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Snopes.com – The Urban Legends Reference Pages

August 24th, 2005 by Laura Moncur in Links

David and Barbara Mikkelson have been running Snopes.com for years. Whenever I get an email from dear friends warning about the dangers of perfume sellers or a picture of George W. Bush holding a book upside down, I go straight to Snopes.com to find out the truth.

Not only have they been a helpful reference for the strange stories that we like to fax and email each other, they tend to write wonderfully. Here are some of the quotes that I have gleaned from them over the years.

Beware the pull on your heartstrings — it’s often the pursestrings that are actually being reached for.
Barbara Mikkelson, snopes.com, May 15, 2001
Authenticity matters little, though–our willingness to accept legends depends far more upon their expression of concepts we want to believe than upon their plausibility.
David P. Mikkelson, snopes.com, February 25, 2000
The power of illustrative anecdotes often lies not in how well they present reality, but in how well they reflect the core beliefs of their audience.
David P. Mikkelson, Snopes.com, 04-10-04

If you would like to know about the most recent urban legends that fly across the Internet, you can check out their What’s New? page. It is updated regularly and has an XML RSS feed.

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