We’ve all heard urban legends. Your friend’s cousin’s boss knew a guy who got a fast-food grilled chicken sandwich with a tumour on it. Your brother’s girlfriend’s mom went to high school with a girl who got a prom dress from a funeral home and died when the embalming fluid seeped into her skin. Your co-worker’s aunt’s neighbour’s podiatrist’s sister totally woke up in a hotel-room tub full of ice, short one kidney. No, seriously!
Urban legends are fun to disseminate — especially when you compare the version you heard with the one your husband heard from his brother. Local tales are often made even more colourful with specific details: “What? That girl with the spider eggs in her beehive totally went to high school right down the street from my bank!” But, for all the entertainment value we derive from them, we all know the average urban legend is a total pack of lies.
So in these jaded times, what can we urbanites believe in?
We can believe in the TURBAN LEGEND. Because unlike urban legends, the Turban Legend is totally real.
