Have you ever received an email that claimed to be verified by snopes.com which told of a horrific situation where certain death was barely avoided, with a warning how you, too, can dodge it?

A favorite of mine is the “The Killer in the Backseat.” This story has a few different versions, but tells of a woman that was driving with a murderer in her car. She avoided becoming his next victim, thanks to a good Samaritan who warned her of the evil cargo.

Another awesome urban legend is about the giant alligators living in the sewers of New York City. I don’t know about you, but I definitely don’t want to encounter one of these bad boys in a bathroom stall.

I love those emails. They are awesome. My favorite thing about them is seeing who believed and forwarded the story to me. The sender usually encourages me to forward the warning to other women, followed by a small manipulation like, “if you really care about your mom, sisters, girlfriends, you HAVE to send them this email!”

My sister and I (the darling beauty mentioned in frickin pregnancy) decided to start an urban legend of our own, and see how far it got.

The good news: Totally believable.

The bad news: We received promises that our “friend’s family” would be remembered in prayers, so we had to let people know it was fictitious.

Unfortunately, the email never made it to Snopes. I, personally, think we had a frickin awesome email and a good chance to live forever in Snopes internet history. Let me know what you think.

WARNING! Do NOT mix household cleaners! Please tell all the women in your life to be very careful with household cleaners so the following does not happen to them!

A good friend of mine was recently cleaning her toilet and mixed cleanser with toilet cleaner. The fumes from the detergents combined, creating a toxic mist that caused her to become unconscious. She fell, hitting her head on the bathtub so hard, she died.

Thinking back on this, I believe we should have elaborated on the story, and better yet, not killed our heroine. A better ending would have been:

She fell, hit her head on the bathtub, and become unconscious- continually breathing the toxic fumes.

Fortunately, her small child saved her life. When her four year-old son found his mother non-responsive on the bathroom floor, he called 911. The paramedics arrived, rescued her from the bathroom fumes, and she lived.

Yes, I think that is a much better ending. Next time you receive an urban legend email and you think, “who WRITES this stuff?” The answer, people like us. OK, I admit it; we are frickin dorks.