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At the moment in county Louth, there is a bit of a story going round about some chap wearing a Mike Myers mask going into shops and basically acting the tit(not robbing the shops or threatening behaviour - just playing the fool and semi-scaring the shop staff!) He is playing the fool and apparently some of his friends are in on it but the sad fact of the matter is, that as is typical with urban legends, the story round the school yards has escalated into he is a serial killer and get can into any house!!
Anyway, my 10yo nephew and I went into a local chippy and the 'woman' (at least in her 30's and who should know better!!) insisted on telling my nephew and I that she had heard of this character and she believed it to be true despite me telling her that she was scaring him!! I was so annoyed I told her to shove her food and left!! Afterwards I thought I was overreacting until my nephew woke up crying and wondering if the doors were locked!!
Basically, I'm letting off steam regarding silly adults telling children stupid urban legends and making them believe it to true - I'm so annoyed! Anyone got any similar stories to share and get annoyed about??
At the moment in county Louth, there is a bit of a story going round about some chap wearing a Mike Myers mask going into shops and basically acting the tit(not robbing the shops or threatening behaviour - just playing the fool and semi-scaring the shop staff!) He is playing the fool and apparently some of his friends are in on it but the sad fact of the matter is, that as is typical with urban legends, the story round the school yards has escalated into he is a serial killer and get can into any house!!
Anyway, my 10yo nephew and I went into a local chippy and the 'woman' (at least in her 30's and who should know better!!) insisted on telling my nephew and I that she had heard of this character and she believed it to be true despite me telling her that she was scaring him!! I was so annoyed I told her to shove her food and left!! Afterwards I thought I was overreacting until my nephew woke up crying and wondering if the doors were locked!!
Basically, I'm letting off steam regarding silly adults telling children stupid urban legends and making them believe it to true - I'm so annoyed! Anyone got any similar stories to share and get annoyed about??