I was listening to radio one yesterday, and they were talking about the lies parents told kids to keep them happy, get them to do things/ not do things etc.
There of course were the ones like:
Eat carrots, they make you see in the dark
Crusts on your bread make your hair curly.
But there were some really strange, and damn right cruel ones.
So.. were there any memorable lies your parents told you when you were little? and REALLY believed?
My mum once asked what we breathed in at day, and I replied with 'oxygen', then she goes 'so what do we breath at night?' and I said 'nitrogen'. She laughed and told me I was right. I honestly thought that we breathed nitrogen at night for years after that. >_<.
"When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around.”
When I was younger I asked my mom how, when a baby is born, do you know whether its a girl or a boy..To which my mommy replied "Girls come out in pink baby grows and boys in blue"
I was a confused child.
just because you've forgotten doesn't mean you're forgiven
I was told sand was worm eggs and to be careful not to eat any as if you do you will get worms.
Did not help I lived in the middle of a desert...
Let me be the one you call
If you jump i'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn YOU'RE NOT ALONE
If you swallow gum it will wrapp around your heart.
Clickig you knuckles gives you arthritis
Oh an I used to hate waiting at traffic lights. So my dad told me if i gave him a kiss they would change. (and they always did)
Yes i was a guliable child
oh my mum used to tell me a load of crap.
when i was three she told me if i didnt stop having a dummy father xmas wouldn't come an i would stay a baby forever, i wish that was true.
" my precious, precious child, I love you and I would never, never leave you during your times of trials and suffering. When you see only one set of footprints it was then that I carried you" you were carried out of are lifes into the next and when its my time to leave this life I know i will be carried into the next life with you.
I wish i had my world complete again.
'Can we protend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars, i could really use a wish right now' BoB
L_M_G is my mummy :) inkerman and razorbladedarling are my two non-identical twin sprogs (concieved on same day) Scabette< cos she has the cutest puppy dog eyes and i cant resist!feeling-afraid< my bottle of glitter!! which i just have to have :Pmidnight stars< my gorgeous sister, whom i love to bits ;) Dance With The Fairy< *star*gazing*buddie :] Broken-Fairy is my partner in crime ;) little_miss is my real life saviour PaperClip is my stationary queen
i thought the arthritis one was true, due to more wear on the knuckles...?
The ice-cream man only plays music when he has run out of ice-cream.
Those children's rides only move to throw a naughty child off.
To get out the bath before the plug got pulled out (to hurry us along mum would pull the plug out) incase we got sucked down the drain.
Mand, South Wales, Full-time working, single mother to 2 scarily independent girls.
I AM A PROUD PLUMERIA SISTER
I still believe the knuckle one. There are people I know whose knuckles are huuuuge, and they cracked them a lot when they were younger. I don't think it actually causes arthritis, but if you ever develop it I think it makes everything worse.
If you play with noisy toys after dark they'll come to life while you're sleeping.
Santa Claus buys his toys from department stores because sometimes his elves get sick. (didn't believe that one)
Don't go [insert place here], the [insert monster here] will get you!
Oh I feel such a wicked parent now.
When we used to go to the new forest we told our daughter that if she caught a pony she could keep it...........that kept her occupied for the whole fortnight
...............and guess what? she never caught one.
Only now do i realise how cruel I was
They told me irn bru was made from girders (steel bridges) and I told someone and they laughed at me. I wasn't even a kid then!
But that one is true.
Gurrrderrrrs
and they are damn tasty girders too.
When I was wee my brother used to tell me loads of stuff I totally believed. In primary one part of our school was shut for refurbishment and he told me it was cos a Spitfire had crashed into the roof. I was a very gullible child.
This is an odd one, but whenever we were watching a movie and there was a heavy kissing scene my parents would tell us to close our eyes...and then when we asked what they were doing, they would tell us the people in the movie were just eating really good ice cream...lol...and it sure sounded like really good ice cream My parents were quite creative
My parents were quite creative