Mundane changes to urban myths

Nine months later she gave birth to a baby that was the same ethnicity as her, because the man she had slept with was also of the same ethnicity.

Congressman Tony Schnell introduced Bill 602P, which imposes a 5-cent tax on every email.

The bill never gained any support or cosponsors, and died in committee without ever coming to a vote. Congressman Schnell has a serious challenger in his upcoming primary, and is not expected to be reelected.

If 1,000,000 people “like” this issue on Facebook, maybe those government fatcats will finally wake up to the fact that 1,000,000 people “like” this issue on Facebook.

The not extraordinary adventures of Ralph Melish, (audio only — video would be unbearable).

They have found fully grown alligators in the bayous around New Orleans.

The Chicago Cubs have had their ups and downs over the years, and in some seasons have fielded some pretty good teams, just never quite good enough to win a World Series.

Al Gore’s “Internet Connectivity Tax” has been collected for the past 15 years-it has generated a huge pile of money, which was never allocated for spending.

One moonless, windy night, two teenagers were parked up at Muldoon’s Point. They had the radio on for some mood music. Just as things were getting hot and heavy, the announcer broke in. The City Council had voted to table an amendment to the omnibus bill permitting an easement for the drainage commission.

One moonless, windy night, two teenagers were parked up at Muldoon’s Point. They had the radio on for some mood music. Just as things were getting hot and heavy, the announcer broke in. A psychotic killer with a hook for one hand had escaped from prison, two states over. After a 90-minute man hunt, he was found hiding in the woods. He hadn’t gotten more than two miles from the prison. He was back in custody, locked up in a maximum security cell.

One moonless, windy night, two teenagers were parked up at Muldoon’s Point. They had the radio on for some mood music. Just as things were getting hot and heavy, the announcer broke in. “Muldoon’s Point is a Partridge Family reference,” he said. “You two are clearly well beyond your teen years. Go home and act your age.”

If you look into a mirror and say “Bloody Mary” three times, a woman will reach out of the mirror and hand you an alcoholic beverage made from tomatoes.

A woman purchased a new car from a dealership and realized that it got GREAT gas mileage. She calculated that she got over 200 miles per gallon. A few weeks later she got a phone call from the manufacturer admitting that they had been secretly refilling the gas tank while she slept at night, but would she please repeat her story to the national media.

There was a gruesome highway wreck involving a head-on collision between two semi-trucks. Only later did they discover a Volkwagen Beetle had been between the trucks when they collided. The passengers in the car were shaken but not seriously injured, thanks to the safety features on their 5-star safety-rated 2012 Beetle.

Not true. He could lose in 2012 and run again in 2016.

A man was crushed in half by a train and the wheels were the only thing preventing him from bleeding out and dying. The train was delayed for a half an hour until he died of his injuries.

An African American lady gave her son an unusual name, which unfortunately resulted in teasing when the child got older. The woman got the inspiration for the name when in hospital, she said. On further questioning it was revealed she had passed a slow labour by reading Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, and thought the author’s first name rather nice.

Dr. Seuss and Kurt Vonnegut had roommates in college.

A woman purchased a new car from a dealership, and realized it was getting over 200 miles per gallon. Eventually, she figured out that her son was using the car without telling her, and was filling it up before he brought it back. She had only been taking the car for short drives, and the tank always looked full.

There are lots of people like this, men as well as women, in the Southwest. They are mentally ill or substance abusing homeless people. The climate in the Southwest is generally more friendly to homeless people than the climate in, say, North Dakota.

I didn’t see the “son” part and was waiting for a punchline about Condoleezza Rice.

On a dare, a 10-year old boy put a whole packet of Pop Rocks into his mouth and then took a drink of Coke.

His friends couldn’t believe what happened.

The kid burped the entire alphabet.

I suspect someone is getting Whooshed here, and it might be me.
La Llorona is a famous bit of Mexican folklore, althpough it’s not as famous here in the US. She’s even been the subject of at least one movie:

Oh, I know. I’m just riffing on ways to make the La Llorona story more mundane.