23 People Share the Craziest Rumors They’ve Heard About Themselves

5.

That I stole a pool noodle from a surplus store and went to jail.

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I had an assistant principal pull a friend and I (we both share the same first name) out of class saying that there was a rumor that one of us were bragging about how we were going to bring a grenade to school. Turns out another kid with our name is a weirdo and said he was going to bring a grenade to school.

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That I have robotic lungs. Both of my lungs have collapsed, so my friends took it upon themselves to tell others I am part machine and have robotic lungs. They have also said I was shot or stabbed and that is why I have robotic lungs.

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I got diagnosed with Crohn’s disease 2 years ago. Apparently somebody misunderstood or something and started telling everyone I had cancer. Yeah, not quite the same thing.

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When I was younger I had to take about 3 weeks off school for pneumonia. During my time off one of my classmates found my hat in the road and immediately assumed that I had been hit by a bus and died. When I went back into school I was greeted by the same classmate running up to me in the corridor and shouting “THE BUS MISSED!”. Which was followed by the rest of the class turning around, realising I had survived the bus and giving me a group hug.

Written by Irvi Torremoro

Irvi Torremoro is an Austinite by way of Las Vegas. She's worked in various outlets in food & beverage and is now focused on writing, eating all the things, talking about Beyonce, and petting all the puppies. She runs flavorandbounty.com, a lifestyle blog about people in the service industry.