[Metro-One]

This thread is going to be about ghost stories and Canadian urban legends!

[Only The Lonely..]

Aww, i thought this thread was going to be abut ghost stories and Canadian urban legends!

I feel this guy is a little hard on the cities.

I may have never been to Winnipeg but from all the pictures i have seen on here it looks to be a very interesting city!

I know, i'm sorry to disappoint you.

But apparently that 'Bloody-Mary' thing about saying it three times into a mirror is true.

Or, that putting a penny under your tongue can fool the breathalyzer.

[Metro-One]

Maybe we should make a thread about old legends, i know that there are a lot from the east coast of Canada because of its long history, there are a lot here too, mostly about the gold rush and railroad building. Nothing is wrong with old folk tales.

[AndrewToronto3D]

Urban Myth #476 Toronto can't handle snow.

January, 2, 1999 Toronto received 39 centimeters, followed by two more storms dumping over a meter of snow on the downtown core in 3 days. Our jumpy mayor called in the army due to our inadequate snow removal department.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2228/2247906512_62d97b7bdf_o.jpg

[Metro-One]

Haha, wow, i wish we had your mayor, vancouver could have used the army this December ;)

[craneSpotter]

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[MolsonExport]

urban myths. Isn't that, like, the thing with Richard Gere and the Gerbils?

[dennis]

Speaking of urban myths, doesn't the exchange district have a series of tunnels running underneath (excluding the centennial centre/city hall tunnel)?

[Only The Lonely..]

Speaking of urban myths, doesn't the exchange district have a series of tunnels running underneath (excluding the centennial centre/city hall tunnel)?

I don't know if they were intended to be walked in. But yes, there are a series of underground paths that move between various buildings in the Exchange.

I had a friend that worked as a beer back in the Walker and he pointed out an opening in the basement that supposedly links the theatre and the Royal Albert Arms hotel.

I also heard, that Winnipeg's city hall has a series of hidden exits that allow councillors to escape the press should they need to.

[dennis]

^having guided tours of these tunnels would be interesting. Similar to what is done in Moose Jaw.

[Only The Lonely..]

^having guided tours of these tunnels would be interesting. Similar to what is done in Moose Jaw.

You'd have to be ok with the idea of crawling on your hands and knees through a dark slimey hole but I suppose it's possible.

Unlike Moose Jaw, I doubt there is any history associated with our tunnels. They're most likely left overs from the days when buildings were steam heated.

[Gerrard]

I knew a girl who was friends with this other girl who was babysitting and took LSD. Instead of putting the roast in the oven, as instructed by her employers, she put the baby in @350 degrees for 3 hours.

[Rathgrith]

"a girl who was friends with this other girl"

Well....I guess it has to be true then!

[raggedy13]

But apparently that 'Bloody-Mary' thing about saying it three times into a mirror is true.

Or, that putting a penny under your tongue can fool the breathalyzer.

While I'm assuming you're joking by saying it IS true, I definitely did this when I was like 10 and the Bloody Mary thing is unsurprisingly not true at all.

The penny under your tongue thing is also untrue. There are certain chemicals that can fool a breathalyzer but there is only one or two and they're unusual (i.e. not something you can just buy at the corner store). I remember learning about this in high school chemistry, in the same unit where you learn about electrolysis/batteries/corrosion/galvanization etc. I can only just remember a bit about one of the chemicals (the only chemical?) that works for this. It is a liquid in which one of the main ions is gold. So it is some sort of liquid gold stuff and for all I know it is toxic or corrosive or would just be plain awkward to have a mouthful of while being given a breathalyzer test.

[someone123]

I knew a girl who was friends with this other girl who was babysitting and took LSD. Instead of putting the roast in the oven, as instructed by her employers, she put the baby in @350 degrees for 3 hours.

California cheeseburger?

[1ajs]

i got a ghost story..

ledgond has it theres a ghost that wonders my nieborhood that was brutly murderd long long times ago that goes in and out of peoples homes... not sure how true it is but i have seen a shadow wonder around...

[LeftCoaster]

How does one go about brutally murdering a ghost?

[Distill3d]

How does one go about brutally murdering a ghost?

well, Garlic and a Crucifix will ward off the Vampire, but you need to jam a wooden stake through the head Vampire's heart to kill them.

Silver Bullet takes care of Wolfman.

i heard something about closing the closet door and the boogeyman.

but, OH! i know!

Holy Water in a Super Soaker should do the trick with Ghosts....