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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furthermoreMy Mum once told me that when she was a little girl, she & a 'friend' were told by an older kid that if you stuck a screwdriver in your belly button and unscrewed it that your bum would fall off.
My Mum then went on to tell me how her 'friend' had actually tried this and "made a right mess of herself".
This was my Mum's misguided way of trying to alert us to the dangers of sticking things in your belly button, not something that had ever occurred to me up till that point.
She has since confessed her guile, which would be all well and good EXCEPT the imagery has left me with a lifelong phobia of having ANYTHING at all even as much as touch my belly button, never mind sticking anything in it. (other than possibly a wet flannel in the bath).
They f_ck you up your parents do.
(, Fri 16 Jan 2004, 18:52, Reply)
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