Rant number 268
The subject of superglue yesterday got me thinking. That's right- even rants can inspire rants.
Believe it or not, I do like to research some bits of my rants - so as not to look like a complete tit - by getting on my soapbox unjustly.
Yesterday was just such an occasion.
You see- I'd been told (quite possibly by my history teacher) that super glue was invented in the second world war - to replace stitches on the battle field. I looked this up so as to verify said - only to find that it was bullshit and nothing but an urban myth.
The person who told me must have believe this to tell me (unless they were messing with me - which is doubtful.) That being the case then - a made up fact has become popular 'knowledge.'
Another is a local one - in Yorkshire near Huddersfield. There is a large motorway nearby - called the M62. The M62 is quite unique in 2 ways:
A) It has the unusual accolade of being the highest motorway in the country.
B) It has a farm in the middle of it.
That's right - there is a farm in the middle of the motorway - mental right!?
The local myth that I was told, was that the farmer was offered a great deal of money to relocate and refused - leaving him with this rather unique situation.
The truth is though - that the lay of the land meant that the road had to run the way it does anyway - so the farmer wasn't offered the option.
Theres others too out there - like the one about the daddy long legs being the most poisonous spider - but with no mouth parts to apply its venom. That's just stupid!
How do these myths start. Who passes them off as truth to start with?
It's a real puzzle!
Rant over.
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