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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Brussel SproutsMy brother and myself hated brussel sprouts. WOuldn't touch them. What we *did* love, however, were 'fairy cabbages'. These little, teeny tiny cabbages, made byt he fairies that were place don our plates by magic. It was so wonderful an idea that we lapped them up.
It was only when we were about twenty that we discovered that, in reality, fairy cabbages were, in fact, brussel sprouts!
Note that none of this makes any sense, as we hated cabbage as well, but what can I say, we were only little...
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