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Posted by Carl Parker on 4 August 2011 - 6:35pm.
Another legend bites the dust. The Greyfriars Bobby story was just a yarn to pull the tourists in. That heartwarming tale from my childhood was naught but a myth. O me misererum.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/04/greyfriars-bobby-story-scam-lur...
Are there any legends left that don't have feet of clay?
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Jan Bodeson who churns them out on a regular basis is at it again.
http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/109616.Jan_Bondeson.
A wee bit different to the University lecturer tag.
So the original dog only hung around for nine years before he died? That's still not bad going.
Too many to mention
The truth about a few urban myths I've been responsible for propagating:
1. Charles Manson did not audition for The Monkees
2. Walt Disney is not cryogenically frozen
3. Mama Cass did not choke to death on a ham sandwich
4. Bobby 'Don't Worry Be Happy' McFerrin did not commit suicide
And in at number 5
Alex Haley was not adopted
Isn't it
Walt Disneys head that is frozen!
Yes, but Mike Nesmith DID...
...invent Tippex, didn't he? Or something like that...
Almost
His mother invented correction fluid. Although her brand was Liquid Paper (not Tipp-Ex).
I mixed up my liquid viagra
with my tippex..........
woke up with a huge correction!
I'll get my coat.
And his Great Grandfather invented...
...MTV, yes? Or something like that...
Nesmith created (or at least suggested) 'Pop Clips' ...
... which sort of morphed into the concept of MTV. I have it on good authority that there was a show in New Zealand called 'Radio on the TV' (or something like that) in the 70s that lays claim to the birth of music television.
That Internet Explorer story
was a hoax as well
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/08/internet-explorer-users-have-lowe...
I'm guilty
of spreading the one about Gerry Rafferty being dead. Feel a bit bad about that one actually.
That one was
Doing the rounds at Valerie Singleton and Joan Armatrading's wedding
My mum
was fond of the phrase "Queen Anne's dead" for old news, delighted to see even this is now well covered on the web ...
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/5004/where-does-the-idiom-que...
At least 3 good stories for it there, my favourite is:
Quite what this has to do with the Smiths though, who can reliably say ...
Say it aint so -
Reminded me of the Murray Head track -