Urban legends

williestroker1

Girl I know went to a chippendales gig years ago. At some stage a posing pouch was thrown into the audience missing her by inches but she felt something go into her eye. Days later her eye became sorer and sorer. She goes to the doctor and after examining her eye he uses a tweezers to get a pubic lice from her eye.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Somebody was high on shrooms and kidnapped a Down syndrome child thinking that it was a goblin or something.

greenspurs

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

This one was very common during the Celtic Tiger. A couple are getting married and get a call from Ashford Castle/ Castle Leslie where they have booked their reception. They are asked if they can move their wedding date as David & Victoria Beckham/ Paul & Heather McCartney are renewing their vows/ getting married, and want the hotel for that exact date. But they are willing to pay for the couple's wedding in full, including honeymoon. Happened to many friends of friends, so a lot of free weddings round that time

Yep, heard that , A co worker said it was her sons friend was asked to move their wedding , but it was for Frank Lampard and Whatever her name is ??

Yester

NickNickleby wrote: »

for crying out loud, angry, he only had to fit his face in.
and his hand
and the razor.

edit: it was his face he was shaving wasn't it??

Yeah just his face. He was always first into work and he used shaving foam. He would dunk his razor into the kettle to rinse it as he shaved. He couldn't understand my over reaction when I caught him. " I wash it out when I'm done"
I had so many cups of tea out of that kettle before I knew what was going on.

Paddy Cow

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

The removed rib to suck his own dick myth, in my day it was Prince but I've heard Marilyn Manson too.

The human Ken Doll actually did have his lower ribs removed.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5482519/Human-Ken-Doll-Rodrigo-Alves-28-000-surgery-remove-FOUR-ribs.html

Yester

Can you actually get crabs from using public toilets?

Your Face

Yester wrote: »

Can you actually get crabs from using public toilets?

Only the ones at the beach.

fxotoole

Joe prim wrote: »

The same thing happened to my cousin by marriage's next door neighbour

Seems legit :pac: :pac: :pac: :pac:

Yester

Can a rat actually find it's way up through the pipes and it's only way out is through your toilet while you are defecating?

Ragnar Lothbrok

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

This one was very common during the Celtic Tiger. A couple are getting married and get a call from Ashford Castle/ Castle Leslie where they have booked their reception. They are asked if they can move their wedding date as David & Victoria Beckham/ Paul & Heather McCartney are renewing their vows/ getting married, and want the hotel for that exact date. But they are willing to pay for the couple's wedding in full, including honeymoon. Happened to many friends of friends, so a lot of free weddings round that time

Oh Jesus............I actually fell for that one. Believed it until right now

Ragnar Lothbrok

greenspurs wrote: »

Yep, heard that , A co worker said it was her sons friend was asked to move their wedding , but it was for Frank Lampard and Whatever her name is ??

That was it. Lamps & Missus Lamps.

evolving_doors

the beer revolu wrote: »

That's true.
Except it happened in Cork and it was a rat.

I heard it was a badger in Sligo.

seamus

Yester wrote: »

Can a rat actually find it's way up through the pipes and it's only way out is through your toilet while you are defecating?

Theoretically, yes. As in, that is a physical act of which rats are capable.

This is more common in the US (though still quite rare) because of the way they build stuff. I've never heard of it in Ireland.

Say Your Number

That Pele got his name from an Irish priest who started calling him 'peil'

Also that Socrates studied medicine in UCD and played for UCD reserves, there's a story that Xavi Alonso played Gaelic Football in Meath as an exchange student, as far as I know that's true.

Yester

seamus wrote: »

Theoretically, yes. As in, that is a physical act of which rats are capable.

This is more common in the US (though still quite rare) because of the way they build stuff. I've never heard of it in Ireland.

It still scares the **** out of me.

NickNickleby

Yester wrote: »

It still scares the **** out of me.

hehhehe, well, saves on the laxatives so.


Also heard this story, from the son of the man to whom it allegedly happened. In Dublin.

wexie

Say Your Number wrote: »

Also that Socrates studied medicine in UCD and played for UCD reserves, there's

the Socrates? The one of a few hundred years BC Socrates?

wexie

Yester wrote: »

It still scares the **** out of me.

I'll take rats over snakes any day of the week

greenspurs

wexie wrote: »

the Socrates? The one of a few hundred years BC Socrates?

NOOO !!!
Shur they had no reserve team in UCD back then ...................

Digital Solitude

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

The removed rib to suck his own dick myth, in my day it was Prince but I've heard Marilyn Manson too.

Twas Michael Jackson when I was a pup

NickNickleby

wexie wrote: »

I'll take rats over snakes any day of the week

the problem here is that it cannot be determined when the snake actually arrived. Was it just before someone went to use the loo, while they were there, or afterwards. Presumably it could make its appearance while you're taking care of business so to speak. So, when using the loo, probably best to sit well back, lean forward and peer between the legs whenever you're seated on the loo. Removing a lower rib will make this much more comfortable. (which is apparently much more common than one might imagine - according to myth).

Allinall

Say Your Number wrote: »

That Pele got his name from an Irish priest who started calling him 'peil'

Also that Socrates studied medicine in UCD and played for UCD reserves, there's a story that Xavi Alonso played Gaelic Football in Meath as an exchange student, as far as I know that's true.

The Xabi Alonso bit is definitely true.

I know because my cousins daughter snogged him at an alcohol free disco one night.

Are Am Eye

Say Your Number wrote: »

That Pele got his name from an Irish priest who started calling him 'peil'

Also that Socrates studied medicine in UCD and played for UCD reserves, there's a story that Xavi Alonso played Gaelic Football in Meath as an exchange student, as far as I know that's true.

Sócrates was a Doctor. I think he studied here for a time. That was definitely a story that went around in the 80s/90s that a twenty year old Socrates had sat on the bench as a sub during league of ireland matches. For added humor the Coach telling him 'you'll never make it as a footballer son'

Such a great story you'd want it to be true, was very disappointed when I found out that was a myth.

Grayson

wexie wrote: »

the Socrates? The one of a few hundred years BC Socrates?

I've never heard of any other.

Are Am Eye

Grayson wrote: »

I've never heard of any other.

Socrates (c. 469 BC – 399 BC) was an ancient Athenian philosopher.

Socrates, Sokrates or Sokratis may also refer to:

Contents
1 People
1.1 Ancient Greeks
1.2 In Christianity
1.3 Athletes
1.4 Politicians, soldiers and businesspeople
1.5 Writers
1.6 Other
2 In literature
3 In entertainment
4 Other uses
5 See also
People
Ancient Greeks
Socrates of Achaea (c. 436–401 BC), mercenary general of the Ten Thousand
Socrates of Macedon (4th century BC), a hipparchos or cavalry officer in Alexander the Great's army
Socrates the Younger (4th century BC), Athenian philosopher
Socrates Chrestus (died 90-88 BC), Greek prince and King of Bithynia
In Christianity
martyrs Socrates and Stephen
Socrates of Constantinople (born c. 380), also known as Socrates Scholasticus, a Byzantine church historian
Socrates B. Villegas (born 1960), Roman Catholic archbishop in the Philippines
Athletes
Sócrates (1954–2011), Brazilian football player
Socrates Brito (born 1992), Dominican baseball player
Sokratis Boudouris (born 1977), Greek football player
Sokratis Dioudis (born 1993), Greek football goalkeeper
Sokratis Fytanidis (born 1984), Greek football player
Sokratis Lagoudakis (1861–1944), Greek track athlete
Sokratis Papastathopoulos (born 1988), Greek football player
Sokratis Tsoukalas (born 1992), Greek football player
Politicians, soldiers and businesspeople
José Sócrates (born 1957), Prime Minister of Portugal (2005–2011)
Socrates N. Sherman (1801–1873), U.S. Representative from New York and American Civil War officer
Socrates Nelson (1814–1867), American businessman and politician
Sócrates Rizzo (born 1945), Mexican politician
Sokrates Starynkiewicz (1820–1902), Russian general and mayor of Warsaw
Sokratis Kokkalis (born 1939), Greek businessman and billionaire
Writers
Sócrates Nolasco (1884-1980), writer from the Dominican Republic
Sokratis Giolias (1973–2010), assassinated Greek journalist
Sokratis Skartsis (born 1936), Greek poet
Other
Sokratis Malamas (born 1957), Greek singer/songwriter
Socrates Hotchkiss Tryon, Sr. (1816-1855), American pioneer physician in the Oregon Territory
Jeanne Socrates (born 1941 or 1942), British yachtswoman and solo circumnavigator
In literature
Socrates, the name used by Petrarch in his writings to refer to his dear friend Lodewijk Heyligen
Socrates, a pseudonym for the mentor-like figure in the books of Dan Millman
In entertainment
Socrates (Voltaire), a play
Socrates (film), a 1971 film directed by Roberto Rossellini
Socrates Drank the Conium (sometimes abbreviated to "Socrates"), a Greek rock band
VTech Socrates, an educational video game system
Socrates II, a chess-playing computer program
Socrates "Cooch" Windgrass, a character in the comic strip Footrot Flats
Socrates, the lion from the film Animals United
Other uses
Socrates programme, a European education programme
SOCRATES (satellite), a Japanese satellite
Socrates (pain assessment), a mnemonic used in the evaluation of a patient's pain
Project Socrates, a classified US Defense Intelligence Agency program established in 1983
Socrates (sculpture), a 1950 outdoor sculpture by artist W.V. Casey
Socrates Sculpture Park, New York City
Socrates Mountain, a mountain in West Virginia

Gwen Cooper

A girl goes out for the night.

When she comes back home in the early morning hours, she doesn't want to wake her roommate up, so she leaves the lights off and just goes to bed.

In the morning when she wakes up, she finds her roommate in her blood-soaked bed with her throat slit. N

There is a note next to the body saying "lucky you didn't turn the lights on".

I've had numerous people telling me that this has 100% happened and that they never caught the guy.

Ipso

Wasn't there always a haunted house in college towns that involved some students and their bad experience with a Ouija board?
Before I started at my secondary school, there were rumours of teachers being into voodoo/black magic (same thing obviously), looks like that one was a l ate piggy back arrival from the 80's satanic scares from the US.

Also from reading the hilarious facebook thread, this one is starting to do the rounds in Ireland.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/westfield-mall-abduction/

NickNickleby

There used to be a real weird guy who would dress up in weird clothes and go into children houses in the night and leave little surprises for them, with their names written on them and all, creepy f*cker. I think it happened round Christmas time.
Allegedly.

Gwen Cooper

Also when I came to Ireland and moved to Cork, the story making rounds amongst us foreigners was that anyone who is not from there enters Knocknaheeny, they will be stabbed within minutes.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

The Mayo footballers curse is a big one. It's often repeated nowadays but it took people a long time to agree what town they allegedly disrespected a funeral in. Now people usually say Foxford but when I was a kid it was Tarmonbarry in Roscommon. The latter makes a lot more sense as it is actually on the way from Dublin to Castlebar, whereas a Mayo team returning from Croker wouldn't pass through Foxford. Also, a similar myth was originally applied to the Galway hurlers in the 1970s but then got put on Mayo after Galway won in 1980.

francis1978

Allinall wrote: »

The Xabi Alonso bit is definitely true.

I know because my cousins daughter snogged him at an alcohol free disco one night.

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Paddy Cow

Yester wrote: »

Can a rat actually find it's way up through the pipes and it's only way out is through your toilet while you are defecating?

Graces7

seamus wrote: »

Theoretically, yes. As in, that is a physical act of which rats are capable.

This is more common in the US (though still quite rare) because of the way they build stuff. I've never heard of it in Ireland.

You have now..
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/man-rushed-to-hospital-after-he-suffered-rat-bite-while-sitting-on-toilet-councillor-34641842.html

WARNING! GRAPHIC PHOTOS!

Love the advice at the end, literally..

Rubberlegs

Someone rear ends another car in traffic and waits nervously for the driver to get out and read them the riot act. Nothing happens, not a peep from the car. They get out and approach the car and find the driver slumped over the wheel with their finger jammed up their nose. They had been picking their nose and the impact shoved the finger up further and knocked them out.
As told to my class in the 80s by a teacher when we were discussing urban legends.

Yester

Paddy Cow wrote: »

There's also one in my kitchen. What am I gonna do?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLoXFmJBvlk

facehugger99

Rubberlegs wrote: »

Someone rear ends another car in traffic and waits nervously for the driver to get out and read them the riot act. Nothing happens, not a peep from the car. They get out and approach the car and find the driver slumped over the wheel with their finger jammed up their nose. They had been picking their nose and the impact shoved the finger up further and knocked them out.
As told to my class in the 80s by a teacher when we were discussing urban legends.

That reminds me of the schoolchild who committed suicide by sticking 2 pencils up his nose and slamming his face into the desk - happened a few years ago and a couple of schools over.

the14thwarrior

facehugger99 wrote: »

That reminds me of the schoolchild who committed suicide by sticking 2 pencils up his nose and slamming his face into the desk - happened a few years ago and a couple of schools over.

pull the lead out!!!!

evolving_doors

facehugger99 wrote: »

That reminds me of the schoolchild who committed suicide by sticking 2 pencils up his nose and slamming his face into the desk - happened a few years ago and a couple of schools over.

Ya I heard that just before I say my inter cert.

corner of hells

Rubberlegs wrote: »

Someone rear ends another car in traffic and waits nervously for the driver to get out and read them the riot act. Nothing happens, not a peep from the car. They get out and approach the car and find the driver slumped over the wheel with their finger jammed up their nose. They had been picking their nose and the impact shoved the finger up further and knocked them out.
As told to my class in the 80s by a teacher when we were discussing urban legends.

That reminds me of the bloke who was killed when a bus ran over his little finger.
Apparently he was picking his nose at the time.

Paddy Cow

I was driving at night through some forest in the back arse of nowhere in America. I saw someone lying on the road and I was going to stop and help them but got spooked and drove on. As I looked in my rear view mirror, I saw the person get up off the road and some more people appear from the trees. I shudder to think what would have happened if I had been a good samaritan.........

up for anything

Gwen Cooper wrote: »

There is a note next to the body saying "lucky you didn't turn the lights on".

This I don't believe! Hard enough to find a biro that hasn't run out, a pencil with a nib or a marker that hasn't dried out in any dwelling let alone someone who has just carved up a woman in the dark and trying not to fall over furniture in the dark and make no noise manages to find a working pen, paper and leave a note.

evolving_doors

evolving_doors wrote: »

Ya I heard that just before I say my inter cert.

I heard the pencils up the nose one specifically about this lad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S6N_gQPYIM

He's got his own article on Snopes, though I'm not sure if the apparent method of suicide is mentioned. :P

sligojoek

mikemac2 wrote: »

The yanks on bus eireann who passed Bunratty Castle and remarked it was clever the castle was built so close to Shannon airport

Meh, the Brits have the same about Windsor castle and Heathrow

The way i heard it was two yanks were at Windsor castle and one said to the other, "Those Brits are so stupid. Who the f*ck builds a castle under the flight path of the busiest airport in Europe. "

4ensic15

A couple went from Dublin to Northern Ireland in the 1980s and bought a television set. When the got home they discovered that their new television set was missing from the car. The next morning a guy arrives at the door with the television set and hands over an envelope. In the envelope was a note saying "sorry, took it for a bet. Just a bit of fun." As a peace offering please accept the enclosed theatre tickets. When they were at the theatre, their house was robbed, to the last stick!

JustAThought

Yester wrote: »

Can a rat actually find it's way up through the pipes and it's only way out is through your toilet while you are defecating?

Yes. I have a frightening story about work that has left me scarred for life.Only mentally thank God. But yes. If the rat stopper valve in the drain was never installed and there are old or broken pipes and cavities underground - yes. Cant remember the right name for the rat stopper valve. It is supposed to let only fluids and solids one way out. 😲

JustAThought

Dark one. My violent neighbour tried this on me recently - I have a cat that does this.

Urban Legend:
Person sitting in house alone. Dark night outside. They hear sound of baby /cat crying from the porch outside and.get up and open door - get chopped up/murdered/soul taken.

gctest50

JustAThought wrote: »

If the rat stopper valve in the drain was never installed

If ? they wouldn't be fitted at all until an episode of scrotum biting occurs

Jimbob1977

That Paul from the 'Wonder Years' grew up to be Marilyn Manson.

That the pipes at Rainbow Rapids Water Slides were not attached together properly (imperfect joins) so kids scraped the skin off their spine and one boy lost a finger.

fussyonion

If you say 'Candy man' five times in the mirror he will appear.

If you run around the Hell Fire Club three times the devil will appear. Or was that Mikey Graham from Boyzone? Him or the devil, one or the other.

JustAThought

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

That Paul from the 'Wonder Years' grew up to be Marilyn Manson.

That the pipes at Rainbow Rapids Water Slides were not attached together properly (imperfect joins) so kids scraped the skin off their spine and one boy lost a finger.

The second one is true.