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Making chalk mark on generator $1. Knowing where to make mark $9,999. Ford paid the bill. —- I’m calling bullshit on this. It’s a classic urban legend told
by empath75 6y ago
Making chalk mark on generator $1.
Knowing where to make mark $9,999.
Ford paid the bill.
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I’m calling bullshit on this. It’s a classic urban legend told about many different famous and not famous people.
Edit: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/know-where-man/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/know-where-man/
- wolfgang42 6y agoIndeed. Here’s an article that traces the story as far back as Winchester, England in 1908: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/03/06/tap/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/03/06/tap/
- teddyh 6y agoYep. It completely destroys the credibility of the entire article to uncritically include such urban legends. With such absence of fact checking and verification, nobody should believe anything else from this article.
- mirimir 6y agoMaybe Steinmetz used the trope knowingly.