True because it was on the Internet..

[Tortuga]

The October study magazine has a great article about not believing everything you read on the Internet.

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20151015/true-because-it-is-on-internet/

 

Now it's confession time 

 

Have you ever read something that you thought was true but later found out that it wasn't true?

 

I'd love to hear some humorous stories 

[Qapla]

Do mean like elvis being dead - true? False?

[bohemian]

You mean some think Elvis is dead???

[Tortuga]

You mean some think Elvis is dead???

Just because the Internet says he is dead doesn't mean it's true..

[Friends just call me Ross]

Do mean like elvis being dead - true? False?

 

Hey, I hear he's in Vegas, doing two shows a night,

as an 'Elvis Impersonator'.   

[Miss Bea]

The October study magazine has a great article about not believing everything you read on the Internet.

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20151015/true-because-it-is-on-internet/

 

Now it's confession time 

 

Have you ever read something that you thought was true but later found out that it wasn't true?

 

I'd love to hear some humorous stories 

Egg on one's face. Not funny! I have learned to check with Scopes.com to see, "fact, or fiction" most of the time. And, if a friend gets caught in the web, I PM them, so they can look it up, and delete it. Being trusting folks does not always work out to our advantage.

[Friends just call me Ross]

The October study magazine has a great article about not believing everything you read on the Internet.

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20151015/true-because-it-is-on-internet/

 

Now it's confession time 

 

Have you ever read something that you thought was true but later found out that it wasn't true?

 

I'd love to hear some humorous stories 

 

I run everything through SNOPES.COM...  

but then...how do we know Snopes knows what's true or false  

...Snopes is on the internet, too...

Oh...my...such a quandary...   

[Tortuga]

I have to confess that the first time I received the story about the guy hauling bricks, I thought it was true. That was many years ago.

 

http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/bricks.asp

[Tortuga]

I didn't read this on the Internet but many years ago a friend of ours that works as a nurse in a local hospital told us that a woman had two boys, pronounced Oranjulo and Lemonjulo but spelled Orange Jello and Lemon Jello. I shared that with a few friends until I eventually looked it up on Snopes. 

[Miss Bea]

I didn't read this on the Internet but many years ago a friend of ours that works as a nurse in a local hospital told us that a woman had two boys, pronounced Oranjulo and Lemonjulo but spelled Orange Jello and Lemon Jello. I shared that with a few friends until I eventually looked it up on Snopes. 

Well, I can do better then that! And this is real. I know the poor kids named, "Temptation", and his brother, 'Infallible". I asked the mom what she was thinking when she did this. I can't remember what she said, but, can you imagine?

[Tortuga]

Well, I can do better then that! And this is real. I know the poor kids named, "Temptation", and his brother, 'Infallible". I asked the mom what she was thinking when she did this. I can't remember what she said, but, can you imagine?

 

Apparently the Apostle James and John father was named Thunder, weren't they the sons of Thunder?

Just kidding!!!!

 

In the mid 70's I met a family in Nebraska whose last name was Case, they had a baby boy named Justin. Justin Case...

[bobby]

reminds me of this  Commercial form State Farm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_CgPsGY5Mw

[kejedo]

Most of the time I agree with Snopes. 

Edited June 30, 2015 by kejedo

[MizPeg]

Egg on one's face. Not funny! I have learned to check with Scopes.com to see, "fact, or fiction" most of the time. And, if a friend gets caught in the web, I PM them, so they can look it up, and delete it. Being trusting folks does not always work out to our advantage.

Ah , that is snopes.com. Rhymes with dope.  

[kejedo]

Am I correct in thinking this is a public forum?

[Tortuga]

Am I correct in thinking this is a public forum?

This thread is in an area that is view-able by the public. Is that what you asked?

[kejedo]

This thread is in an area that is view-able by the public. Is that what you asked?

That's what I thought. Thanks.

[bobby]

oh... ic hi  public

just would like you to know capt: Kirk is real 

cus it on the internet 

[pnutts]

Years ago there were a father and his son with name Goodenough. Father's name was Nottingham and son was Justin.

 

From a 1981? drama "How will they hear unless there is someone to Preach?

 

 

 

Not Good Enough    and Just Good Enough  

 

 

It is Now on the internet!

Edited July 1, 2015 by pnutts

[Phyllis]

A close friend went to school with a girl whose surname was Kirton and they named her Annette.  {a net curtain}???

[ReadYourBible]

https://photofunia.com/results/55936756344b64d2098b45a2

 

The ones that really bother me are the false amber alerts.  I almost always use Snopes, or HoaxSlayer.  I've been fooled a few times though, trusting the information others have given to me.  

[KwakuDennis79]

"Don't believe everything you read in the internet. I speak of my own experience. "

- Abraham Lincoln, 1864

[ReadYourBible]

"Don't believe everything you read in the internet. I speak of my own experience. "

- Abraham Lincoln, 1864

What's sad is some people don't even have a clue who Abe is, and if the year doesn't accompany this picture it can lead to some really funny commentary.  

[kejedo]

A close friend went to school with a girl whose surname was Kirton and they named her Annette.  {a net curtain}???

Lacey would have been an alternate first name.

[Qapla]

I knew a young fellow many years ago who was the only one in his family to learn the Truth. His parents could not understand why, when he turned legal age, he changed his name. His given last name was Mas ...... they named him Christ (pronounced with a short i)

 

I also went to High School with a Chinese foreign exchange  student (WOW! That was a long time ago) who could not understand why everyone laughed when he told them his name - in English. I don't remember what his actual Chinese name was, but it translated as "Tampax"