Things your parents told that were untrue .....

[dark_castle1]

Like,

The moon is made of cheese !

If you eat lots of fish you will become brainy !  

A downright lie because I ate lots of fish and am as thick as two short planks !

If you eat carrots you will have good eyesight !

I did eat lots of carrots and want to know if it is true why have I had to wear spectacles since primary school ! Yes another lie they told me.

[angelah1847]

Eat your cabbage and you'll have curly hair.

I always wanted curly hair and ??!!!??? years later, not a single kink

[dark_castle1]

angelah,

my parents used to tell me that but it was the crusts off the Scottish plain loaf and like you there never was a curl in my hair.

See ! another lie parents told their youngsters !

It is amazing we turned out the way we did with all the lies we were told.   

[hyperrush]

Joseph and Mary were my Godfathers

[ronnybabes]

It could never be my Mother, because Women's trumps smell of perfume,

and......  we believed her.  

[evoman3957]

Father Christmas................until I woke up and caught him stuffing his face with the Mince Pies & Milk that I'd left out........He got the Father bit right though.

[fallen-archie]

Don't sit on the pavement you'll get Piles!

She never did say of what

[angelah1847]

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@ronnybabes wrote:

It could never be my Mother, because Women's trumps smell of perfume,

and......  we believed her.  

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[ronnybabes]

Well this one came true ... erm!! sort of.

As a kid my Dad really wound me up...     He said, If you really want to get your own back on me go outside, think of me, and spit hard into the wind.

This naive 7 year old kid went out side where it was blowing a gale, spent ages gathering a gobful of spit, and let fly with all the venom he could muster.

My Dad was right.... 

[023mjc]

The ice cream van only plays it's jingle when they have run out of ice cream.

[artful_dodgings]

The Tooth Fairy.....another downright lie.

[astrologica]

When we were naughty Mam would say 'Wait till your Father gets home'.........a total waste of time 'cos he was as soft as putty!

[tommy.irene]

Go to sleep or the Boggy man will get you.

[marshallhouse]

No need to be afraid of thunder, it's only God moving his furniture around.

(As per eating the crusts off your bread - I didn't and I had a head full of curls!)

[hyperrush]

Why God needs Furniture aniway... Thunder here means Jesus is Angry

[2017clearout]

If the wind changes, you'll stay like that. (They did the crusts thing too) Worst thing, though: we had an old pony (my Dad used to drive) when I was very small, that died. The knacker van came to take him away, and when I asked Dad where he was going, he said, "To Heaven". For several years after, I thought turning right into the lane would lead you to Heaven...

[023mjc]

They found me under a gooseberry bush.

[plpmr]

When they brought me to the canal to teach me to swim and said they were only putting me in the sack to keep me warm.

[hyperrush]

A pot of Gold in the back of the Rainbow... i did try to catch it but no

or unicorns....

[evoman3957]

They told me I was loved and wanted, but used to take me to School every day blindfolded and told me to find my own way home. One day I got home and they'd moved.