In this thread we dispel famous mystical conspiratorial and supernatural things with pedestrian explanations

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Spontaneous Combustion - fat people like to nap while smoking

lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:36 (fourteen years ago)

Bigfoot - high naked biker on camping beer run

lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:37 (fourteen years ago)

yeti - eskimo with downs syndrome

remy bean, Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:38 (fourteen years ago)

Loch Ness Monster - i could swear i left that inner tube somewhere around here

lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:39 (fourteen years ago)

Contact at seance - you prepaid, plus grandma never really liked you that much really

lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:39 (fourteen years ago)

tungkusa event- lenin farted

remy bean, Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:40 (fourteen years ago)

most ghosts - old houses are creaky

mh, Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:41 (fourteen years ago)

bermuda triangle - cant get cinemax on the open seas, and this bottle of captain morgan isnt going to drink itself

lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:43 (fourteen years ago)

chupacabra - a delicious burrito

$5.00 Footlongs (thebingo), Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:44 (fourteen years ago)

bohemian grove - whorehouse security these days is notoriously lax

lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:44 (fourteen years ago)

area 57 - the space between your balls and asshole

$5.00 Footlongs (thebingo), Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:45 (fourteen years ago)

jesus = if dirty hippies didn't exist it would be necessary to invent them

unmetalled world (wk), Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:51 (fourteen years ago)

Faked Death of Jim Morrison - nom nom nom drugs and booze are awesome nom nom

lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:54 (fourteen years ago)

Aliens - What are the chances that they'd look anything like a human? No, weird looking eyes + short/tall + hairless isn't enough different.

Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:56 (fourteen years ago)

this is already my favorite thread

chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Thursday, 16 June 2011 18:58 (fourteen years ago)

JFK assassination - you try moving your head in the proper direction when somebody shoots you in it

lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:02 (fourteen years ago)

Alien abduction - people like to claim that made up things happened to them because they like the attention

wtf is wrong with people? (snoball), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:05 (fourteen years ago)

9/11 - Mysterious details don't justify a story line that makes way less sense than the obvious one.

Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:06 (fourteen years ago)

evolution -- shit happens

strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:07 (fourteen years ago)

past-life regressions: wishful thinking

Mr. Patrick Batman (WmC), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:08 (fourteen years ago)

It's haunted, I just heard a weird noise and it smells like DEATH - I farted

Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:11 (fourteen years ago)

telekinesis - everyone can see that wire

chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:11 (fourteen years ago)

The works of Hermes Trismegistus, destroyed by fire when the Great Library of Alexandria burned = porn

unmetalled world (wk), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:12 (fourteen years ago)

witchcraft -- goth shut-ins have a lot of time on their hands

strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:12 (fourteen years ago)

oklahoma city bombing - though they may lack certain social skills, redneck, wannabe militia, ex-military people ACTUALLY pretty good at blowing shit up.

scott seward, Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:12 (fourteen years ago)

Knights Templar - actually secret D&D nerds

unmetalled world (wk), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:13 (fourteen years ago)

demonic possession - epilepsy + Tourette's Syndrome is a terrible combination

chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:14 (fourteen years ago)

The Necronomicon was actually a fairly mediocre cookbook.

unmetalled world (wk), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:15 (fourteen years ago)

Bible = old school fan fiction

unmetalled world (wk), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:16 (fourteen years ago)

richard gere with a gerbil up his butt - it was actually a lightbulb with a gerbil's face painted on it.

scott seward, Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:17 (fourteen years ago)

telepathy - you are really boring and predictable; I've just been too polite to tell you

chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:17 (fourteen years ago)

Uri Geller - buys really poorly made flatware

unmetalled world (wk), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:18 (fourteen years ago)

jesus turning water into wine - MiO water enhancer not actually an astounding modern scientific breakthrough

lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:20 (fourteen years ago)

Virgin Mary is on my potato chip - Shut yer trap Cletus I'm trying to watch NASCAR.

Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:20 (fourteen years ago)

shroud of turin -- iron-on transfer

strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:20 (fourteen years ago)

jesus curing the lepers - jerusalem did not have a reporter on the leper beat to follow up and see how things were going

lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:22 (fourteen years ago)

masonic lodge conspiracy - old dudes love broing down and being weird

mh, Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:22 (fourteen years ago)

Robert Johnson - traded the Devil some fish for a few guitar lessons

unmetalled world (wk), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:23 (fourteen years ago)

jack the ripper -- angry pimp

strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:24 (fourteen years ago)

jackalope - masturbating onto a cantaloupe

$5.00 Footlongs (thebingo), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:24 (fourteen years ago)

Samson - wife makes husband get a damn haircut, dude gets all mopey.

unmetalled world (wk), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:27 (fourteen years ago)

biggie/tupac - suge knight sure is a dick

lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:28 (fourteen years ago)

god - head cold

And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:34 (fourteen years ago)

Creationism is the belief that the earth and universe and the various kinds of animals and plants was created by God or some other supreme being - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iYUdbbDvPk

Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:34 (fourteen years ago)

paul is dead -- paul is actually dead

strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:35 (fourteen years ago)

unicorns - noah brought them onto the ark but decided to serve deep dish unicorn pizza on night #25

Z S, Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:36 (fourteen years ago)

tantric love is actually just horniness

coffeetripperspillerslyricmakeruppers (Latham Green), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:36 (fourteen years ago)

the lost city of atlantis -- hurricane planning has always been a neglected part of disater preparedness

strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:37 (fourteen years ago)

Jonestown massacre - MiO water enhancer not actually an astounding modern scientific breakthrough but the formula did need a few tweaks

lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:38 (fourteen years ago)

jfk assassination - rock thrown by motorcade tire

And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:38 (fourteen years ago)

twin towers - strong winds

And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:38 (fourteen years ago)

moon landing -- nixon, abandoned "outer limits" stage set, wild turkey

strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:43 (fourteen years ago)

sea serpents - rum, sodomy, the lash, dehydration, boredom

scott seward, Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:45 (fourteen years ago)

most everything can be explained by wild turkey

mh, Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:46 (fourteen years ago)

battle of los angeles - army base game of truth, dare, doubledare got way out of hand

lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:46 (fourteen years ago)

mermaids - manatees

mh, Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:46 (fourteen years ago)

manatees - mermaids

chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:46 (fourteen years ago)

jfk assassination - rock thrown by motorcade tire

― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer),

omg guilty lol

Mr. Patrick Batman (WmC), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:47 (fourteen years ago)

poltergeists - your 11 year old is a sneaky little dick

lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:48 (fourteen years ago)

crop circles -- bored farmers on bathtub meth

strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:48 (fourteen years ago)

virgin birth - premarital boning

mookieproof, Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:52 (fourteen years ago)

drugs

unmetalled world (wk), Thursday, 16 June 2011 20:13 (fourteen years ago)

telepathy - you are really boring and predictable; I've just been too polite to tell you

― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Thursday, 16 June 2011 19:17 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

was scrolling upthread for posts by user 'telepathy'.

i love the smell of facepalm in the morning (ledge), Friday, 17 June 2011 08:31 (fourteen years ago)

meditation - you feel relaxed when you don't pay attention to anyone but yourself

And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Friday, 17 June 2011 09:47 (fourteen years ago)

Marie Celeste - "let's get fucked and go for a swim"

Matt DC, Friday, 17 June 2011 09:52 (fourteen years ago)

roanoke - predators

And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Friday, 17 June 2011 09:54 (fourteen years ago)

chiropractic - saying you got better just to stop that guy breaking your spine

i love the smell of facepalm in the morning (ledge), Friday, 17 June 2011 09:56 (fourteen years ago)

acupuncture - saying you got better just to stop that guy sticking fucking needles in you

i love the smell of facepalm in the morning (ledge), Friday, 17 June 2011 09:57 (fourteen years ago)

homeopathy - saying you got better just to de-creep your medical situation

And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Friday, 17 June 2011 10:00 (fourteen years ago)

psychoanalysis - it's good to talk

i love the smell of facepalm in the morning (ledge), Friday, 17 June 2011 10:05 (fourteen years ago)

western medicine - that looks interesting. do you mind if i cut it with something?

And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Friday, 17 June 2011 10:07 (fourteen years ago)

Atlantis - Plato just out of a bad relationship (he wanted real commitment but the other guy wanted to keep things "platonic"... yeah, right), out of his gourd on mead deciding to fuck with everyone's heads

R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Friday, 17 June 2011 10:08 (fourteen years ago)

the allegory of the cave - shut up, i'm talking to you

And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Friday, 17 June 2011 10:11 (fourteen years ago)

Kaspar Hauser - lying attention seeking little fuck

R. Stornoway (Tom D.), Friday, 17 June 2011 10:15 (fourteen years ago)

Star of David & three wise men - future Xtians time-travel package tour

sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Friday, 17 June 2011 10:25 (fourteen years ago)

Reincarnation: you just keep having weird dreams you used to be Marie Antoinette or Lenin.

Bloompsday (Trayce), Friday, 17 June 2011 10:25 (fourteen years ago)

humanism - i love you so much that those bears don't want to eat me

And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Friday, 17 June 2011 10:33 (fourteen years ago)

The Immaculate Conception — women are better at keeping secrets than men

naus, Friday, 17 June 2011 10:35 (fourteen years ago)

communism - the best thing about poor people is that they all want the same thing

And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Friday, 17 June 2011 10:37 (fourteen years ago)

Endtimes - we are the chosen generation

Ned Trifle (Notinmyname), Friday, 17 June 2011 10:51 (fourteen years ago)

precognition - avoid me, for i have unplumbed issues

And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Friday, 17 June 2011 10:56 (fourteen years ago)

The Illuminati — 18th century graphic-design firm. The "eye in the pyramid" was an early attempt at subversive "edginess" that became so popular that the then-young & hip United States decided to put it on their currency

naus, Friday, 17 June 2011 10:58 (fourteen years ago)

scientology - borderline psychopathic arseholes with overdeveloped egos get what they want out of life, news at 11

i love the smell of facepalm in the morning (ledge), Friday, 17 June 2011 11:00 (fourteen years ago)

Search for the Reincarnation of the Dalai Lama — fucking pageant moms in Tibet

naus, Friday, 17 June 2011 11:12 (fourteen years ago)

Curse of the Pharoahs — a nice way of saying "you're lame and we don't want you coming to our kickass secret pyramid raves"

naus, Friday, 17 June 2011 11:29 (fourteen years ago)

Chemtrails - condensation + bored idiots

Synth Solo (Matt #2), Friday, 17 June 2011 11:42 (fourteen years ago)

Chemtrails - plane farts

The Hetfieldification of the Menopausal Male (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 17 June 2011 12:18 (fourteen years ago)

Fairies - paper cut-outs of fairies

Ned Trifle (Notinmyname), Friday, 17 June 2011 12:50 (fourteen years ago)

"They say..." - Actually just you do

Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 17 June 2011 12:55 (fourteen years ago)

Tree auras - trees don't have auras.

Ned Trifle (Notinmyname), Friday, 17 June 2011 12:58 (fourteen years ago)

Deja vu - your life really is that repetitive

cloaca flocka flame (NickB), Friday, 17 June 2011 13:30 (fourteen years ago)

Dinosaurs - died in a car accident

Nebuchadnezzar Buchanan (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 June 2011 14:39 (fourteen years ago)

Shadow gov't = the gov't isn't organized enough to pull menial shit off much less this

Nebuchadnezzar Buchanan (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 June 2011 14:41 (fourteen years ago)

Rasputin - those guys didn't try very hard to kill him and were just bad at it in general, so they had to do it a lot of times.

the three stigmata of a (Viceroy), Friday, 17 June 2011 14:54 (fourteen years ago)

Princess Di - killed by dinosaurs and rasputin

scott seward, Friday, 17 June 2011 15:16 (fourteen years ago)

fountain of youth -- some people will make up anything to get out of spain

it seems i am the larry (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 17 June 2011 15:19 (fourteen years ago)

How did the Egyptians manage to construct such huge monuments - huge fucking whips

aka best bum of the o_O's (Noodle Vague), Friday, 17 June 2011 16:33 (fourteen years ago)

2012 - told you to buy Christmas presents.

resonate with awesomeness (jel --), Friday, 17 June 2011 16:37 (fourteen years ago)

D.B. Cooper - bloody mushroom cloud of $20 bills

lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Friday, 17 June 2011 20:06 (fourteen years ago)

People who can see lizard people - incredibly talented at spotting dry skin, should actually be working at the cosmetic counter in a department store, dispensing skincare advice.

Ktulu says, I've come to hate my body (wk), Friday, 17 June 2011 21:34 (fourteen years ago)

ouroboros - that's not his tail he's trying to swallow

Ktulu says, I've come to hate my body (wk), Friday, 17 June 2011 21:35 (fourteen years ago)

synchronicity - lots of things happen

shannon HOOS of blind melSTEEN (rip van wanko), Friday, 17 June 2011 21:38 (fourteen years ago)

past life regression - don't worry you were just as boring

resonate with awesomeness (jel --), Friday, 17 June 2011 21:38 (fourteen years ago)

pyramid power - everyone just loves triangles

Ktulu says, I've come to hate my body (wk), Friday, 17 June 2011 21:39 (fourteen years ago)

infinity - shit is just really big

And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Friday, 17 June 2011 21:39 (fourteen years ago)

expanding universe -- actually, eventually, you just fall off the edge

it seems i am the larry (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 17 June 2011 21:40 (fourteen years ago)

magnetism - horny minerals

And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Friday, 17 June 2011 21:40 (fourteen years ago)

i ching - invented by ancient chinese schoolgirls to find out which boys liked them

Ktulu says, I've come to hate my body (wk), Friday, 17 June 2011 21:41 (fourteen years ago)

contracting universe -- gated community for dead scientologists on other side

it seems i am the larry (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 17 June 2011 21:41 (fourteen years ago)

the magic 8 ball - actually a rudimentary time machine that can access information from the future

Ktulu says, I've come to hate my body (wk), Friday, 17 June 2011 21:42 (fourteen years ago)

yoga - girls in tights

shannon HOOS of blind melSTEEN (rip van wanko), Friday, 17 June 2011 21:43 (fourteen years ago)

parallel universe - it'd only be marginally better, or worse, so don't worry.

resonate with awesomeness (jel --), Friday, 17 June 2011 21:44 (fourteen years ago)

like, cosmic man - not really.

resonate with awesomeness (jel --), Friday, 17 June 2011 21:44 (fourteen years ago)

lucky streak - talk to me in an hour

shannon HOOS of blind melSTEEN (rip van wanko), Friday, 17 June 2011 21:45 (fourteen years ago)

the universe is an atom in a dog's tail -- actually an atom in a flea on a dog's tail

it seems i am the larry (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 17 June 2011 21:45 (fourteen years ago)

Stigmata — picking at mosquito bites

naus, Friday, 17 June 2011 21:54 (fourteen years ago)

Stonehenge — college prank

naus, Friday, 17 June 2011 21:55 (fourteen years ago)

full moon effect = morons get overanxious due to belief in urban legend and act crazy due to overcorrection

Nebuchadnezzar Buchanan (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 June 2011 22:03 (fourteen years ago)

MJ 12 - ill-fated 12th album by the king of pop

resonate with awesomeness (jel --), Friday, 17 June 2011 22:07 (fourteen years ago)

ghosts = stop using PCP in houses with lots of mirrors

Nebuchadnezzar Buchanan (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 June 2011 22:09 (fourteen years ago)

agharta - I'm not really too impressed by a bunch of dudes who live in caves tbqh

Ktulu says, I've come to hate my body (wk), Friday, 17 June 2011 22:34 (fourteen years ago)

Bloody Mary - if you put fire next to a dark mirror you're gonna see some shit

broke, broke, broke usher (reddening), Friday, 17 June 2011 22:36 (fourteen years ago)

ghost poop - tucked away somewhere in the toilet hole and you can't see it, but wiping is still a must

Nebuchadnezzar Buchanan (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 June 2011 22:38 (fourteen years ago)

answered prayers = WOW who'da thunk studyign for that test = higher grades???!!!!

Nebuchadnezzar Buchanan (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 June 2011 22:39 (fourteen years ago)

the Legend of Sweeney Todd - disgruntled Yelp review ruins barber's reputation

broke, broke, broke usher (reddening), Friday, 17 June 2011 22:56 (fourteen years ago)

Wilt Chamberlain - ain't no way he fucked all dem broads unless he outsourced his peepee

Nebuchadnezzar Buchanan (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 June 2011 22:58 (fourteen years ago)

stonehenge - burt reynolds did it

why i am an anarcho-sandwich artist (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 June 2011 23:00 (fourteen years ago)

lovely girl hitchhiking turns out to be ghost - lol nice imaginary girlfriend you saddo

broke, broke, broke usher (reddening), Friday, 17 June 2011 23:13 (fourteen years ago)

burning bush = arson was popular hobby in biblical times

why i am an anarcho-sandwich artist (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 June 2011 23:17 (fourteen years ago)

Roswell 1947 = New Mexico feeling unloved by tourists

why i am an anarcho-sandwich artist (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 June 2011 23:21 (fourteen years ago)

call is coming from inside the house - bored phone operator bein' a dick

broke, broke, broke usher (reddening), Friday, 17 June 2011 23:30 (fourteen years ago)

The Flying Dutchman — drunk sailors

naus, Friday, 17 June 2011 23:30 (fourteen years ago)

Pied Piper = your kids really really hated you

why i am an anarcho-sandwich artist (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 June 2011 23:32 (fourteen years ago)

escaped killer w/hook for a hand seen near Lover's Lane = elaborate art project by guerrilla abstinence group

broke, broke, broke usher (reddening), Friday, 17 June 2011 23:37 (fourteen years ago)

Unicorn = horse w/ really grotesque looking tumor

why i am an anarcho-sandwich artist (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 June 2011 23:38 (fourteen years ago)

tooth fairy = denture cartel running short of supplies....

why i am an anarcho-sandwich artist (Neanderthal), Friday, 17 June 2011 23:39 (fourteen years ago)

cursed treasure - everybody likes & wants yr treasure

broke, broke, broke usher (reddening), Friday, 17 June 2011 23:50 (fourteen years ago)

Dark Side of the Moon - Wizard of Oz sync = Stanley Kubrick faked the Moon Landing

David Allah Coal (sexyDancer), Friday, 17 June 2011 23:55 (fourteen years ago)

haha I worked on that one forver to no avail

shannon HOOS of blind melSTEEN (rip van wanko), Saturday, 18 June 2011 02:43 (fourteen years ago)

lucky four-leaf clover -- rummaging through a clover patch for endless hours has addled yr brains, rendering you more easily impressed by things

broke, broke, broke usher (reddening), Saturday, 18 June 2011 02:59 (fourteen years ago)

Moon Landing: Believe it or not, 40 years ago Americans actually built shit that fucking worked.

Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 18 June 2011 03:19 (fourteen years ago)

Pharaoh's curse: It's called cancer, Howard Carter

Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 18 June 2011 03:23 (fourteen years ago)


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