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Tag Archives: Snopes
Hit and myth
I was amused to note tonight that after my ribbing here a few days ago, Peter Rhodes, columnist in the Express & Star, was man enough to acknowledge his vectoring of the hanged outlaw myth. It takes balls to do … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Express & Star, Followups, Just plain daft, Local Blogs, Local media, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged columists, crap journalism, Express & Star, horse theif myth, Hung Ancestor, Peter Rhodes, Remus Rodham Debunked, Silly, Snopes, Truthorfiction, Urban Myths, Walsall
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Ramblings of a Mad Old Baggage: A hoax scam
Whilst I was grumbling about urban myths being propagated by Peter Rhodes the other day, that excellent local blogger Linda Mason has crafted a fine blog post about such dissemination elsewhere. Neighbourhood watch newsletters are notorious vectors of urban myths, … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Science, Brownhills stuff, Events, Express & Star, Followups, It makes me mad!, Just plain daft, Local Blogs, Local media, Shared media, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged blue star acid, Brownhills, Burglars code, cashback scam, Coriolis effect, Express & Star, Hairy Hitchiker, Hoax, Linda Mason, local blogs, LSD tattoos, LSD transfers, neighbourhood watch, Newsletter, Ramblings of a Mad Old Baggage, Scam, Silly, Snopes, urban legend, Urban myth, water drain swirl
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Peter Rhodes: a keen advocate for recycling
I noted with some amusement on Friday last that whilst Peter Rhodes, columnist in the Express & Star, continued his tradition of shamelessly handcrafting a column out of crap jokes, recycled tidbits from the middlebrow tabloids and sub-Littlejohn shock sludge, … Continue reading