If you believed any of these, then you're dumb

Urban legends have existed for as long as people have had a friend of a friend who swears that what you're about to hear is true. And as a general rule, they're pretty dumb. Sure, urban legends are fun to hear when you're sitting around the campfire as a kid. But eventually you grow up, and realize that a night of drinking while on vacation won't end with you in a bathtub filled with ice and missing a kidney or that "The Hook" isn't as scary when he's chasing Jennifer Love Hewitt. While the best urban legends shed some light on our shared cultural history, a great many of them are a complete waste of time

For better or worse, the Internet has given urban legends a thriving home. Email forwards, message boards, and status updates are the new campfires. Only now that they can be put down in print, and changed and altered by pretty much anyone, even the most ridiculous urban legends are taken at face value. Many of the dumbest urban legends come from the wild, no man's land early days of the Internet when anyone could throw up a crackpot theory or rumor and have it taken as fact. (Good thing those days are over.) Join us as we count down some of the most well-known urban legends…and tell you why they're dumb. -- Nick Nadel