The Young Boy Who Raffled a Dead Donkey and Grew Up to Be the Chairman of Enron–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The story of a boy who sold raffle tickets to sell a donkey that was actually dead. He was later asked how he pulled it off. He sad that he sold 500 tickets …
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Pictures of the Biggest Woman in the World…From Holland-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This message comes with various pictures attached of an enormously tall woman who is said to be from Holland, is 7′ 4″, and weights 320 pounds. The Truth: We’re classifying this one as a hoax. It’s clear in the first picture that the …
The Angry Granny Who Avenged Her Granddaughter’s Rape by Shooting The Rapists Where it Hurts–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A story from Australia. After her 18-year-old granddaughter was raped, 81-year-old Ava Estelle spent a week tracking down the two men who did it and used her 9-mm pistol to disarm them, sexually speaking. She shot both …
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Live on a Cruise Liner Rather than a Retirement Facility?–Speculation! & Truth! Summary of eRumor: Summary of the benefits of spending your retirement money living on a cruise ship instead of a retirement home. The Truth: An email comparison living on a cruise ship with living in a retirement facility has circulated on the …
Live on a Cruise Liner rather than a Retirement Facility?-Speculation!
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“Declaration of Revocation”–Writer Unknown! Summary of eRumor: A humorous writing titled the Declaration of Revocation.It’s directed to Americans from the British and is said to have been written by comedian John Cleese of Monty Python fame. The Truth: We’ve not found the origin if this piece and have not seen any evidence that it …
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The “Beaver Dam” Correspondence Between the State of Michigan and a Land Owner–Truth! Summary of eRumor: The message consists of two letters. The first is from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to a Mr. Ryan DeVries. The letter says there are two dams on his property for which there does not seem to be …
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It Would Have Been Better to Buy Beer and Recycle the Cans Than to Buy Nortel, Worldcom, and Enron a Year Ago-Truth! & Fiction! Summary of eRumor: In a unique argument to buy beer instead of stocks, the eRumor says that $1,000 invested a year ago in Enron, Worldcom, and Nortel would have been worth …
Buy beer and recycle the cans instead of buying some stocks-Truth! &
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“Freezing the Balls Off the Brass Monkey,” a Navy Phrase about Cannon Balls–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: This piece of alleged history explains that in the olden days of sailing ships, cannon balls were stacked on the decks on brass plates called “monkeys.” The plates had indentions in them that held the balls on the bottoms …
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The Australian Case of the Pregnant Lady and the Man on the Bus-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A humorous story of a pregnant woman in Australia who had a man arrested for annoying her while riding on a bus. She kept changing seats to get away from him and he kept smiling and then laughing at …
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The alleged origin of the word “shit,” said to be an acronym that meant that manure bales should be “shipped high in transit.”
