HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: "colin mcgregor" <colin.mcgregor@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: zest (re: pure soap)
Date: 16 Aug 92 19:58:52 EST
Reply-To: "colin mcgregor" <colin.mcgregor@canrem.com>
Distribution: alt
Organization: Canada Remote Systems


guppy@wixer.cactus.org (Jennifer Mery) writes:

JM>Is Zest lower in calories than Lifebouy?

I don't know that, but I do know that Zest is not a soap let alone a
pure soap. Zest and all of these other products that talk about how they
do not leave a soap film in their ads are detergents NOT soap (chemically
quite differeent I gather). Why the marketting people don't just come out
and say this is detergent not soap is the next question.
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From: csuah@warwick.ac.uk (~WISP at CU~)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Man Shot In Head Survives!
Keywords: headache
Date: 14 Aug 92 09:51:18 GMT
Organization: Computing Services, Warwick University, UK

In article <8aUE02T11d2T01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> tjc50@juts.ccc.amdahl.com (Terry Carroll) writes:
>In article <cwwnb66w@csv.warwick.ac.uk>, csuah@warwick.ac.uk (~WISP at CU~)
>writes:
>> Third, what if they were exaggerating? It is possible to lose a large part
>> of
>> a hemisphere and still be a ballerina, or athlete, or whatever
>
>But it screws up your balance, being light on one side like that.

Damn, of course! How could I possibly have forgotten that? Of course, if
you lose a large chunk of BOTH hemispheres...

Later,

The Wisp. [maybe you'd float...]
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From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Eskimo words for snow (was: Re: Faces of death)
Date: 14 Aug 92 15:36:34 GMT

In article <1992Aug13.103236.8249@vax.oxford.ac.uk>, hsr4@vax.oxford.ac.uk writes:
> (As an example of the hardened AFU mentality one has only to look at the 
> postings about eskimo words for snow; a poster pulls up a list of 30-odd from 
> a dictionary, and the response is to quote some esoteric argument about word 
> roots.

Umm -- arguments about word roots are not neessarily esoteric.  One needs
to know a bit of grammar to make sense of words in a list.  Note that in
the previous two sentences, I used ``word'' and ``words''.  One symbol or
two?  Still not convinced?  Consider Russian, where any adjective can have
36 possible endings, for 6 cases, 3 genders, and 2 numbers.  I suppose
that that's 36 ways to score in Russian Scrabble games, but if I'm trying
to understand their mindset I'd count it as one *concept* word.
From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Whither Manhattan? Wither Liberty??
Date: 20 Aug 92 17:13:40 GMT

In article <94037@bu.edu>, alpert@cs.bu.edu (Richard Alpert) writes:
> In article <=2fytf=@rpi.edu> kasprj@rpi.edu writes:
> > Anyone have a good reference for this? Are Governor's, Ellis and Liberty 
> >Islands also considered part of Manhattan Borough?
> 
> Would that they were.  Summa cum dolar, I regret to inform you that Liberty
> Island is NEW JERSEY!!

Umm -- the government of New Jersey claims that, but they couldn't find
a court that was willing to rule on the subject.  Want some proof that
it's in New York?  Buy something there, and see what the sales tax rate
is...
From: scm@harvee.billerica.ma.us (S. Mudgett aka little gator)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Faces of death
Date: 18 Aug 92 13:36:56 GMT
	<1992Aug17.153354.2227@news.cs.brandeis.edu>
Reply-To: scm@harvee.billerica.ma.us
Organization: gators 'r us
X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.03 Rev. Apr 14 1992

In <1992Aug17.153354.2227@news.cs.brandeis.edu>, LUCIFER writes:
>RE: apostrophies.
>
>Doc, lighten up, smell the industial fumes.
>
>Snopes was joking. You shouldn't get so wrapped up in the argument. Just

i heard that snopes was joking but i think it's a ul.
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From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank)
Subject: Re: Political ULs
Reply-To: thf2@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 13:53:53 GMT

In article <1992Aug14.171851.13559@bnlux1.bnl.gov> schroede@bnlux1.bnl.gov (gary l. schroeder) writes:
>In article <1992Aug10.221447.24905@news.columbia.edu> egl1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Elizabeth G. Levy) writes:
>>UL: Dan Quayle is a real person.
>
>Could be.  I've never actually seen him in person and those Coke
>commercials that combine living stars with dead ones are getting pretty
>convincing.   Has anyone on the net actually _seen_ Dan Quayle with
>their own eyes?  I always thought he was invented to give the late night
>comedians good monologue material.

I have a friend who used to be on Dan Quayle's staff -- in other words,
Quayle is a FOAF of mine...  (or an EOAF?)
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From: phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Kernick)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Just One Calorie...?
Date: 17 Aug 92 00:58:44 GMT
Organization: University of Adelaide, South Australia

jdahl@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Jared Dahl) writes:

>   This instantly reeked of UL - I checked a can - it said
>"one calorie per 5 oz. serving."  Is this false advertising,
>or does it fall into the range of "first in it's class" 
>claims by auto manufacturers?

Consulting the can of Diet-Coke that I am currently drinking, it says:

100ml yields 1.7kJ.

The can contains 375ml, so this is:

1.7 * 3.75 = 6.375kJ

Now, using units:

6.375 / 4.1868 = 1.522cal


Therefore, they may be using a little scientific license here, but there
certainly are *not* 2 cal in a can!



Regs,
Phil.

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From: styri@hal.nta.no (YuNoHoo)
Subject: Re: Ed Nilges and Snuff Films?
Reply-To: styri@nta.no
Organization: Bohemians and Globetrotters, Unlimited
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 14:31:37 GMT

In article <2545@tivoli.UUCP>, David Favor writes:
>
> stayed tuned for the next mainstream snuff film entitled... 
>
>          "Desert Throat"
                   ^^^^^^ sure it isn't Croat?
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From: jane@soave.swdc.stratus.com (Jane Beckman)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Driving tests
Date: 14 Aug 92 17:57:06 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc., San Jose, CA

Amazingly enough, you can indeed fail a California driving
test.  I knew one woman who failed it *five times.*  When they
finally passed her, some of us theorized that it was because
the testers were too terrified to ride with her again, and
decided to get her out of their office.
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twenty years, and you ask me about if *getting tattooed* hurt?!
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From: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Subject: Re: I Love Lucy Forever?
Reply-To: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 06:48:37 GMT

In article <jon.714263125@lindy.Stanford.EDU> jon@lindy.Stanford.EDU (Jon Corelis) writes:
>   For years now I have been periodically hearing or reading the
>statement that there is no moment of the day or night when Lucille Ball
>is not appearing somewhere in the world on a television screen playing I
>Love Lucy.  
>
>   I've never heard of a source for this statement, and the more I think
>of it, the more dubious it seems.  For one thing, even if it were true,
>how could anyone know it was true?
>
>   So is this an urban legend, or is there some basis for it in fact?

No, it's the sun never sets on the British flag .OR. at the same time as
it might I Love Lucy is being watched somewhere.

cjl
From: mcirvin@husc8.harvard.edu (Mcirvin)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Driving tests
Date: 13 Aug 92 19:20:58 GMT

>In article <1992Aug13.152447.23346@specialix.co.uk> martin@specialix.co.uk (Martin) writes:

>>I had previously heard the story as the Egyptian driving test where you
>>have to drive 9 yards forwards and 9 yards backwards.
>>
>>Which, if either, is true?

The driving test in the state of Virginia (US) is really not much
better.  When I took it, the behind-the-wheel test consisted of
driving out of the parking lot, crossing a highway at a traffic
light into a residential neighborhood, driving around one block
in said neighborhood, crossing the highway again, and parking in
the (nearly empty) lot.  There's no parallel parking or highway
driving involved, and no situation involving many other cars.

-- 
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Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,nyc.general
From: moroney@ramblr.enet.dec.com
Subject: Re: Whither Manhattan? (was Re: Cannibaderm, anyone?)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 19:26:29 GMT

In article <Aug.19.11.10.32.1992.14120@math.rutgers.edu>, janowsky@math.rutgers.edu (Steven Janowsky) writes...
>In article <=2fytf=@rpi.edu> kasprj@isaac.its.rpi.edu (Jim Kasprzak) writes:

>>  Anyone have a good reference for this? Are Governor's, Ellis and Liberty 
>> Islands also considered part of Manhattan Borough?

>Certainly not Liberty Island since THAT is part of New Jersey!

Gee, did NY and NJ have a war that NY lost or something?  Every map I've
seen showed Liberty Island as being part of NY (State, at least), despite
being on the NJ side of a line drawn down the middle of the river.
An exception of some sort, based on some ancient treaty or war or something.
Probably the same reason Staten Island is part of NY despite being closer
to NJ.

Anyone know the story _why_ Liberty Island belongs to NY?

-Mike
From: chris@state.COM.AU (Chris Keane)
Subject: Re: Driving tests
Organization: Group Treasury, State Bank of NSW
Date: 20 Aug 92 22:35:51 GMT

pt@geovision.gvc.com (Paul Tomblin) writes:

>When my wife moved to Canada, she had to do the whole test, even though she
>was a _driving_instructor_ in England!  It's pretty standard not to accept
>the tests of other countries, I guess.

Unless you emigrate to Australia, don't speak English and take a job as
a taxi driver. In this case, you don't need to sit the Australian 
test; oh no, you don't even need to know how to drive.



regards...                                                 
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From: kgg@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Kees Goossens)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: planes in rivers (was NEW UL!)
Date: 13 Aug 92 14:10:09 GMT
Reply-To: kgg@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Kees Goossens)
Organization: The Lavatory for the Foundations of Computer Science

In article <1992Aug12.194445.23832@bnlux1.bnl.gov> schroede@bnlux1.bnl.gov (gary l. schroeder) writes:
>While it _contains_ a seven, you can't get 7
>from any mathematical manipulation of 7 and 4.   
>

Uh, 7 * 1 + 4 * 0 = 7.
Or less of a cheat: 7 * 4 - 7 * (7 - 4) = 7

ObFact: Eeks is Kees misspelt.
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From: jane@soave.swdc.stratus.com (Jane Beckman)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: SHOCKING STORIES
Date: 19 Aug 92 01:01:25 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc., San Jose, CA

In article <1992Aug17.150914.9491@unislc.uucp> dw@unislc.uucp (Dan Wright) writes:
>You may reach into the campfire and take out a coal-chunk, and juggle it
>quickly between your hands for as long as you like without getting
>burned.  It's fun to play catch with a glowing coal at night.  You can
>see the thing some distance away dancing in your friend's hands, then
>suddenly it comes sailing right at you looking like a meteor and you've
>got to think fast and catch it very lightly without grasping it.
>
Reminds me of how I burned my hand on a piece of firewood.  I
like to amaze friends by rearranging firewood by hand, rather
than using a poker.  Ha, ha, I *thought* I had picked it up by
grabbing the unburned section an inch away from the
charcoal/coals section.  My mind registered "wait a minute,
this feels like charcoal on the back of this sucker..."  as I
was holding it.  This took some number of seconds.  It took
another second to process "Drop the wood, Stupid!"  I only got
a minor first-degree burn on two fingers, and I had a pretty
good grip on the thing.

 

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From: jfreter@triton.unm.edu (The Myth)
Subject: Re: Imponderables
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 22:14:16 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <1992Aug18.152428.28723@unislc.uucp> dw@unislc.uucp (Dan Wright) writes:
>There's a book named "Why Clocks Run Clockwise and other Imponderables"
>by David Feldman.  He's sort of a Cecil wanna-be.  He tries to be funny
>
>Here are some questions which the book said it had no answer to:
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>
>  -- Why does looking at the sun cause some people to sneeze?
>

I know the answer to this one.  Some people (like me), are alergic to
certain chemicals in the eye that are formed when another breaks down
under light.  I forgot the name of this compound, but it is purple in
color and can easily be detected by covering up one eye for a while to
allow the chemical to build up.  Uncover the eye after a few minutes and
all will look purplish for a while until the chemical breaks down.  This
condition is handy for those times when the nose itches and a sneeze is
building up in strength, but won't come.  Instant relief.
From: jordan@castor.cs.uga.edu (Chuck Jordan)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: You are humble and loveable.  CHOMP!
Summary: Stupid questions -- I demand answers!
Date: 23 Aug 92 06:02:45 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

In lots and lots of TV shows, movies, literature, etc, including Michael
Crichton's "The Great Train Robbery" (which is what I'm reading now and is
very good so far and prompted this question) and the Underdog cartoon series,
people given coins bite them to check if they're real.  ("Thank you, Shoeshine
Boy.  You are humble and loveable."  CHOMP!)

Why is this?  What is this supposed to prove?  Is a fake coin supposed to
be harder/softer/hurt your dental work/what?  Is it to make sure it's not
one of those chocolate pirate pennies?

This seems to be a pretty common bit of social history, so the question's a
valid one for afu, right?  Does it even matter anymore?

USENET's Chuck

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From: tms@cs.umd.edu (Tom Swiss (not Swift, not Suiss, Swiss!))
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Gulf Vet Illness
Date: 19 Aug 92 04:22:31 GMT
Organization: The Reality Liberation Front (pixels to the people!)

styri@nta.no writes:
>
>Didn't CNN (at least) do a story on desert storm vets having some unknown
>viral infection. I even remember, though vaguely, a reference made to the
>national (US that is) blood supply and the threat of a new virus.
>
>Didn't hear anything more, however. Guess the govt. stopped any more broadcasts.

     Heard a mention of this on one of the local news shows tonight. About
300 Gulf vets are reporting symptoms of fatigue, hair loss, etc., and
are blaming it on exposure to oil smoke; the VA calls it stress-related.


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From: PORTIGAL_STEVE@TANDEM.COM
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Help me identify this Mcdonaldland character
Date: 13 Aug 92 22:55:00 GMT

Sorry if this is a repost. I've been having trouble posting via email.

Anyway, I'm trying to identify this "classic era" McDonald character. Before
that stupid bird, the fry guys, the mcnugget people and so on. Back when
there used to be Grimus, Ronald, Hamburglar, Mayor McCheese, and this
policeman Quarter Pounder dude. What the hell was he called? He looked kind
of like an English bobby, with the little hat and truncheon. What it
Officer Quarter Pounder?

 If any of y'all can help me out I'd really appreciate it.

 thanks very much,

Steve Portigal

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From: jerryg@ssd.intel.com (Jerry Gaiser)
Subject: Re: Vacation Time!
Organization: Supercomputer Systems Division, Intel Corp.
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 16:06:12 GMT

In article <1992Aug12.032637.2700@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>Isn't there an urban legend/True Story about a Laurel and Hardy movie
>where the movie crew went to the wrong house for filming and had to pay
>the true owner (who just got back from vacation at the end of filming)
>a huge sum of money for the demolishing of all of his personal property?

I don't know if was the wrong house, but in one of their shorts (the name
of which escapes me now -- Big Business?), they do virtually destroy a real
house in a tit-for-tat fight with Jimmy Finlayson, including cutting down
a Fir tree in the front yard and throwing it through the front window.
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From: troch@gandalf.Rutgers.EDU (Rod Troch)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Snuff Film Rumors
Date: 20 Aug 92 18:03:10 GMT
Organization: Right Coast HQ For Stupid Pub Tricks
In-reply-to: chuck_adams@qmail.ssc.gov's message of 19 Aug 92 13:56:16 GMT

>>>>> "Chuck" == Chuck Adams <chuck> writes:

	Chuck> Excerpted from an article posted in alt.tasteless (yes
	Chuck> that group again) by cwagner@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
	Chuck> (Christian Wagner):

	Chuck> alt.tasteless References:
	Chuck> <TROCH.92Aug14132850@gandalf.Rutgers.EDU>

Here is something funny... I was quoted as being a reference to that
thread, yet I had not yet responded to the thread... 

What had originally happened was I posted a remark about Texas and
the thread got all (well) threaded and ended up with Snuff references,
so I proceeded to forward it to afu... Well it looks like Chuck
beat me.. Weird!

Rod
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From: crow@coos.dartmouth.edu (Preston F. Crow)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Co-ed Dorms!
Date: 18 Aug 92 07:37:56 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

In <57111@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> gfritz@sage.cc.purdue.edu ("Happy Fun Ball") writes:

>In article <9208171631.AA06068@crdgw1.ge.com> news_for@ae.ge.com (Paul R. Joslin) writes:
>>
>>ObUL:  At some schools, "co-ed dorm" means that men and women LIVE IN
>>THE SAME BUILDING!
>>
>>Paul "Ask about Purdue's co-ed dorms..." Joslin	
>>joslin@c0223.ae.ge.com

>At Purdue, "co-ed" means that members of the opposite sex get to eat in the
>same room together.

>Belive it or not.

At Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, Idaho, they're too conservative for
the term "co-ed."  Instead, they have "dual occupancy" dorms where members
of the opposite sex live in separate sections of the same building.

--PC

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From: sethb@fid.morgan.com (Seth Breidbart)
Subject: Re: apples to teachers - idea why
Organization: Terry (hon.)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 23:20:09 GMT

In article <1992Aug19.181012.12222@avernus.com> mgfrank@avernus.com
(Marc G. Frank) writes:

>Or perhaps the whole thing is just an urban legend.  Does anyone out
>there *actually know* (or even have a FOAF) of a student who gave an
>apple to a teacher or a teacher receiving an apple from a student?
>
>As far as I can tell, it survives only in the phrase "apple for the
>teacher" and, most likely, in various cartoons.

One is easy.  I've seen it; I've done it.

Can anyone verify the story about all of a teacher's students giving
her apples on the same day?  (From junior high school on up, a teacher
would generally see several hundred students per day.)

Seth "apple of his teachers' eye" sethb@fid.morgan.com