. In post September 11th, some random traveller is able to get a ferile animal onto a 12-14 hour flight without the animal being :

a) detected by airport security.
b) Fed or watered at any point in the journey.
c) Dying in the low-oxygen/low-heat environment of an airplane hold (humans have been found dead after sneaking into aircraft holds).

"Ruthless when hungry" ? After a traumatic 12-14 hour flight the animal is sweet as pie, but left at home for a few hours it suddenly becomes a gremlin ?

Ignoring the above for a fleeting moment - the thought of anyone being unable to confuse the clearly different types of animal that a rat and a dog are also need to be considered.

Ignoring all of the above, the idea that someone would be so daft as to be in such a situation and feel so uncontrollably compelled to take a ferile animal from a foreign country home with them - in clear contravention of numerous international laws (protection of animals, quarantine, animals on flights etc etc) is also genuinely insane.

Finally, as with a lot of these classic stories, dates and actual places etc are never mentioned (also the same with hoax e-mail warnings of 'deadly new viruses' that Microsoft are warning everyone about "today"). The stories therefore remain 'timeless' and unable to be proven or otherwise - allowing them to be forwarded/regailed in perpetuity.

What do they teach you boys at school in Dublin these days dude.... :D

P.S. Did anyone else wonder what a "sewer rat" would be doing hanging out on a beach in broad-daylight ? Maybe it was on vacation.... :p

[dahamsta]

spoil sport :rolleyes:I'm a kid, that's my job.

[lopez]

Nice to see a thread started on this subject, M@tt.

Bloke goes on holiday with family in a caravan to Norfolk. Goes out one day and returns hours later with door broken in. Goes inside fearing he's been burgled but finds just two items disturbed. The camera he's left behind which he notices has had one photo taken...and the family's toothbrushes. Nothing else!

Two weeks of absolute bliss pass and the family return. They take their camera's film to supasnaps to be processed and when they get their photos back they notice among all the snaps of the family smiling and eating ice cream etc....four blokes bending over in a line with toothbrushes hung out of their ar*eholes.

Someone actually told me they knew a bloke that this happened to. :rolleyes:

[M@ttitude]

M@ttitude - I hope you were taking the ****, because blah blah blah blah blah.... :p
It is true, get over it.. ;)

[Green Tribe]

It is true, get over it.. ;)

don't you all know that M@ttitude speaks only the gospel truth......? :eek: :rolleyes: :D

[M@ttitude]

don't you all know that M@ttitude speaks only the gospel truth......? :eek: :rolleyes: :D
Also true..

[dcfcsteve]

don't you all know that M@ttitude speaks only the gospel truth......? :eek: :rolleyes: :D

He obviously doesn't follow the gospels, though, cuz if he did he'd be a Derry fan..... :D

God's own team.

[drummerboy]

Myself and a friend, Barry, decided to do a bit of shooting in the countryside. Being good citizens we called to a local farmer to ask permission to shoot on is land. Barry remained in the car. Anyway I spoke to the farmer who said he was going through a bad time financially and couldn't afford a vet for an old horse in the back field. He said I could hunt on his land if I put the old nag out of its misery. I agreed and went outside, not mentioning this to the bauld Barry. Anyhow on arrival at the said field, we both went to the booth of the car and loaded up our shotguns. I hopped over the fence, Barry following me. To avoid making a fuss, I walked straight up to the old horse and shot it in the head. But then from behind me I heard three loud bangs from Barry’s gun. I turned around to see three dead cows on the ground, with Barry grinning.

Anyway Barry got 3 months in the slammer and I've given up hunting.