Urban legend - Urban legend Urban legends perpetrate a type of folklore, endlessly circulated by word of mouth, repeated in news stories and distributed by email. Humans frequently recount such tales as having happened to a "friend of a friend". Some of the stories have survived for a very long time, having evolved only slightly over the years, as in the case of the story of a woman killed by spiders nesting in her elaborate hairdo. Other, new stories reflect modern circumstances, like the story of the man on a business trip being seduced by a woman and waking up the next morning minus a kidney surgically removed for transplant. Some urban legends actually have a basis in true events, such as the case of the young man shooting.
AIDS myths and urban legends - AIDS myths and urban legends Because the worldwide spread of AIDS has had such a tragic effect on millions of people world-wide, a number of myths, urban legends, and conspiracy theories have arisen surrounding the disease. Perhaps some of these serve as a psychological mechanism for people to cope with the epidemic, or perhaps in some cases, as a device to lay blame on someone for the epidemic. In some parts of Africa, an urban legend stating that having sexual intercourse with a virgin will cure AIDS has gained considerable notoriety. This myth has been seen at the center of certain recent stories involving sexual abuse and child rape. Not only does this not cure the abuser, it often infects their victim with HIV, leading to their developing.
McDonald's urban legends - McDonald's urban legends There are many urban legends about McDonald's. This is perhaps because of McDonald's very high profile around the world and perhaps also because McDonald's is a focus of the anti-globalization movement whose more maverick elements regard the corporation as evil. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Red and yellow empties seats 2 Unusual ingredients 2.1 Hamburgers 2.1.1 Worm meat 2.1.2 Kangaroo meat 2.2 McFlurry rumor 3 Exception legends 4 No McDonald's Here 5 See also 6 References Red and yellow empties seats McDonald's restaurants tend to have a "red and yellow theme". An urban legend is that the corporation "calculated" that this color combination would entice people to leave the restaurant; thus, making room for new customers. However it should be noted that this is.
Urban - Urban Urban is in or having to do with cities, as distinct from rural areas. See also : Urban economics; Urban tribe; Urban structure In terms of music, urban music and urban radio are synonymous with the terms rap or hip hop, because that type of music typically originates in urban areas. (In these contexts the term "black music" has sometimes been used, and urban serves as a race-neutral replacement.) Current examples of popular urban musicians are Missy Elliott, Ja Rule, 50 Cent, Nelly, and Ludacris. List of urban topics Urban legend Urban exploration Urban car Urban myth Urban heat island Urban planning Urban design Urban economics List of cities.
Pope Urban III - Pope Urban III Urban III pope from (1185-1187), was by born Uberto Crivelli in Milan, and was made cardinal and archbishop of Milan by Lucius III, whom he succeeded (November 25 1185). He vigorously took up his predeccessor's quarrels with the emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, including the standing dispute about the succession of territories of the countess Matilda of Tuscany. Even after his elevation to the Papacy he continued to hold the archbishopric of Milan, and in this capacity refused to crown as king of Italy Frederick's son Henry, who had married Constantia, the heiress of the kingdom of Sicily. While Henry in the south co-operated with the rebel senate of Rome, Frederick in the north blocked the passes of the Alps and cut off all communication.
Legend - Legend A legend is a story, with important ontological consequences, passed by person to person. A legend is a concept, an ideal or semi-true story with mythic qualities usually involving an heroic character or fantastic place and rooted in a kernel of truth; it is a meme that propagates through a culture. Some legends we know today have their basis in historical fact. Before the invention of the printing press storytellers abounded, and typically would learn their stock in trade, their stories, from an older story teller, who might (or might not) have actually been there when the "story" was "history" bardic schools, oral history. Examples: King Arthur and the Holy Grail El Dorado The Fountain of Youth Robin Hood Atlantis A legend is different from.
King Kong vs Godzilla - earlier concepts for a new Kong feature put out by Ray Harryhausen before his death. This was the first color feature for either monster. There is something of an urban legend about the possiblity of dual ending, a victory for Kong in the American version, a victory for Godzilla in the Japanese; this is mostly false though the American version features inserted scenes and ends with a roar from Kong alone rather than both monsters, perhaps slanting an otherwise ambiguous outcome but not a true alternate ending. The film is obviously a spoof of commercialsm some critics also claim that Kong represents the resources of the Pacific Islands and Godzilla reprises his symbolism as the United States . See also : Godzilla.
KISS (band) - 1980 and 1996 and after 2001 when he left the band a second time: Eric Carr, 1981-1991 (died of cancer) Eric Singer, 1991-1996, 2001- (since 2001, he had to wear the Catman make-up) The band's name was rumored to stand for "Knights In Satan's Service" but this is an urban legend which Gene Simmons has denied in his book. Simmons states that Paul Stanley suggested the name on the spur of the moment while they were stopped at a traffic light..
January 13 - plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany 1942 - Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car 1953 - Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugoslavia 1957 - Wham-O Company produces the first Frisbee 1966 - Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member by being appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 1972 - Prime Minister of Ghana, Dr Kofi Busia's ousted in bloodless military coup 1982 - Shortly after takeoff, an Air Florida jumbojet crashes into Washington, DC's 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78. 1990 - L. Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia. 1992 - Japan.
JATO - plane, so the system could be re-used. After World War II JATO became particularly common owing to the low slow-speed thrust of then-current jet engines. As the quality and power of the engines has grown, JATO has fallen from favour. It is still used, however, when heavily-laden aircraft need to take off from short runways. In all of these cases the term "jet" is inaccurate and the system is more accurately called RATO. However JATO remains the most popular version, apparently due to its US origin. The JATO Rocket Car is a famous urban legend that relates the story of a car equipped with JATO units for a lark, that is later found smashed into a mountainside. This story is often given as an example of a Darwin Award; however it.
Janet Jackson - "Thriller" album (1982). At the age of sixteen, she released her first album. Simply called "Janet Jackson" it didn't achieve the commercial success of her siblings' recordings - reaching number 63 in the US charts. However, two single releases from the album hit the Pop Charts, "Young Love" and "Come Give Your Love To Me" (peaking at #64 and #58 respectively). Both tracks did well on urban radio, with "Young Love" reaching the Top 10. An additional release "Say You Do" also hit the Top 20 of the urban charts. In 1984, she released a second album, "Dream Street". It marked a musical progression from her debut, with more funky, up-tempo prodcution by brother Marlon. The album produced two hits on the R&B charts, one single, "Don't Stand Another Chance" reaching.
Vector - numbers at once dope vector In operating systems, a memory location Vector graphics describes a line or move in computer graphics Vector (computing) is the method that malicious code (viruses, etc) uses to propogate itself. (from the concept of biological vector below) A biological vector is a mechanism that transmits genes or organism. Most often used in the context of transmission of diseases. A person or entity that passes along an urban legend. (also from the concept of biological vector) Vector (band) is the name of a 1980s new wave rock band Wiktionary:vector This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to.
JATO Rocket Car - the original Darwin Awards but has now been debunked as an urban legend. It was originally circulated as forwarded email. The following version was edited by Wendy Northcutt. This legend was again convincingly debunked in 2003 on the Discovery Channel show "MythBusters". They replicated the scene and the thrust of the JATO with several commercially-available amateur rocket motors. The car did go very fast, maybe 150 MPH, but did not go anywhere near 300 MPH, and did not become airborne. Jet Assisted Take-Off The Arizona Highway Patrol were mystified when they came upon a pile of smoldering wreckage embedded in the side of a cliff rising above the road at the apex of a curve. The metal debris resembled the site of an airplane crash, but it turned out to be.
Jayne Mansfield - back to Hollywood. But she became mired in the sterotype of the dumb blonde bimbo, and was rarely able to shake it. She was inevitably compared, usually unfavourably, with Marilyn Monroe. Mansfield died in an automobile accident, and was infamously said to have been decapitated in the accident. This is an urban legend, possibly spawned by the fact that her blond wig was knocked off her head. In the car with her was her daughter, Mariska Hargitay, who has become an actress in her own right. Mansfield was married three times: to Paul Mansfield, to actor and bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay and to director Matt Cimber. Her daughter Jayne Marie Mansfield was a Playboy centerfold in 1976, following in her mother's footsteps -- Jayne Mansfield herself was a centerfold in 1955. It.
John Reed (journalist) - heard about the brewing Bolshevik Revolution, and went to Russia in 1917. His experiences and interviews with Vladimir Lenin became the subject of a book Ten Days that Shook the World. Upon dying in the Soviet Union, he became the only American buried in Red Square. A perennial urban legend in Reed's home town is that Reed College was named for this journalist. Although Reed College's unofficial and tongue-in-cheek motto is "Atheism, Communism, and Free Love", there is no truth to this rumor. The film Reds starring Warren Beatty was based on the life of John Reed..
Ich bin ein Berliner - say "Ich komme aus Berlin" ("I am from Berlin"), but because Kennedy wanted to emphasize the common identity among people of the "world of freedom", that usage would have been misleading. "Ich bin Berliner" (cf. "Ich bin Amerikaner", "Ich bin Deutscher" etc.) would be preferred in common usage, but "Ich bin ein Berliner" is not grammatically incorrect (especially in a larger context such as "Ich bin ein Berliner von Millionen" - "I am one Berliner among millions"). The jelly doughnut urban legend apparently arose in Florida in the 1980s and culminated in a letter to the editor to the New York Times in 1987 which claimed that the error was embarrassing and resulted in laughter. The context made the meaning very clear, though, so nobody misunderstood Kennedy when he delivered his.
Internet humor - it seems to have first appeared on the Internet in 1993 with simple descriptions of communism, capitalism and socialism. However, the version presented within the Wikipedia has expanded to include all forms of government, regional variations, philosophical systems, and even art movements. Attempting to define an "author" of the joke hence becomes impossible, and it becomes a publicly owned resource, simply because no-one could validly claim legitimate ownership. Though the Internet has allowed the global explosion of collectively-authored comedy, its precursors existed on bulletin boards, corporate messaging systems, and even through such low-tech mechanisms as the facsimile since at least the 1970s. Examples: Lightbulb jokes You have two cows Honor system virus See also: urban legend.
Irish theatre - the accession to the throne of William of Orange, the whole ethos of Dublin Castle, including its attitude to the theatre, change. Smock Alley stayed in existence until 1811 and new theatres, such as the Theatre Royal, Queens' Theatre, and The Gaiety Theatre opened during the 19th century. However, the one constant for the next 200 years was that the main action in the history of Irish theatre happened abroad, mainly in London. The 18th Century The 18th century saw the emergence of two major Irish dramatists, Oliver Goldsmith and Richard Brinsley Sheridan, who were two of the most successful playwrights on the London stage in the 18th century. Goldsmith (1728-1774) was born in Roscommon and grew up in extremely rural surroundings. He entered Trinity College in 1745 and graduated in.
Isabel la Negra - well documented in many Puerto Rican newspapers such as El Dia and El Vocero, not much is known about her. Most information is based on urban legends and rumors. The most widely accepted legend is that Isabel left her house as a young teenager to live with a wealthy man, only to find out that he was married. She then started to date another wealthy man, a much older, American man. While Isabel was happy with him for some time, he grew disrespectful of Isabel's Puerto Rican traditions. On Saints Day, a typical Latin American holiday, he blew out the candles she had lit to honor the saints. After this episode, she left him and returned home, only to find out that her home was now being used as a brothel..
Islamic Empires in India - a Muslim colony in Sindh, however, permitted significant cultural exchanges and the introduction into the subcontinent of saintly teachers. Muslim influence grew with conversions. Almost three centuries later, the Turks and the Afghans spearheaded the Islamic conquest in India through the traditional invasion routes of the northwest. Mahmud of Ghazni (979-1030) led a series of raids against Rajput kingdoms and rich Hindu temples and established a base in Punjab for future incursions. Mahmud's tactics originated the legend of idol-smashing Muslims bent on plunder and forced conversions, a reputation that persists in India to the present day. Delhi Sultanate Main article: Delhi Sultanate In the 13th century, Shams-ud-Din Iletmish (or Iltutmish; r. 1211-36), a former slave-warrior, established a Turkic kingdom in Delhi, which enabled future sultans to push in every direction; within.
