Re: TARGET: urban legends website

[Steven Wohl <wohls@IDT.NET>]

The urban legends site I referred to was
http://urbanlegends.about.com/science/urbanlegends/?once=true&; .  This location
goes directly to the e-mail virus and hoax section.  While some of the
references can seem humorous, the primary function of the site is not humor.  It
debunks the junk that we all get in our e-mail and that many of us propogate.
Viruses are funny until you get one.  The rest of the site is loaded with
various categories of urban legends that I find a little easier to laugh at.  It
also has connections to such sites as darwinawards.com which is devoted to real
stories ( "Darwin Awards celebrate Charles Darwin's theory
of evolution by commemorating the remains of those who improved our gene pool by
removing themselves from it.") that are hillarious (unless you happen to be
related to the people who made the Ultimate Sacrifice.  I have not confirmed the
veracity of all the stories on Darwin Awards (although one did show up in a
newspaper story I read), and it would be interesting to see if any of them also
show up as urban legends.

Steven Wohl
VP MPSS
West Orange, NJ 07059
 swohl@mediapathtech.com

Robin Shtulman wrote:

> Hello:
>
> Sorry to disturb the list.
>
> A few days ago, someone wrote the list with a humorous website of urban
> legends, especially those related to e-mail & virus hoaxes.  I forwarded the
> URL to a friend who is a folklorist specializing in such things.
> Unfortunately, the message got mangled (?), I didn't save the original, and
> my browser history has already cleared it.  Does anyone out there remember
> this site?  Please respond to me directly.
>
> THANK YOU!
>
> Robin
> --
> Robin Shtulman
> Erving Elementary School
> 28 Northfield Rd.
> Erving, MA  01344
> http://www.erving.com/library/erving_library.htm
> shtulman@erving.com
>
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