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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Me and my brother got caught......by my Mum, bless her!!! She told my brother that his great-great-great Uncle was Safety Officer on the Titanic (he only realised it was a lie when he got some quizzical looks around the office as he recounted the story).
And she got me good and proper when she told me that the statue of John Ray (whoever he was) in Braintree town centre was life size - it was about 9.1/2 feet tall and 7 feet wide, for years I had a mental image of this colossus shuffling around town, shoving people aside wherever he went. She sent me to the newsagents for tomorrow's papers once, too. Oh well, the psychologist says my treatment's progressing well.
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