My friends' parents...
...used to tell his sister and him that icecream vans only played their jingle when they were out of ice cream.

I reckon the primary reason for having kids now is to fill them full of stuff like this (like telling them that moths are the ghosts of dead butterflies).
(luckybluecoat, Wed 18 Jan 2012, 16:37, 8 replies)

Congratulations
I'd never thought I'd see this answer again.
(SimianKid internet faffer, Wed 18 Jan 2012, 16:44, closed)

I've gone all nostalgic and everything.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 18 Jan 2012, 16:50, closed)

that nostalgia
it's not what it use...
no. I can't do it.
( Ya What Skiddlyboop, Wed 18 Jan 2012, 16:51, closed)

you can guarantee QOTW to dredge up every urban myth eeevvvvaaa

(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Wed 18 Jan 2012, 16:56, closed)

If we're lucky
someone might post a new answer one of these weeks
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 18 Jan 2012, 17:18, closed)

I like the 'Moths are the ghosts of dead butterflies' one.
I may have to try this out on some impressionable second-cousins. Maybe a couple of tweaks though: Moths are butterflies that have been turned into vampires! And, much like human vampires, light is their weakness.
(universalpsykopath loves what you've done with your hair., Wed 18 Jan 2012, 17:19, closed)

Second cousins ain't fer teasin'
they's for marryin'
( Infidel , shit and wrong, Wed 18 Jan 2012, 18:56, closed)

My second cousins are but tiny children,
...and we don't go in for that sort of thing in my valley boyo. There's sheep for that.
(universalpsykopath loves what you've done with your hair., Tue 24 Jan 2012, 9:44, closed)