# Lets start some NEW Urban myths... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2011, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-some-new-urban-myths/571002 "2011-02-11T08:26:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-some-new-urban-myths/571002/41 "2011-02-16T03:50:15Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > Mount Rushmore was originally supposed to Ulysses Grant on it, not Theodor Roosevelt. When they started carving that part of the mountain a mistake messed up part of Grant’s face. They found that the now exposed rock looked kind of like Roosevelt’s forehead and that they could continue from there. Speaking of Theodore Roosevelt, I read in the newspaper this morning\* that he had to constantly gnaw on furniture in order to keep his teeth from growing through his skull. - OK, so I read it on the comics page. Still, it’s a good story! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-some-new-urban-myths/571002/42 "2011-02-16T08:43:37Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > The government encourages people to have their babies in hospitals so that they can be microchipped under their skin. Once enough new citizens have been microchipped, they’ll activate them and they will be the only valid form of ID. The excuse will be national safety - no Al Qaeda members will be microchipped, so they won’t be able to infiltrate. Sadly, I don’t think that one’s new, either. See the first Google result for “[microchipped at hospitals](http://www.indiadivine.org/audarya/ayurveda-health-wellbeing/1007149-us-hospitals-implement-micro-chipping.html).” ---
**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:** [February 16, 2011, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-some-new-urban-myths/571002/43 "2011-02-16T10:01:10Z")
The OP is sadly out of date about mall Santas. Yes, that was what they used to be, before 9/11. Starting in 2006, the auto industry mall Santas were replaced by Homeland Security Santas, who convince children to spy on and rat out their parents, siblings and neighbors. Most kids would sell out their grandma for a pony, or their sister for a pint of ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-some-new-urban-myths/571002/44 "2011-02-17T05:23:20Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Sadly, I don’t think that one’s new, either. See the first Google result for “[microchipped at hospitals](http://www.indiadivine.org/audarya/ayurveda-health-wellbeing/1007149-us-hospitals-implement-micro-chipping.html).” Dammit again! I have to really up my paranoid delusions. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-some-new-urban-myths/571002/45 "2011-03-08T06:16:58Z")
As we all know, one of the main goals of communism is to foster a culture of meritocracy. One of the best ways to illustrate that is to look to communist China - there the words “individualism” and “hate” are represented by _the same character_. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-some-new-urban-myths/571002/46 "2011-03-09T05:02:50Z")
Charlie Sheen was paid by foreign govenments to go nutso so that US news would report on him, instead of covering silly things like government revolutions. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-some-new-urban-myths/571002/47 "2011-03-10T04:05:48Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > The excuse will be national safety - no Al Qaeda members will be microchipped, so they won’t be able to infiltrate. Because they dont have babies in hospitals? ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-some-new-urban-myths/571002/48 "2011-03-10T04:56:15Z")
I came up with a good conspiracy theory to spread amongst Birthers and White Power websites a while back: \*The Birther movement is funded by Israel. As you recall, one of its leaders is Orly Taitz – an Israeli lawyer. The reason for this is because, as the son of an immigrant, Obama didn’t grow up in a family which was part of the Zion-controlled political and military-industrial complex. His presidency means that Israel loses control over the US government. If you listen to Obama’s speeches, you will find many instances where he as much states his intentions to break down the roots of this Zionist system and cast it out of our government. Discrediting his birth is just one of many of the visible battles between our President and this insidious organization.\* ---
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-some-new-urban-myths/571002/49 "2011-03-10T18:05:09Z")
Current 3-D movie technology was back engineered from alien debris recovered from Roswell. All hair shampoos found on store shelves in the West are made from the bodies of third world infants, which are bred specifically for this purpose. Drill deep enough into the earth, and you can hear the screams of the damned. Wait, that was from that reputable scientific journal, the Weekly World News. Using your turn indicator for more than one click, whether changing lanes or making a turn, means you’re gay. Using it for one click only means you’re involved in a gang initiation rite. Salad dressings make good anal lube. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-some-new-urban-myths/571002/50 "2011-03-10T23:30:08Z")
> [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](#): > > Salad dressings make good anal lube. For more appetizing Santorum? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Void1967](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e274bd/32.png) [@Void1967](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Void1967)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-some-new-urban-myths/571002/51 "2011-05-11T19:58:35Z")
All children born north of the equator have a ‘top knot’ (don’t know if that’s the right name for it) that creates a spiral circling clockwise & those born south of the equator have their hair pattern grow counter-clockwise. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-some-new-urban-myths/571002/52 "2011-05-11T20:53:08Z")
“Cowlick.” Eating strawberries at the same meal as bread will give you hypothyroidism. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-some-new-urban-myths/571002/53 "2011-05-11T22:02:21Z")
Robert E. Lee opposed a proposed plan to kill slaves rather than let them be liberated by the Union Army. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-some-new-urban-myths/571002/54 "2011-05-12T02:13:59Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Megachurches were designed by Disney public-relations experts to soothe attendees, encourage conformity, and acculturate people to a life of subservience. If I had heard that from a trusted agnostic/atheist friend, I would have bought it hook line and sinker. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-start-some-new-urban-myths/571002.md?page=2)