Urban Legends revealed

At The Jasper Newsboy, we get emails frequently that are too fantastic to be believed, and some that make us wonder, could this be true? In either case, the person sending the email seems dead bent on its truth, whatever "it" happens to be.

The latest one circulating says cell phones can pop popcorn. Makes you wonder what happens to your brain when you hold the phone right next to your head, doesn't it?

Except it's not true, (see http://urbanlegends.about. com/b/2008/07/09/cellp hone-popcorn-trick- revealed.htm). The Urban Legends website is a quick reality check for almost any hoax online. Then you can be the one explaining with authority how the hoax is done.