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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when my older sister was around 6ishshe asked how sheep could stand sideway on the side of hills without falling over, and my parents explained that one side of legs (i.e. the front and back left legs) were shorter than the other side, so it matched up with the hill slope. She didn't notice the problem with this.
She believed it till the age of 18, whereupon attempting to explain this to a friend of hers in the car my mother said:
"Err...that's not true dear, we were joking..."
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jme, Wed 14 Jan 2004, 15:55,
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