Now at this stage you cynical lot might be wondering why the family didn't call an ambulance and have done with it.. But remember this is an urban myth, so lets assume they did and the ambulance crew told them they were not on the business of carting dead grannies around.

So what to do. Easy thinks the family, bung her body in the boot and take her down the local funeral directors. look I told you this is an urban myth so a little less of those tears for poor granny, because it gets worse. For halfway home, the family, in need of a little comfort halt, parked up and trotted off at high speed, leaving Granny in the boot.

It's at this stage that your local friendly car thief steps in to smartly nick the car and granny, disappearing up the road, never to be seen again.. And do you know from that day to this, says the teller of this tall tale, neither the car or granny has been found.

Well now here's a new urban myth for you, and it's absolutely true. I know because my mate Andy told me, and he found it posted on the Internet. It seems, so he told me, that one fine day recently a family were getting ready to pop down the local supermarket (insert your own favourite supermarket name here.) to do their weekly shop. But ho, says dad, a computer nerd of long standing, why wander around that vast hanger of a store, when we can order our goodies up via the net.

So computer switched on and (your favourite superstores) web page on line, they start to order the weekly shopping list. But a little problem appears when dad tries to enter his credit card details, as the store fails to accept it. Now dads no fool, so the family enter all the information again, only to find the store still refuse's to accept their order. Oh bother (insert you own swear words here ) says dad, and saying the car could do with a run out away, suggests going on the supermarket run. This they do and a few hours latter return to the happy home with their car heavy with shopping bags.

Its as they are unloading this pile of goodies that disaster strikes, for around the corner comes the supermarket van. With guess what. Not one but two piles of shopping, for it seems that both Internet orders have in fact been accepted and the family have ended up with three piles of shopping and a huge bill to pay.

Now the moral, and you just knew there had to be one. Is be very careful when shopping over the Internet. Or don't bother as the machines are out to get you. But like I say, this is just an urban myth. On the other hand you wont catch me ordering stuff up from the net…. Just in case !

ENDS