The exploding toilet and other tales too funny to be true

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The exploding toilet and other tales too funny to be true

by Catherine Daly-Weir ; illustrated by Phoebe Gloeckner ; introduction by Jan Harold Brunvand

HarperTrophy, c1998

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Summary: Rebecca and her friends spend a school day sharing humorous, supposedly true stories, including ones about a streaking skier, a fake lie detector test, and an exploding toilet. Features an introduction discussing the phenomenon of urban legends

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As soon as Rebecca boards the school bus on the first day back from vacation, she and her friends start swapping hilarious stories, There's the man who used the toilet -- and made it explode. And the policemen who tricked a criminal into confessing -- to a photocopying machine! And the shoplifter who stuck a six-pound frozen fowl under his ten-gallon hat, only to discover that crime can really leave you cold ...

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