Lies Your Parents Told YouI once overheard a neighbour use the phrase "nig nog". I asked my father what it meant. As quick as a flash he said, "It's a type of biscuit. A bit like a hobnob." Can you beat this? BTW: We're keeping this thread open for an extra week as we're enjoying the stories so much.
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Fraser has joined the Moomins., Wed 14 Jan 2004, 13:29)
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Why did they tell me it was wrong to lie?My parents told me and my brothers that when we were went to bed there were Bogeymen under the bed that would eat us if we tried to get out of bed again. And that there were baddies in cupboards, wardrobes etc.
saying our dog wanted to move out and join the police.
if i lied the green man would take my tongue.
My little brothers fish died when he was 9 or 10, and my mum told him he had to pray to get the fish to fish heaven. He had 7 or 8 kids off the street paying homage to a piece of dirt in the back where he buried it.
The worst though was when my mum convinced me that Carrot cake did not have carrots in it, but bits of orange sweets, even got my grandma in on the act just to make me eat it. I was 12 at the time and didnt actually cotten on until they told my friends when giving a lift to school. I cannot even look at carrot cake now.
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