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URBAN LEGENDS. DEFINE URBAN LEGENDS -A myth that has been passed on from past generations.

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1 URBAN LEGENDS

2 DEFINE URBAN LEGENDS -A myth that has been passed on from past generations.

3 HOW URBAN LEGENDS PASS ON Word of mouth Chain letters Books and Newspaper Articles E-mail’s and mass forwards Computer Viruses

4 MOST COMMON 5 Minute Rule – 100% Death of a Roommate – 100% The Hook – 46% Alligators in the Sewers – 54% Gerbilling – 40% The Spider Bite – 54% The Mrs. Fields Cookie Fiasco – 62%

5 Computer Viruses http://www.vmyths.com/ A Virtual Card for You virus A typical variation of the original Good Times hoax virus alert (see related link). It claims your computer will suffer a horrible death if you read "a virtual card for you" with your eyeballs. Fact: you just read "a virtual card for you" with your eyeballs, but your computer didn't self- destruct. Need we say more?


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