Urban Legend?

Author: HardyPublished: Oct 31, 2005 at 11:39 pm 1 comment

We've all heard unbelievable stories over the years, usually with the storyteller assuring you that this happened to his buddy's sister's cousin's friend. You know these stories, the toothbrush in the ass picture, the "welcome to our club" Post-It, the Rocky VI movie being made, etc. It's an endless list really. In fact, there's even been a series of movies based on the idea aptly named Urban Legend.

Everyone likes a good story and in the case of urban legends, these stories need to have a few key components like a having loose personal link to the storyteller (the "friend of a friend" concept), containing a unique idea and being just believable enough that the listener concludes that it could have actually happened.

So I was a bit skeptical when my cousin came to town last weekend and started a story with the line, "Hey, I've got a story for you. My roommate's buddy knows this girl..." But regardless of the believability, I always enjoy a good story, so I was game.

My cousin's story did not disappoint. It was thoroughly disgusting, made me question humanity and despite all of this, I laughed hard. I retold this story to other people I know with mixed reactions ranging from totally disgusted, to curiosity, to laughter, to complete silence. Regardless, true or not, it's an interesting story and I decided to retell it here but consider yourself warned. This will not be too enjoyable for people who are easily disgusted. I will even give a courtesy three spaces for you to establish a clear break between my overly verbose introduction and the story itself so you can click away from it without being pulled in. So without further ado, here is that story:

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  • 1 - RJ

    Nov 01, 2005 at 7:42 pm

    Funny!

    Sounds like total BS to me, but still: Funny! :)

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