Compared to most on here my Mum is fairly sane and sensible but she is somewhat gullible.
Through the years me and my brother have been somewhat merciless in convincing her of the truth of one outlandish idea or another.

My crowning achievement came when I was in my early teens and we were in the car on a family trip, the discussion came round to the truth behind legends such as Robin Hood and I casually mentioned "Oh yes, the William Tell legend is mostly true, although in real life he missed the apple and shot his son in the head".

The car was silent for a second as we digested the magnitude of that porker but dear old mum swivelled in her seat, her eyes wide, and exclaimed "Did he?!"

She's never lived that one down.

(She got into homeopathy recently and I managed to use my skills of persuasion for a good cause for once - I bought her Bad Science. She kept calling me up and quoting bits of it to me.)
( chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Thu 11 Feb 2010, 15:35, Reply)