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Fake or Real?

Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 10:45
by Mrs RicheyJames

Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 10:52
by Obviousman
Cool :D

Went up to the giant grizzly bear (don't know if it's fixed order, but did not count it) and had all of them correct. :D

Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 10:54
by Mrs RicheyJames
BOO. I only got 29! Guess I'm just gullible.

Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 10:59
by boudicca
I'm never going to Iraq.

Never mind the descent into civil war, it's those bloody spiders I'd be worried about! :eek: :eek: :eek:

Like the public toilet with glass walls! :lol: :notworthy:

Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 11:28
by markfiend
You answered 39 items out of 40 correctly.

Your score is 98%. Excellent job!
To be fair, I have seen most of them on www.snopes.com

The only one I got wrong was the frog in the peas. :|

Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 11:33
by Ozpat
32 out of 40.

Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 12:43
by MadameButterfly
29 out of 40

Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 13:59
by MrChris
I also got 29. I'm quite glad I was wrong about some of them. I don't want to admit that I live in that world. I DO live in a world with flowers and rainclouds and people and animals are nice to each other.

Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 14:24
by Quiff Boy
or just cheat

Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 14:41
by nick the stripper
Quiff Boy wrote:or just cheat
That's the option I chose. :wink: :lol:

Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 15:56
by eastmidswhizzkid
73%.
i've spent all summer trying to convince the kids that spiders are cool 'cause they eat all the annoying insects -but i'm with boudicca on those giant iraqi motherfuckers! :urff:

Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 16:02
by MrChris
That was two spiders, right? What were they doing to each other?

Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 17:22
by Black Alice
29 - some I didn't want to get right, like the dog which met a porcupine :urff:

Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 17:28
by canon docre
I'd rather live with the Iraqi spiders then with her:

Image

:urff: :urff: :urff:


Though, I'm sure we will encounter such chimeras during our lifespan. :(

Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 17:47
by scotty
canon docre wrote:I'd rather live with the Iraqi spiders then with her:

Image

:urff: :urff: :urff:


Though, I'm sure we will encounter such chimeras during our lifespan. :(
I got that as an e-mail,it said"Jane Goodey has triplets" :lol:

Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 17:52
by eastmidswhizzkid
:lol: cruel but spot on.

Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 17:59
by Brideoffrankenstein
eastmidswhizzkid wrote:73%.
i've spent all summer trying to convince the kids that spiders are cool 'cause they eat all the annoying insects -but i'm with boudicca on those giant iraqi motherfuckers! :urff:
I know this is an urban legends thing and but I can vouch that those spiders aren't really spiders - they're wind scorpions

Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 20:12
by eastmidswhizzkid
fair play BoF! i'll bow to your superior knowledge when it comes to such things anyday! :notworthy:

Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 21:03
by boudicca
Brideoffrankenstein wrote:
eastmidswhizzkid wrote:73%.
i've spent all summer trying to convince the kids that spiders are cool 'cause they eat all the annoying insects -but i'm with boudicca on those giant iraqi motherfuckers! :urff:
I know this is an urban legends thing and but I can vouch that those spiders aren't really spiders - they're wind scorpions
Oh well that's alright then! :lol:

Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 21:45
by mew
My eyes cant stop watering at lookind at that worm!!!!!!!!! and that was a very big spider. Do you think it got near any depleted uranium shells?

Posted: 29 Sep 2005, 21:58
by eastmidswhizzkid
it's a wind scorpion... :roll:

Posted: 30 Sep 2005, 08:04
by Gottdammerung
For some reason the "dog meets porcupine" photo has made my day...


Though some of the pictures are appallingly faked... I've seen better Stalin-era retouches of photos!


Anyways 34 out of 40... :innocent:

Posted: 30 Sep 2005, 08:31
by scotty
35 out of 40.

Posted: 30 Sep 2005, 10:04
by markfiend
Brideoffrankenstein wrote:I know this is an urban legends thing and but I can vouch that those spiders aren't really spiders - they're wind scorpions
The snopes article about that picture says that they're camel spiders.

Edit: Oh.
The Clicky above wrote:...Camel spiders, also known as wind spiders, wind scorpions, and sun scorpions...

Posted: 30 Sep 2005, 10:50
by MrChris
Okay, I feel a bit better now, thank you markfiend. Still, the news that they come out at night and may eat mice and birds doesn't make them much more cuddly. If I ever met one, I don't think I would need that 'Camel Spider Care Sheet' they thoughtfully supplied...But a nice flat spade would come in helpful.