Does Barack Obama’s Official Portrait Contain Secret Images of Sperm?
13 February 2018 Far-right pundits went off the deep end after African-American artist Kehinde Wiley's portrait of Barack Obama was unveiled.
Embarrassments
Urban legends are primarily expressions of our fears, and one of the things we fear the most is being embarrassed. And, as this collection of legends demonstrates, we can be embarrassed in a bountiful variety of ways.
Delivery Person Mistaken for Troll
28 February 2010 Legend about a developmentally disabled adult who captures a delivery person (or other front door caller), believing him to be a troll.
Did Several Musicians Die with White BIC Lighters in Their Pockets?
2 January 2017 An unsubstantiated pop culture rumor holds that Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, and Kurt Cobain all passed away with white BIC lighters in their pockets.
'The Heel in the Grate' Wedding Legend
30 March 2015 Legend: A bridesmaid walking down the aisle at a wedding caught her spike heel in a floor grate, an usher picked up the grate to retrieve the shoe, and the bride tumbled into the open hole.
‘Up the Butt, Bob’
12 October 2002 Did a "Newlywed Game" contestant say the weirdest place she'd ever "made whoopee" was "up the butt"?
Shovel-Selling Pole Dancer
29 September 2014 Child's drawing depicts mom as a pole dancer when in reality she was trying to sell a shovel?
Fake Phone Embarrassment
16 June 2014 Businessman trying to impress others is embarrassingly caught talking into a fake phone.
Groom Test
27 April 2014 'Dear Abby' letter details an unusual posed to a young man by his fiancée's parents.
Embarrassing Wrong Bible Verse on Wedding Cake
3 March 2014 Bride's mix-up results in an inappropriate Bible verse on her wedding cake.
What She Left Behind
4 January 2014 Woman accidentally leaves a bag of waste in her lover's apartment?
Woman Stuck to Painted Toilet Seat
9 December 2013 A woman stuck to a toilet seat provides a physician with an opportunity for the perfect bon mot.
Toilet Explosion
5 November 2012 Wife throws flammable substance into toilet; unsuspecting husband lights a cigarette and blows up.
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