Note added: This is not news or new or real (thanks for pointing this out Kevin). This was tagged as humor and was posted simply because I found it really funny, and thought I would share it with my readers, hoping you would find it funny too.
A lady named Linda went to Arkansas last week to visit her in-laws, and while there, went to a store. She parked next to a car with a woman sitting in it, her eyes closed and hands behind her head, apparently sleeping. When Linda came out a while later, she again saw the woman, her hands still behind her head but with her eyes open.
The woman looked very strange, so Linda tapped on the window, and said, "Are you okay?"
The woman answered, "I've been shot in the head, and I am holding my brains in."
Linda didn't know what to do, so she ran into the store, where store workers called the paramedics. 
They had to break into the car because the door was locked. When they got in, they found that the woman had bread dough on the back of her head and in her hands.
A Pillsbury biscuit canister had exploded, apparently from the heat in the car, making a loud explosion like that of a gunshot, and hit her in the head. When she reached back to find what it was, she felt the dough and thought it was her brains. She passed out from fright at first, then attempted to hold her brains in.
(I hope you like the sad doughboy, I add to search at least 5 minutes to find him)
8 comments:
Repeating urban myth, are we? They explored this one on "MythBusters":
http://mythbusters-wiki.discovery.com/page/Biscuit+Bazooka
Hey, that shit could happen. Those cans are loud- and then there's the part about people being stupid.
Uncool,
I appreciate you pointing out this out to me, not once but twice ;).
It would appear that I might be way more uncool (though at work) than you are my friend.
Jeff
Uncool,
I almost forgot, thanks for the comment!
Jeff
Whit,
Long time, good to hear from you!
You have exactly hit the nail on the head of what makes a good urban legend. It needs to be somewhat believable and someone you know knows the person it happened to. The closer you can get the relationship, the more real an urban legend seems.
Thanks for the comment,
Jeff
Didn't mean to post twice (I deleted the second). It didn't seem to go through the first time. Am I a wet blanket or what? Sorry, Jeff.
Kevin,
No worries posting twice, it was quite amusing and really drove the point home that I did not do any fact checking prior to posting.
You sir, are no wet blanket in my mind.
Jeff
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