[thechat] Yummy!

Garrett Coakley garrett at polytechnic.co.uk
Thu Feb 7 10:52:00 CST 2002


On Thu, 7 Feb 2002 16:42:50 +0000
Garrett Coakley <garrett at polytechnic.co.uk> wrote:

> P.S. Off to do some research, this sounds a bit like an urban legend
> to me.


Bingo.... god bless Snopes:
http://www.snopes2.com/toxins/london.htm

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Claim:   A recent study concluded the London Underground was unspeakably
unsanitary.

Status:   False.

The e-mail circulates in another form that attributes the fictional
study to the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New
South Wales (which is in Australia) and citing Sydney CityRail as the
subway that was the subject of the investigation. It too is a fake.

[snip]

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And linked from that, is a press release from London Underground:
http://www.thetube.com/content/pressreleases/0201/30.asp


G. "I lurrrve urban legends"

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