On Sat, 31 Aug 1996, Janet Hardin wrote:

>
> Regarding the penguins that fall on their backs watching planes fly over,

Is the internet growing an equivalent of the Urban Legend?
>
Janet--

I would say most definitely..I have seen this one quite a few
times..it's got staying power because it's a great image..and
as my recently retired colleague Jan Brunvand, author of
*The Vanishing Hitchhiker, The Choking Doberman, Mexican Pet
etc..collections of Urban Legends, is wont to say:

* Never Let the truth stand in the way of a good story*

Tom