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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Fabulous Ancestry DENIED!!!My grandad told me that our family was directly descended from Captain Cook. I believed this for some time until I remembered our surname is Cooke, not Cook.
On my mum's side, we were led to believe that our great grandfather was the illegitimate son of a lord-of-the-manor and possibly even a minor royal. Wasn't until I reached my twenties that Mum finally told me it had been a mere school headmaster.
Also: "Mum, why is Boxing Day called Boxing Day?"
"Um, because they have a lot of sport on the telly that day"
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