# Creating more ignorance, the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 9, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-more-ignorance-the-sdmb/259021 "2004-08-09T14:14:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-more-ignorance-the-sdmb/259021/1 "2004-08-09T14:14:12Z")
There’s enough ignorance in the world without having to create more. Please DON’T START [URBAN LEGENDS.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=270282) One would think that that’d be a given. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-more-ignorance-the-sdmb/259021/2 "2004-08-09T14:50:10Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > There’s enough ignorance in the world without having to create more. Please DON’T START [URBAN LEGENDS.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=270282) > > One would think that that’d be a given. I agree. My cousin’s friend’s mother’s ex-fiance once started an urban legend. He was severely beaten, and now he has to be hooked up to a life support machine for the rest of his life! E-mail this to everyone you know! ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-more-ignorance-the-sdmb/259021/3 "2004-08-09T15:54:00Z")
Everyone knows there’s no such thing as urban legends. Next time, why don’t you check Snopes before you start stupid threads? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-more-ignorance-the-sdmb/259021/4 "2004-08-09T15:56:13Z")
Actually, a year or so ago somebody made a “Create an Urban Legend” thread; he took suggestions for a while of something he was going to plant on a message board somewhere and see how long it took to become nation-wide legend. I’d tell you what it was, but it would spoil the exercise and I don’t remember it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Aldebaran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Aldebaran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aldebaran)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-more-ignorance-the-sdmb/259021/5 "2004-08-09T16:47:54Z")
**START** why on earth didn’t you sent this warning to GW Bush and the whole lot that not only started extremely deadly urban legends, but even when they are proved to be urban legends still try to defend them . Salaam. A ---
**Author:** ![Aldebaran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Aldebaran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aldebaran)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-more-ignorance-the-sdmb/259021/6 "2004-08-09T16:52:02Z")
Sorry, replace here **START** with OP. By the way: you can also sent that warning to Tony Blair and his crew. Question: Is there some scale on which the danger going out from starting urban legends is measured because in that case the GW Bush/T. Blair team beats all the records. Salaam. A ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-more-ignorance-the-sdmb/259021/7 "2004-08-09T17:30:24Z")
> [@Aldebaran](#): > > **START** why on earth didn’t you sent this warning to GW Bush and the whole lot that not only started extremely deadly urban legends, but even when they are proved to be urban legends still try to defend them . > Salaam. A > > Sorry, replace here START with OP. > > By the way: you can also sent that warning to Tony Blair and his crew. > > Question: Is there some scale on which the danger going out from starting urban legends is measured because in that case the GW Bush/T. Blair team beats all the records. > Salaam. A I had a long response typed out for this, instead, I decided to delete it and just have " :rolleyes: ". Sums it all up. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-more-ignorance-the-sdmb/259021/8 "2004-08-09T20:25:08Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I agree. My cousin’s friend’s mother’s ex-fiance once started an urban legend. He was severely beaten, and now he has to be hooked up to a life support machine for the rest of his life! > > E-mail this to everyone you know! OMG, that’s terrible! I have a garbage bag full of Coke can tabs if you think that’ll help. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-more-ignorance-the-sdmb/259021/9 "2004-08-09T20:55:58Z")
You know, just yesterday, I was making a call on a pay phone. When I was, done, I checked the coin slot, and there was an urban legend in it! I think it gave me AIDS. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-more-ignorance-the-sdmb/259021/10 "2004-08-09T21:06:08Z")
Sam Phillips has a sexy voice. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-more-ignorance-the-sdmb/259021/11 "2004-08-09T21:14:58Z")
> [@gatopescado](#): > > Sam Phillips has a sexy voice. But strangely enough…it doesn’t echo… ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-more-ignorance-the-sdmb/259021/12 "2004-08-09T21:31:16Z")
> [@Aldebaran](#): > > Sorry, replace here **START** with OP. > > By the way: you can also sent that warning to Tony Blair and his crew. > > Question: Is there some scale on which the danger going out from starting urban legends is measured because in that case the GW Bush/T. Blair team beats all the records. > Salaam. A Sounds like something a person would say after they woke up in a seedy motel bathtub that was full of ice… ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-more-ignorance-the-sdmb/259021/13 "2004-08-09T21:47:58Z")
> [@Aldebaran](#): > > Sorry, replace here **START** with OP. Even sorrier, please replace **RANT** with something intelligible. Ever hear about those people whose cactus started quivering, then exploded and hundreds of **Aldebarans** started pouring out? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-more-ignorance-the-sdmb/259021/14 "2004-08-10T05:35:07Z")
I heard Tony Blair actually played a poodle in a college theater show. He played the mate Lassie couldn’t have. In his junior year, he and GWB drove a Tiumph into the Thames. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-more-ignorance-the-sdmb/259021/15 "2004-08-10T08:21:54Z")
1. Start Urban Legend 2. ??? 3. PROFIT!!! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-more-ignorance-the-sdmb/259021/16 "2004-08-11T07:03:31Z")
I agree completely with the OP here. 🆒