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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Tropical diseaseThis Christmas, whilst at my in-laws, I managed to inadvertently reduce my usually hard-lad nephew to tears. On looking at some mild spots of psoriasis on my hands, the terror child asked ‘What are they?’, whilst jabbing at them with a mucky finger.
‘Oh no, you’ve touched them now…’I replied…’That means you’ve caught my hideous tropical skin disease…’
He disappeared, and after a few blissfully quiet minutes, I found the boy huddled in the kitchen weeping, ‘I don’t want it, I don’t want it’. Cruel, but at least it stopped me from being continually kneed in the knackers for five minutes.
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