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Simpsons Urban Legends List Maintained by Haynes Lee < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it First compiled February 23, 1997 Last updated December 15, 1998 <http://www.snpp.com/guides/folklore.html NOTE:  Most urban legends crosschecked against the        alt.folklore.urban postings,        AFU FAQ <http://www.urbanlegends.com/afu.faq/,        Snopes Urban Legends page        <http://www.snopes.com/, and SNPP episode capsules. Key to Listed ULs:      T  = 100% scientific truth      Tb = believed true, but not conclusively proven      F  = 100% falsehood      Ft = A legend, mostly untrue, but with a true occurrence or           known origin.      Fb = believed false, but not conclusively proven      U  = unanswered and may be unanswerable    FOAF = Friend Of A Friend sent to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it       * = not listed in afu faq or snopes Principal Skinner. F. B.F. Skinner's daughter died/committed suicide/sued because of    she was reared in a box/special crib. F. Baghdad Betty told US army that Bart Simpson was sleeping     with their wives.     (It was first a Johnny Carson joke but later reported as fact by      CNN, Time magazine, New York Times, et al. In the original joke      it's Homer instead of Bart). F. Blue star or cartoon character (esp. Bart Simpson) tattoos     laced with LSD is sold at schools to hook kids on acid. T. You can find lots of weird messages on license plates    if you try really hard.    See <http://www.snpp.com/guides/license_plates.html [7G05] Herman lost his arm as a child due to sticking arm out of        school bus window. Fb. Schoolkid beheaded by road sign, due to sticking his head out     the bus window. [7F04] Lisa tells the classic babysitter horror story. F.  A babysitter left alone in charge of sleeping children     receives several threatening phone calls. After     reporting the calls to the phone company, the girl is     notified by the telephone operator that the calls are     originating from the upstairs extension. The     babysitter flees the house just ahead of an armed     intruder who has already murdered the children. See <http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/babysit.htm [7F23] Ned Flanders opens the Leftorium. Fb. Left-handed people have shorter life spans than righties. [8F13] Mr. Burns hires a hypnotist for his _base_ball team. U. Hypnosis is a fake!  Net says Yes, no, zzzz . [8F14] Wall E. Weasel band sings crappy Happy Birthday song. T. The song Happy Birthday is copyrighted. [8F19] Quimby paraphrases JFK's Berliner statement. T. JF Kennedy said Ich bin ein Berliner. Could be either     I am a native of Berlin or I am a jelly doughnut.    Berliners knew what he was talking about. [9F02] A lawyer and two thugs from the Walt Disney Company attempt        to close down Springfield Elementary's school carnival        for using the phrase Happiest Place on Earth. {cc} T. Disney forced three day care centers to remove cartoon characters    painted on their walls.    See <http://www.snopes.com/disney/wdco/daycare.htm [9F14] Duff quality control employee finds mice, rat, syringe        human nose in beer bottles but misses goldfish and        Hitler's head. Fb.*Various unsavoury items such as rodents, syringes, condoms,     etc. have appeared in beer bottles, Coke cans, etc. T.* Many occurrences have turned out to be frauds in order to     sue the company for product liability. [9F15] Football p_layer_ trips over human-shaped patch of dirt        after SNPP union boss mysteriously disappears. U.* The body of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa is buried under the     end zone of Giants Stadium in New Jersey. [9F17] Lisa explains that April Fool's Day dates back to the        pagans when the early Christians played tricks on them. F.*April Fool's Day originated as a prank by converted Aztecs    playing pranks on their heathen compatriots on their    springtime holiday (this artificial UL was first trolled    in Why Things Are by Joel Achenbach). [9F17] Vending machine collapses on Homer. [1F03] Homer gets both arms stuck in separate vending machines. T. People have been injured by rocking a vending machine that    falls on them. [9F18] Springfield has an annual Whacking Day for snakes. T. For some reason, some folks kill snakes by grabbing tail    and snapping them.

Simpsons Urban Legends List Maintained by Haynes Lee < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it First compiled February 23, 1997 Last updated December 15, 1998 <http://www.snpp.com/guides/folklore.html NOTE:  Most urban legends crosschecked against the        alt.folklore.urban postings,        AFU FAQ <http://www.urbanlegends.com/afu.faq/,        Snopes Urban Legends page        <http://www.snopes.com/, and SNPP episode capsules. Key to Listed ULs:      T  = 100% scientific truth      Tb = believed true, but not conclusively proven      F  = 100% falsehood      Ft = A legend, mostly untrue, but with a true occurrence or           known origin.      Fb = believed false, but not conclusively proven      U  = unanswered and may be unanswerable    FOAF = Friend Of A Friend sent to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it       * = not listed in afu faq or snopes Principal Skinner. F. B.F. Skinner's daughter died/committed suicide/sued because of    she was reared in a box/special crib. F. Baghdad Betty told US army that Bart Simpson was sleeping     with their wives.     (It was first a Johnny Carson joke but later reported as fact by      CNN, Time magazine, New York Times, et al. In the original joke      it's Homer instead of Bart). F. Blue star or cartoon character (esp. Bart Simpson) tattoos     laced with LSD is sold at schools to hook kids on acid. T. You can find lots of weird messages on license plates    if you try really hard.    See <http://www.snpp.com/guides/license_plates.html [7G05] Herman lost his arm as a child due to sticking arm out of        school bus window. Fb. Schoolkid beheaded by road sign, due to sticking his head out     the bus window. [7F04] Lisa tells the classic babysitter horror story. F.  A babysitter left alone in charge of sleeping children     receives several threatening phone calls. After     reporting the calls to the phone company, the girl is     notified by the telephone operator that the calls are     originating from the upstairs extension. The     babysitter flees the house just ahead of an armed     intruder who has already murdered the children. See <http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/babysit.htm [7F23] Ned Flanders opens the Leftorium. Fb. Left-handed people have shorter life spans than righties. [8F13] Mr. Burns hires a hypnotist for his _base_ball team. U. Hypnosis is a fake!  Net says Yes, no, zzzz . [8F14] Wall E. Weasel band sings crappy Happy Birthday song. T. The song Happy Birthday is copyrighted. [8F19] Quimby paraphrases JFK's Berliner statement. T. JF Kennedy said Ich bin ein Berliner. Could be either     I am a native of Berlin or I am a jelly doughnut.    Berliners knew what he was talking about. [9F02] A lawyer and two thugs from the Walt Disney Company attempt        to close down Springfield Elementary's school carnival        for using the phrase Happiest Place on Earth. {cc} T. Disney forced three day care centers to remove cartoon characters    painted on their walls.    See <http://www.snopes.com/disney/wdco/daycare.htm [9F14] Duff quality control employee finds mice, rat, syringe        human nose in beer bottles but misses goldfish and        Hitler's head. Fb.*Various unsavoury items such as rodents, syringes, condoms,     etc. have appeared in beer bottles, Coke cans, etc. T.* Many occurrences have turned out to be frauds in order to     sue the company for product liability. [9F15] Football p_layer_ trips over human-shaped patch of dirt        after SNPP union boss mysteriously disappears. U.* The body of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa is buried under the     end zone of Giants Stadium in New Jersey. [9F17] Lisa explains that April Fool's Day dates back to the        pagans when the early Christians played tricks on them. F.*April Fool's Day originated as a prank by converted Aztecs    playing pranks on their heathen compatriots on their    springtime holiday (this artificial UL was first trolled    in Why Things Are by Joel Achenbach). [9F17] Vending machine collapses on Homer. [1F03] Homer gets both arms stuck in separate vending machines. T. People have been injured by rocking a vending machine that    falls on them. [9F18] Springfield has an annual Whacking Day for snakes. T. For some reason, some folks kill snakes by grabbing tail    and snapping them.

[1F04] Martin was embarrassed of his Wang tee-shirt. Tb.*Wang Computers had a tee-shirt slogan Wang Cares which sounds    like wankers . I would have thought Martin would have been more embarassed about the shirt due to Wang's financial troubles at the time (true, none of the kids would have cared, but Martin seems like the kind of kid to be concerned about that).

I would have thought Martin would have been more embarassed about the shirt due to Wang's financial troubles at the time (true, none of the kids would have cared, but Martin seems like the kind of kid to be concerned about that).    I would have thought that Martin would have been more embarrassed by the fact that he's wearing a shirt from a computer company. Sunshine They say that absence makes the heart grow fungus        -Barenaked Ladies She who laughs, lasts.