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panlives Inner circle 2087 Posts 
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"Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?"
"To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time." "The dog did nothing in the night-time." "That was the curious incident," remarked Sherlock Holmes. |
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jugglestruck Inner circle Wales 1038 Posts
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I wish they wouldn't use that blotchy background......
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danhughes Regular user Champaign, IL 115 Posts
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White on black is harder to read than black on white, even if the blotchy background isn't there.
Best to get your urban legends quashed at http://snopes.com anyway.
---Dan, http://danhughes.net
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jugglestruck Inner circle Wales 1038 Posts
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I still wish they wouldn't use that blotchy background.....
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Philip Busk Loyal user 229 Posts
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I always go to snoopes.
Philip Busk
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thatmatt New user 51 Posts
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It is the first time I have heard of Rebecca Kring and her husband, so thanks for sharing the article. It was quite interesting, although the blog would do better with another background that doesn't put so much strain on the reader's eyes.
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spookyone Loyal user Canada 282 Posts
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I love urban legends! My undergrad was in anthropology and I was really interested in UL as modern folklore. Even "published" a little paper in an online journal. Snopes is usually my go-to place to confirm/deny stuff, with a little extra critical research as well of course. In fact, my friends are always emailing me to verify an UL/hoax email and that's what got me into librarianship in the first place (I'm a grad student obtaining my masters in library & info science soon).
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts
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On 2012-04-02 15:19, jugglestruck wrote: My lord! I read the article, then came back here and the Café green was bubbling and swimming around my eyes.... |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts
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On 2012-07-31 16:17, jugglestruck wrote: My lord! My eyes still aren't back to normal yet. |
bigcheese New user Sacramento, CA 56 Posts
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I just couldn't resist opening that link, something I kind of regret now. That background is evil! Urban legends are a great example of human (mis)communication. Gossip spreads in a similar way, right? Somewhere in the story there's a kernel of truth, but finding it is probably impossible.
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Pakar Ilusi Inner circle 5777 Posts
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On 2012-07-28 18:21, danhughes wrote: Thanks for that link dan...
"Dreams aren't a matter of Chance but a matter of Choice." -DC-
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jugglestruck Inner circle Wales 1038 Posts
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Copy and paste, that's the way to deal with it
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