Discussion » Internet warning that's doing the rounds

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Posted by WarHead, around December 2005:
 
Yesterday, a friend of mine was travelling on a London to Bangor train.

A man of Arabic appearance got off the train and my friend noticed that
he had left his bag behind. She grabbed the bag and ran after him,
caught up with him in the terminal and handed him back his bag.
He was extremely grateful and reached into his bag which appeared to
contain large bundles of money. He looked around to make sure nobody
was looking and whispered "I can never repay your kindness, but I will
try to....with a word of advice for you : Stay away from Bangor".

My friend was genuinely terrified. "Is there going to be an attack?" she asked him.

"No...", he whispered back......"It's a shit hole."
Posted by Boudicca_DUPE1, around 14th December 2005:
 
hahahahaha!
Posted by Brock, around 14th December 2005:
 
Talking of seaside towns, can anyone actually look at a sign for Scunthorpe without seeing the following:

sCUNThorpe.

I can't.
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around 14th December 2005:
 
yeah apparently when they first introduced the net nanny softwares, scunthorpe people were immediately locked out of all e.g. uk govt sites. or so i've heard. may be urban myth.