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urban myth 

A bit of folklore widely beleived to be real but that never actually happened.

Examples:

The Babe Ruth "called shot" at Wrigley Field where he pointed to the centerfield scoreboard and then hit the next pitch there.

Zsa Zsa Gabor was on the Johnny Carson show with a cat on her lap and said 'Johnny, vood you like to pet my poo-see?'
To which he replied 'Sure, move the cat.'

Arnold Palmer's wife was on the Carson show and said that before every tournament, 'I kiss his (golf) balls for good luck,' and Johnny said, 'well I'll bet that makes his putter stand up.'

Richard Gere once went to an emergency room to have a gerbil removed from his ass.

Rod Stewart once had to have his stomach pumped due to swallowing an excessive amount of semen

Keith Richards went to Switzerland to have his blood replaced with new blood as an attempt to kick heroin

Jim Morrison flashed his dick at a concert in Miami

Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off a live bat

Wilt Chamberlain fucked over 20,000 women
Most urban myths are bullshit
urban myth by Woody Thomas January 2, 2009

Urban Myth 

Having to do with unofficial, unsubstantiated, slang, or evolving language. What this has to do with cities is anyone’s guess.
There is nothing particularly "urban" about www.urbandictionary.com.

Most "urban myths" are actually *suburban* in origin and quite provincial in their idiotic implausibility.
Urban Myth by Dhwali Sy Kow-Tow November 2, 2009

Urban Myth 

The Uban Myth is this...
Urban Myth - They say it never happened

Urban Mythbusters 

Testing common modern day myths and theories to see if they're true usually ending up with explosive results. Ranging from What happens when an aerosol goes on a fire to clinical tests into whether Man Flu is real
This week on Urban Mythbusters we try to Bust the Urban Myth of Is it possible to have sex while playing a games console... there's only one way to find out!
Urban Mythbusters by Doctor Tripod February 2, 2009
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