Swordfishing
My family and I were on holiday in Menorca one year and on one of the days decided to do a bit of a clifftop walk. At one point in the day, in a small cove-like area we saw a small boat going round in very tight circles, as if the driver had put the steering wheel (or whatever it is that boats have) all the way to the right and then hopped out.

"Dad," I enquired, "what's that boat doing that for?"
"Well," he replied, "the fella in that boat is trying to catch swordfish; y'see, what they do is drive about looking for one, then when they find one in the water they just do circles around it to make it dizzy, then simply hook it out the water with a net."

I didn't question this for a second. I went up to my mum and proudly displayed my newfound nautical nonsense, and even protested it's truth when she called it out as bollocks. Took me a good few weeks before I realised what a lying shit my dad was/is.

I'd like to say that I was about seven or so when I believed this, but the truth is that it was more like 14 or 15.
(scoob666 Ain't Nuthin' Ta F' Wit, Thu 21 Aug 2008, 20:32, Reply)