The helpful neighbor - an almost Shakespearean tale, but, alas, a hoax/urban legend

Jack Brummet, Urban Legends Ed.

Alas, this is a hoax, or, urban legend.  But nonetheless, a good story.  It has been passed around under various guises, with different names and locales, but the crux of the tale is always the same. . .

Traute Soupolos needed a helping hand

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Did Sylvester Stallone start the Richard Gere gerbil story?

By Jack Brummet, Urban Legend & Rumors Ed.



We've all heard the Richard Gere gerbil story. Here is an interesting tale from http://sujet.co.uk (a now defunct website) about the origins of that story. It's almost as hard to believe as the gerbil story it purports to debunk.

"According to Stallone, Gere thinks he started the famous gerbil rumor because of a fight they had on the set of “The Lords of Flatbush in 1974 over a greasy chicken:

“I was eating a hotdog and he climbs in with a half a chicken covered in mustard with grease nearly dripping out of the aluminum wrapper," said Stallone. “I said, ‘That thing is going to drip all over the place.’ He said, ‘Don’t worry about it.’ I said, ‘If it gets on my pants you’re gonna know about it.’ He proceeds to bite into the chicken and a small, greasy river of mustard lands on my thigh. I elbowed him in the side of the head and basically pushed him out of the car. The director had to make a choice: one of us had to go, one of us had to stay."

A guy spills a little mustard on your trousers and you come up with a gerbil story that follows him the rest of his life? Boy, that tells you don't ever f*** with Sly Stallone!

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Ghost Story

A professor at the Auburn University was giving a lecture on Paranormal Studies.  To get a feel for his audience, he asks, 'How many people here believe in ghosts?'

About 90 students raise their hands.  "Well, that's a good start. Out of those who believe in ghosts, do any of you think you have seen a ghost?'

About 40 students raise their hands.  "That's really good. I'm really glad you take this seriously. Has anyone here ever talked to a ghost?'

About 15 students raise their hand.  "Has anyone here ever touched a ghost?'"

Three students raise their hands. "That's fantastic. Now let me ask you one question further...Have any of you ever made love to a ghost?'

Way in the back, Elmer raises his hand. The professor takes off his glasses and says "Son, all the years I've been giving this lecture, no one has ever claimed to have made love to a ghost. You've got to come up here and tell us about your experience."

The student replied with a nod and a grin, and began to make his way up to the podium.

When he reached the front of the room, the professor asks, "So, Elmer, tell us what it's like to have sex with a ghost?"

Elmer replied, "Shit, from way back there I thought you said Goats."

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