urban-legends on S Anand

Outsource your own job

Sat, 21 Aug 2004 12:00:00 +0000

Outsource your own job. A programmer outsourced his job to an Indian programmer. Salary arbitrage: $67,000 - $12,000 = $55,000. He’s planning to get another job and do this again. (It’s probably not true, though)

Time traveler busted for insider trading

Mon, 07 Apr 2003 12:00:00 +0000

Yahoo on a time traveler busted for insider trading. Unfortunately, the urban legends site denounces it. via Sid

Pictures of the Sep 11 explosions

Mon, 20 May 2002 12:00:00 +0000

The US $20 bill can be folded to create “pictures” of the 9/11 explosions.

Comments

bob 29 Nov 2006 1:40 pm: now that is some fucking crazy shit

Law of the Playground

Thu, 31 Jan 2002 12:00:00 +0000

The Law of the Playground. Interesting, yes. Nostalgic? Maybe.

Snopes on TV

Tue, 22 Jan 2002 12:00:00 +0000

Snopes is soon to be on TV.

Tourist guy found

Thu, 22 Nov 2001 12:00:00 +0000

The tourist guy has been found. (Or is this another elaborate hoax?)

Jose the tourist guy

Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Is Jose the tourist guy?

The bunk stops here

Wed, 07 Nov 2001 12:00:00 +0000

A portal of urban legends. The bunk stops here.

Craig is ill

Tue, 23 Oct 2001 12:00:00 +0000

I got a “Craig is ill” letter today.

Make your own urban legend

Fri, 19 Oct 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Make up your own urban legend.

List of hoaxes following Sep 11

Sun, 14 Oct 2001 12:00:00 +0000

A list of hoaxes following Sep 11.

Some rumours are true

Fri, 21 Sep 2001 12:00:00 +0000

On second thoughts, some rumours are true.

Urban legends

Tue, 18 Sep 2001 12:00:00 +0000

No updates till the weekend. I’m in Bangalore. In the meantime, remember not to trust anything that’s forwarded to you. It’s likely to be an urban legend.

Nostradamus quote not by Nostradamus

Fri, 14 Sep 2001 12:00:00 +0000

That Nostradamus quote was not by Nostradamus in the first place. (16 Sep: fury, cbs, nostradamus-repository, 18 Sep: yahoo, about, urban legends)

Nostradamus prophesy

Wed, 12 Sep 2001 12:00:00 +0000

There’s been several mails about Nostradamus’ prophecy coming true with the World Trade Center bombings. Stuff like

“In the City of God there will be a great thunder,
Two brothers torn apart by Chaos, while the fortress
endures, the great leader will succumb” , “The third
big war will begin when the big city is burning”

I refer you to this article to put things in perspective.