Does anyone know if this is true or not?
Something like this:
Math student walks in to class in the middle of a test and sees 3 problems on the board. Two are for the test, one is supposedly unsolvable. Not knowing that, he does all three problems…
Thanks,
A girl
Yes, it’s an urban legend, and yes, it’s true!
Thank you! I’ve always wondered about this story. 
Long live the SDMB!!!
A girl
WOW- first time I have seen a Snopes thread that actually says the UL is true, and shows how !! Anyone know of any other Snopes threads with proof of truth?
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If you want to kiss the sky, you’d better learn how to kneel.
Several of the urban legends at Snopes have antecedents in actual fact. However, I couldn’t come up with a way to easily extract them. You’ll just have to go there, look at all the items, and keep your eye peeled for the green bullet.
He’s the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armor, shouting ‘All Gods are Bastards!’
My sister’s best friend says that she knew someone who saw one once…
Heck is where you go when you don’t believe in Gosh.
Snopes is definitely fond of the red bullets, but many of the ULs have a true origen, or are plausable enough that they might have occured a some point. I personally think they should switch to the rating system used by Urbanlegends.com. (Speaking of which, is anybody updating that sight anymore?)
–It was recently discovered that research causes cancer in rats.
Diceman, haven’t been by snopes recently, have you? They revamped the web page and got rid of the dots. So there.
Good one, neuro!
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Enough of voting for the lesser of evils - vote Cthulhu 2000!
ROFL Neuro, well said !!!
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If you want to kiss the sky, you’d better learn how to kneel.
David Emery still posts stuff on the Urban Legends message board. And there is occasionally a newsletter with some new UL’s. It seems much slower than the past. Maybe there aren’t as many newbies out there passing around those annoying e-mails anymore. I know I try and embarrass my acquaintances into not sending them to me and others.
Diceman,
Most Urban Legands <i>could</i> have happened at some point, and that is the point. I really don’t like having a story labeled as ‘true’ not because someone can present documented evidence that it <i>has</i> happened, but rather because it <i>could</i> have happened. Not the same thing at all.
Someone <i>could</i> have attached JATO rockets to his car and smashed into a cliff face in Arizona, but no one actually did. Ford <i>could</i> have blundered by offering a car in Mexico called the Nova (spanish for ‘doesn’t go’) but they didn’t. These are both good, even plausible stories, but that still doesn’t mean they actually happened.
Irony and coincidence only carry value when they are rare.
Once again, with feewing…
Diceman,
Most Urban Legands could have happened at some point, and that is the point. I really don’t like having a story labeled as ‘true’ not because someone can present documented evidence that it has happened, but rather because it could have happened. Not the same thing at all.
Someone could have attached JATO rockets to his car and smashed into a cliff face in Arizona, but no one actually did. Ford could have blundered by offering a car in Mexico called the Nova (spanish for ‘doesn’t go’) but they didn’t. These are both good, even plausible stories, but that still doesn’t mean they actually happened.
Irony and coincidence only carry value when they are rare.
Ahhh…
Much better.