Lies your parents told you

[mishalaa]

When you have nightmares, flip your pillow over and they'll go away.

 

[pricklesnquills]

My parents never really lied to us about anything. So, I don't have any of these funny stories to share

 

[Laurie]

Well great! No one told me eating brussel sprouts, sprouts your ****s! I love brussel sprouts and ate them a lot! No wonder mine are so big! Dang it!

My parents didn't lie to us much either. I clearly remember my mom telling us babies do come from eggs so Lisa and I always thought you just went the fridge and cracked open a baby when you wanted one--dumb!!!! Yeah I guess we weren't the bright ones in the family!

 

[Leah]

My grandfather is missing the tip of his finger (down to the top knuckle) on one of his fingers, so he used to tell me and my friends when I was little that that's what happens when you bite your nails.. sometimes you miss! LOL

 

[ABBY W.]

so he used to tell me and my friends when I was little that that's what happens when you bite your nails.. sometimes you miss! LOL

Too bad my parents didn't tell me that one...I still can't break myself of the habit!

 

[Sheri]

. Oh! I just thought of a good one I told my sister. I told her she was adopted and that we didn't want her anymore. Instead of people coming for her birthday, they were actually coming for a farewell party and the gifts were going away presents. On her 6th birthday, people started showing up with gifts and she started freaking out, saying she didn't want to leave and she liked it here. My parents had no idea why she was saying this until recently.

Often wonder how many kids do this to siblings. I thought it was just mine. LOL My parents got me when I was a year old. When I was 3 my brother walked up to my mother after returning some clothes that didn't fit to a store. He asked if they could get a refund and send me back to. No wonder I made his life a living H**L. LOL

 

[mapache315]

Crust makes your hair curly.

That the ice cream truck was a music truck (this is probably the worst "trick" that's ever been played on me...I didn't find out until I was in 7th grade what it really was).

 

[ABBY W.]

Sheri

I have three younger brothers, so I am the oldest AND the only girl. When my last brother was born, my best friend and I planned to tie him up to the mailbox with a sign saying "Baby For Sale $1, just leave the money in the mailbox" Fortunately, my parents caught on, and I still have all three of my brothers

 

[Riven]

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Dont you think it wouldve been easier to tell you they lived long happy lives and are gone.. Rather than say they had brain cancer?

True enough but don't you think it would have been kinder not to terrorize you into tears? I was like 6 and very much into surgery and medical stuff. My dad probably thought I would rather hear about a cool surgery then just straight up dead mice

I guess I believe in honesty. What is the difference if you die of old age or of brain cancer?

 

[3CsMommy]

I forgot this one (again courtesy of Dad): The best fish bait ever is Peas. Know why? All you need to do is dump them on the water, and "when the fish comes up to take a pee" you whack him with your paddle.

 

[Midwest Exotics]

My mom used to tell me that pepperidge farm cookies were for adults 21 & over. Thankfully i learned to read & noticed there wasnt a label on the package like liquor. hahahah I still hold that one against her.hahahahahahhaha I was denied the good cookies for so long! (But i might use that on my son for my good cookie stash!)

Im sure there are other lies they told, but that one always comes to mind. lol

 

[Laurie]

Kate I love the Pepperidge Farm cookie lie! I love those cookies especially the Geneva ones!!!

 

[FiaSpice]

My parents never really lied to me. The only thing my mom said "Don't go outside if it's cold and your hair is wet" or "Eat you bread crust so you'll be stonger"

 

[Cory]

"Don't swallow your gum or you will grow a gumball tree in your stomach"

 

[3CsMommy]

"Don't swallow your gum or you will grow a gumball tree in your stomach"

The threat about this in our house was that "it'll stick your poop chute shut". Thanks for reminding me of another one Cory.

 

[Midwest Exotics]

Kate I love the Pepperidge Farm cookie lie! I love those cookies especially the Geneva ones!!!

Yeah, looking back i totally understand why she did that.:tease:

Kaiden could hammer down a bag of those cookies without even thinking twice to enjoy them & would do the same with some other random cheap cookie just as much. hahah She never denied me cookies, just the ones i wouldnt enjoy enough. hahah

 

[smhufflepuff]

Teflon is mined on the moon <-- so said my mother

 

[aznmexaggie]

We always see cows in the Altamont hills when we drive to the Bay Area. My dad told me they are a special breed of cattle called "Mountain Cows." One side has shorter legs than the other so that they can stand level on the hills.

 

[kendra]

We always see cows in the Altamont hills when we drive to the Bay Area. My dad told me they are a special breed of cattle called "Mountain Cows." One side has shorter legs than the other so that they can stand level on the hills.

OMG I got that exact same one!

I was told if my nose got sunburned *one more time* I'd get cancer and my nose would be taken off! ( I was still pretty little, have fair skin and pretty much always got a burn even with high spf and that zinc stuff)

The watermelon and the gumball ones were big too

 

[equus_peduus]

We always see cows in the Altamont hills when we drive to the Bay Area. My dad told me they are a special breed of cattle called "Mountain Cows." One side has shorter legs than the other so that they can stand level on the hills.

I thought that was part of one of the Buffalo Bill tall tales...

Someone (I don't recall who) told me Marachino (sp?) cherries are so red because they were soaked in blood. I will not eat them.

My mom told me if I eat a lollipop while walking, I will fall down, and the lollipop will get pushed through my brain. Certainly the thing could cause damage *if* I fell down with a lollipop in my mouth... and I still mostly avoid lollipops...

Grandpa told me that if I ate apple seeds, trees would grow out my ears and nose.

My mother to this day maintains that she met Santa Claus outside one year, and that he brings things at Christmas (and certainly, every year that I'm home for Christams, my Christmas stocking is filled by someone whose handwriting is remarkably similar to my mother's but signed as "Santa" ... and my mother always denies knowledge of what was in the stocking until everything is opened...)