Lies you were told as a kid...... (1 Viewer)

Houchens Head · Oct 8, 2019

….. and believed! Apart from the usual Father Christmas shite, Tooth Fairy stuff and the like.
1) I was always told that if I swallowed any fruit pips I'd have a tree growing from my head!
2) Sitting too close to the TV would give me square eyes!
3) When receiving Holy Communion, if it touched a single tooth it was a 'mortal sin!' (well, according to those f**kin' nuns, anyway!)
4) "Tell me the truth. I won't get angry!"
5) Eating the crust of bread would make my hair curly.
Any more?

Otis · Oct 9, 2019

That God existed.

CanadianCCFC · Oct 9, 2019

Otis said:
That God existed.

And as you’ve grown up you’ve seen proof otherwise?

dutchman · Oct 9, 2019

"If you don't behave, we'll send you back"

(As if that was even physically possible)

clint van damme · Oct 9, 2019

"and it's Coventry City, Coventry city FC, we're by far the greatest team, the world has ever seen".

tommydazzle · Oct 9, 2019

CanadianCCFC said:
And as you’ve grown up you’ve seen proof otherwise?

That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

ajsccfc · Oct 9, 2019

'All uncles do this, just don't tell your parents'

Sbarcher · Oct 9, 2019

The old one - if the ice cream van was playing music, it meant it had run out of ice cream

fellatio_Martinez · Oct 9, 2019

If I made a funny face and the wind changed my face would stay funny.

Touching dandelions would make me piss the bed.

Jack Frost would get me if I went outside at night.

Uncle Seamus didn't touch me and I dreamt it all.

Gazolba · Oct 9, 2019

Plenty of sunshine is good for you (I even bought a sunlamp because of this)
Drink milk and you'll get strong bones.
Eat meat if you want to be strong.
Vegetables taste delicious.
Cross-country running is fun.
Swimming is easy, everyone can float (I can't, I sink)
Stop scowling or your face will stay like that.
Masturbation will make you go blind.

And as for religion:
The world was created in 6 days.
Jesus walked on water and rose from the dead.
Joseph had a coat of many colours
A stick turned into a snake.
People suddenly started speaking foreign languages.
Methuselah lived to be 969 years old (had to look this one up).
Two of every animal were in Noah's ark.
(I probably could have said just about everything we were taught in Religious Instruction)

I'm sure there's lots more.

no_loyalty · Oct 9, 2019

If you don't eat all of my dinner, it would be served up again tomorrow.

Houchens Head · Oct 9, 2019

no_loyalty said:
If you don't eat all of my dinner, it would be served up again tomorrow.

That was never a lie in my upbringing. I hated steamed, yellow fish on a Friday night tea-time and would take well over an hour trying to swallow just a couple of mouthfuls. And, yes, it was there on my breakfast plate in the morning! (This story is told in my autobiography - Chapter 2, pages 17 & 18)

skybluetony176 · Oct 9, 2019

If you keep playing with it it will fall off.

Houchens Head · Oct 9, 2019

skybluetony176 said:
If you keep playing with it it will fall off.

And this also...…...
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Sky_Blue_Daz · Oct 9, 2019

It wasn’t Rebecca Vardy

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · Oct 9, 2019

Gazolba said:
And as for religion:
Two of every animal were in Noah's ark.

Not true. There were seven of some animals (or depending on how you read it four or fourteen of each)

Gazolba · Oct 9, 2019

Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Not true. There were seven of some animals (or depending on how you read it four or fourteen of each)

That just shows you how much attention I paid to the Bible.
I've always been far more interested in the books that were banned from being in the Bible.
That intrigues me no end.

SkyBlueScottie · Oct 10, 2019

Gazolba said:
And as for religion:
The world was created in 6 days.

There was me thinking Craig David was a quick mover.

shmmeee · Oct 10, 2019

CanadianCCFC said:
And as you’ve grown up you’ve seen proof otherwise?

Can’t prove a negative. Burden of proof is on those making the claim.

Tommo1993 · Oct 10, 2019

If the ice cream van is playing it’s music then it’s ran out of ice cream.

And my mum used to pretend to put salt on my food, but her finger would be covering the hole of the shaker. She’d do it fast so we didn’t notice. Git.

Houchens Head · Oct 10, 2019

Tommo1993 said:
If the ice cream van is playing it’s music then it’s ran out of ice cream.

And my mum used to pretend to put salt on my food, but her finger would be covering the hole of the shaker. She’d do it fast so we didn’t notice. Git.

Ha ha! I used to do this for my kids!

Tommo1993 · Oct 10, 2019

Houchens Head said:
Ha ha! I used to do this for my kids!

Was only a couple years ago I noticed her do the same with my niece. Years of lies and violation!

bezzer · Oct 10, 2019

Staring in the mirror for too long and the devil would look over your shoulder.

Mask · Oct 10, 2019

The ones I heard have mainly been said here. I was also told that eating carrots would help you see in the dark.

My nan used to say she had eyes in the back of her head, but she was a bit nuts anyway. Bless her.

Sbarcher · Oct 10, 2019

Has the cat got your tongue?

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · Oct 10, 2019

Gazolba said:
That just shows you how much attention I paid to the Bible.
I've always been far more interested in the books that were banned from being in the Bible.
That intrigues me no end.

I agree. Dead Sea Scrolls etc far more fascinating and show the Bible is only there to push a particular view (predominantly a male-centric one)

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · Oct 10, 2019

Mask said:
The ones I heard have mainly been said here. I was also told that eating carrots would help you see in the dark.

My nan used to say she had eyes in the back of her head, but she was a bit nuts anyway. Bless her.

The carrots thing was made up by the UK govt in WWII to
a) Hide the fact we had radar from the Germans
b) Get people to eat more carrots because there was a decent supply of them compared to other things.

Malaka · Oct 10, 2019

Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Not true. There were seven of some animals (or depending on how you read it four or fourteen of each)

You mean this is a lie from the BBC?

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · Oct 10, 2019

OffenhamSkyBlue · Oct 11, 2019

Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Not true. There were seven of some animals (or depending on how you read it four or fourteen of each)

That was Snow White you were watching!

Gazolba · Oct 11, 2019

Lucozade can cure illness.
I begged my Mum to buy it when I had a bad cold.
Was convinced it would hekp me.

Gazolba · Oct 11, 2019

Sbarcher said:
Has the cat got your tongue?

I was a quiet kid and rarely put my hand up in class, so one teacher actually wrote that in my school report.
I still have the (Caludon Castle) report (see below).
This idiot forgot we weren't allowed to talk in class nor during lunch.

Houchens Head · Oct 11, 2019

Gazolba said:
I was a quiet kid and rarely put my hand up in class, so one teacher actually wrote that in my school report.
I still have the report (see below).
This idiot forgot we weren't allowed to talk in class nor during lunch.
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Reminded me of that old joke: Little girl in class starts to cry. Teacher notices and says "What's the matter, Jenny?" Jenny sobs, "I've wet myself Miss!"
"Why on earth didn't you put your hand up?". Jenny replies, "I did Miss, but it just trickled through my fingers!"

Gazolba · Oct 12, 2019

Houchens Head said:
Reminded me of that old joke: Little girl in class starts to cry. Teacher notices and says "What's the matter, Jenny?" Jenny sobs, "I've wet myself Miss!"
"Why on earth didn't you put your hand up?". Jenny replies, "I did Miss, but it just trickled through my fingers!"

There were no girls at Caludon Castle. No female teachers either. It was as if the opposite sex did not exist.
Since I never had any sisters, I thought girls were from another planet.
I think another lie we were told (or at least implied) was that if you did well in school, you would do well in life.
Once I started working I quickly learned that few people cared how clever you were so long as you were self-confident and talked a lot.

vow · Oct 12, 2019

Me: 'wheres dad?'
Mum: 'gone to see a man about a dog'

We never got a dog.

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