Oh I am just too gullible for words...
Hell, I even believed the BBC when they said they had footage of flying penguins earlier this year.

So this will be the first of many replies I post this week, I am sure.

When I was younger, I wanted to go to Wimbledon Common to see the Wombles, which would have been about two hours drive from my Essex home.

But my Dad,bless him, saw how much I wanted to go, so he took me there.

We packed up a picnic, and off we want on our adventure.

I was so excited. I leapt in the car, and, as I still tend to do when travelling anywhere by car (or train, or plane or anything other than bike really) I promptly fell asleep.

Two hours later, I was woken up by my Dad tellinng me we had arrived.

I got hyper, was running around everywhere to see if I could find my cuddly heroes, and being really disspointed when he kept seeing Wombles in the opposite direction to where I where I was looking.

I kept spinning round just as one had 'hidden in that bush, over there' or 'must have dived down a hole behind that bumpy bit'

But still, I was having fun, so it wasn't too bad, until the fateful moment that hunger took over.

'Dad, can we have our sandwiches?'

'Of course'

But it wasn't to be. We opened the bag, and the sandwiches were gone! The Wombles had stolen our sandwiches while we weren't looking!

I was devastated. I loved The Wombles, how could they do this to us? They were supposed to be nice.

My relationship with them had been soured forever.

It was only many years later, during some idle conversation about childhood memories that the truth emerged.

My Dad had put me in the car, driven around for a bit until I fell asleep, headed to the local park, eaten the sandwiches, put his watch forward 2 hours and then woken me up.

Evil. Bastard.

I still don't trust those bloody Wombles though.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:24, 8 replies)

This is my favourite story ever
You've had a heart-warmed click there!
(Super Oaf Petit filous?, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:31, closed)

You've reminded me
My missus believed the flying penguins story too! It was the first thing she told me as I staggered downstairs on my bleary-eyed way to work, so I have to say, I didn't quite have the wits to debunk it at 7am.

It was quite painful, even for me, when she found out.
( ousgg is not seeking approval, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:35, closed)

I like this
...so I clicked.
( reallywittyname veraciously conspues lexiphanicism on, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:35, closed)

Fantastic!
That makes your dad cool! and a top comedian
(Fuckarma was masturbating into your handbag, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 10:49, closed)

Haha, I love this!
*clicks*

*wishes the whole world was as innocent and charming as this*
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Fri 22 Aug 2008, 12:39, closed)

Aww
That was pretty sweet of your dad :)
( El Lazarus is calm now, Ish,, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 16:17, closed)

Yeah,
My Dad is pretty awesome.

And posting this story reminded to me to actually tell him that when I saw him over the weekend.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 27 Aug 2008, 10:40, closed)

I bet
your dad's a b3tan.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 28 Aug 2008, 16:42, closed)