2006-09-06 06:33:00 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
That there really were characters in the childrens TV programme Captain Pugwash called;
Seaman Stains
Roger the Cabin Boy
Master Bates.
The myth was that no-one noticed the cheeky writers naughty names for years, but sadly its not true. None of these characters existed in the kids version, only in a special adult one off written years later.
2006-09-06 06:38:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read somewhere that England would win the world cup.
that tony would eventually resign,
that two jags Prescott went into training for a rematch, with the egg thrower of towyn.
and that sky symbol on the big screen, the pint glass means it s time for another drink.
that drinking beer through a straw gets you drunk quicker.
that the army has started recruiting ethnic minorities to act as guides in Iraq and Afghanistan,and that four poles had applied.
regards FL
2006-09-06 20:01:24 · answer #2 · answered by lefang 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tipping cows. It's true that most urban legends COULD happen, but many involve murder or mayhem. I could more easily see someone deciding to tip a cow than to hide under someone's car and ....
Or the one about the chemical that turns a color if you pee in the pool. I actually believed that one until last year or so. (I just assumed no one whose pool I had been in was using it....)
2006-09-07 10:09:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question.
I think it was the one about the tv licence detector vans that were supposed to be dring round the country, finding out who hadn't paid their licence, detecting if they were watching the tele, then busting them.
I believed that for years.
2006-09-06 13:41:40 · answer #4 · answered by savs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know about most believable, but I like the one about getting stuck in a country lane . . . . . one person goes for help . . . . gone for too long . . . . . noise on the roof of the car . . . . . . gets out . . . . lunatic on top of the car holding decapitated partners head ! Real edifying stuff !
2006-09-06 13:47:09 · answer #5 · answered by paul b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That the film 'The Madness Of King George III' had its title changed in America incase Yanks thought it was part of a trilogy :P
2006-09-06 13:35:10 · answer #6 · answered by thomas p 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Vignesh statues in India drinking milk!
2006-09-06 22:57:49 · answer #7 · answered by Hobby 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That elvis works in a chip shop in blackpool
2006-09-06 13:35:33 · answer #8 · answered by Paul L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the womans whos son got turned into a fish finger
2006-09-06 13:34:36 · answer #9 · answered by orfeo_fp 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i got an e-mail yesterday of a boy getting his arm ran over for stealing in Iran
but there is a twist
http://www.snopes.com/photos/gruesome/crushboy.asp
2006-09-06 13:35:24 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋