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Old 11-23-2013, 12:06 AM
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Snopes at your service.

And I think Snopes is right that there's more than a little racism, classism and regionalism going on in these urban legends.
Actually I debated adding the detail that the person who shared these "first hand" stories with me was more than a little racist. I was a young child at the time, still unsure of who/what to challenge, so I didn't. But I was very uncomfortable with her line of humor and even at that age doubtful of the validity of her tales.
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