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Writer's Block: Folktales of the City

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Folktales of the City
What is your favorite urban legend? Have you or anyone you know ever been fooled by one?
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I've always been quite fond of the stolen biscuits anecdote, which Douglas Adams always swore blind had happened to him.

My utter utter favourite, though, has to be the vanishing hotel room, which I still think, with a bit of tweakage, could make a seriously good Doctor Who episode. Mr. Moffat, if you're reading this..?
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