Well, you guys made it hard to decide but I've finally picked my three favourites out of the great submissions I received. I can't believe how many of you heard that "Gene Simmons had a cow's toungue surgericly implanted" thing, I used to believe that but not the "KISS went to Mars" my deskmate Andrew tried to pull on me.
Here are a few that didn't win but deserve mention:
Kong Jeans by Eric Feasterville
"Right after DeLaurentis' King Kong came out, a nefarious playground liar informed me that he had the latest in chic fashion: King Kong jeans! Yep, Dino had apparently cut off all the fur from the giant robot Kong used in the film and attached a snatch of it on the back pocket of these authentic Kong Jeans. I kept asking this liar to wear them into school, but of course he "wasn't allowed."
Charlie's Angel Card by Laura Moncur
Laura's entry is a tad long, so it's best read on her blog. Even though she is the spreader of the BS rumour, she uses it to get revenge on a bully, so it's ok. This story has everything and I'm a sucker for pictures of Jaclyn Smith.
Bigfoot by Mike
Mike submitted a pile but something about this made me laugh:
"On Six Million Dollar Man's Secret of Bigfoot ... Bigfoot was actually a real robot made by the studio.None of us ever heard of Andre the Giant back then ... and the name does sound like it's not a real person."
Weird name, must be a robot, completely rational line of thinking there Holmes...
Bonus Winner: Reverse BS
Ian Marchant sent in this schoolyard rumour he cried BS on which turned out to be true. It's so good, I decided it had to be a bonus winner. To be honest, I'd have done the same thing:
<>him a turnip etc then to prove him wrong we marched him to the lobby to discover Tom Baker handing out free copies of issue one of Dr Who Weekly. We were rightly humbled and I still have that dog eared copy.>>
How about the legend of Life cereal's Mikey getting killed by Pop Rocks and Coca-cola? That one went on for years.
ReplyDeleteOr how about the one of Suzanne Somers getting fired from Three's Company for bullying the producers and asking for an outrageous pay raise? Oh, wait... that one really did happen.