jefmcg
Guru
I first heard the Kentucky Fried Rat urban myth back in the late seventies. As is the nature of urban myths, they come to you as having happened to a FOAF (friend of a friend) so I believed this had happened my brother's friend David McHenry's older sister. It didn't. It never happened to anyone, and I know that. But if I ever eat KFC (rarely) I am very circumspect of each piece before taking a bite.
Similarly there is junk food in Australia called a dim sim. It's a bit like a Chinese dim sum and always served with soy sauce, but the size of an egg and filled with mystery meat. It's available at almost any non-chain fast food place that has a deep fryer (eg burger or fish and chip places) or a steamer and is cheap and cheerful. I once heard the filling was made in a big vat and every now and then a rat would fall in, but they'd keep the machinery churning. I didn't believe it , but I haven't eaten one since I heard it.
And the last one is cycle related. It's a story I heard US sex advice columnist Dan Savage tell about a letter he received. A urine fetishist whose particular kink was women drinking his urine wrote to him, describing waiting around Starbucks on warm days. If any woman cycled up an left her bottle unattended, he would sneak over and ... um .... top it up. He kept watching, and it was an especial thrill if they took a drink before they left - but either way, he got a the thrill he was looking for. While I believe this is true, it's just one man, and I assume there are way over 7 billion people who don't do this. But despite that logic, I am looking askance at my water bottle that was left unattended for 1/2 an hour today.
Anyone else modify their behaviour based on things they don't believe are true?
Similarly there is junk food in Australia called a dim sim. It's a bit like a Chinese dim sum and always served with soy sauce, but the size of an egg and filled with mystery meat. It's available at almost any non-chain fast food place that has a deep fryer (eg burger or fish and chip places) or a steamer and is cheap and cheerful. I once heard the filling was made in a big vat and every now and then a rat would fall in, but they'd keep the machinery churning. I didn't believe it , but I haven't eaten one since I heard it.
And the last one is cycle related. It's a story I heard US sex advice columnist Dan Savage tell about a letter he received. A urine fetishist whose particular kink was women drinking his urine wrote to him, describing waiting around Starbucks on warm days. If any woman cycled up an left her bottle unattended, he would sneak over and ... um .... top it up. He kept watching, and it was an especial thrill if they took a drink before they left - but either way, he got a the thrill he was looking for. While I believe this is true, it's just one man, and I assume there are way over 7 billion people who don't do this. But despite that logic, I am looking askance at my water bottle that was left unattended for 1/2 an hour today.
Anyone else modify their behaviour based on things they don't believe are true?
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We should go on a date at a posh nosh place and chat loudly
