Parents, the big fat liars.

[Bubble Girl]

When you were a kid, did your parents tell your things that weren't actually true, so when you grew up you believed these things?

My parents did. They told me things like Haggis was an actual animal. Oh and they told me that there was a wolf that lived in the attick and it would come and eat me in my sleep if I did anything naughty. That one scared the hell out of me that did.

Then there is also the classic ones like telling me I was found at the bottom of the garden.

Anyway, what about you guys?

[Demento]

1. That they would sell be back to the indians.

2. That my face would stay that way when i stuck my tongue out.

I knew they weren't true, but they told me anyways.

[Grunt]

Actually, a haggis is an animal that runs round the hills in the highland glens. My friend and i used to go hunting them.
You know they have a pair of legs shorter than the other (left or right, depends what time of the year they're born on) so that they can round round the hill.

I was told about santa and the tooth fairy.... and they still haven't told me they're not true.
... i still get presents at xmas time with "from santa"

[Madre]

Actually, a haggis is an animal that runs round the hills in the highland glens. My friend and i used to go hunting them.
You know they have a pair of legs shorter than the other (left or right, depends what time of the year they're born on) so that they can round round the hill.



Lol, yes, and here is some information so that you can participate in next year's haggis hunt.

http://haggishunt.scotsman.com/

Here in America, we call them snipe hunts.

[Hamana]

they told me if i blew at the the rim of an open bottle, would call the devils grandma with that :paranoid:
and if i roll down a hill after i ate cherrys, i would get intestine interlockings :rolleyes:

[junki]

they told me there was justice, equal opportunity and Santa Claus

[tynie]

santa easter bunny toothfairy god.

thats it for me.

[Evra]

My mam told me she bought me at kmart on a blue light special. :ponder:

Other than that, she never lied, or at least she haven't told me about it yet.

Oh wait! Whenever me and my sister asked them to take salt or pepper on our meals mam didn't remove the lids, and pretended to put it on. Stupid us. "Oooh now it tastes much better mummy!"

Sister lies, however, are much much worse.

"I promise, Evra, you ARE a retard. Mam is just afraid to hurt your feelings if she tells you. Everyone knows it, but you. Time to face the reality."

[Stu]

I was told that there was a ghost that lived in the bin outside the shoeshop, and that if I went past it would eat me.

My mother also pretended a carrot was her thumb, and proceeded to cut it off, making all three of us, (apparently), cry.

[quirk]

Santa claus :cry: I believed it for too long :sad:

They tell you some lies with good reason I guess, like to keep you safe or to help you understand a little bit of something really complex. Asking a relatively innocent question and then as a consequence having sex explained to you would probably completely freak you out :laugh:

[Mr. Daltrey]

once my parents told me that during the Martial Law in the phillipines, in their residence they buried all their Jewelries and guns in the Square Garden that we had, 10 years later I found my self digging around there , after a couple of uprooted Pineapple plants I was able to find a couple of old clothes in a box, some love letters , gah!

[sazzle]

nothing horrible, but we once had this horrible cat which killed birds/small animals, but me and my sister loved it. Mum and dad decided to get it put down, and they told us that it had died of 'old age'. Then one day we were playing in the back room, and heard the familiar meow of this cat. We ran out and saw our cat cleo, raised from the dead. We ran areound the house yelling, cleo's back from the dead. My sister was convinced jesus had saved our cat.:biggrin:

Little did we know they had given the cat away to people on a farm and the bloody cat had treeked hours cross country back into town. Persistent thing.

My parents then learnt their leason not to lie about animals again.

[Yugoloth]

My dad told me that he would make me eat ouside with the raccoons if I misbehaved at the dinner table. I was so frightened by the prospect that I never found out if it was true or not.

My mom also did the tooth fairy thing - but I never caught her at it, much to my amazement. I guess she was just that sneaky.

[labs5]

When you were a kid, did your parents tell your things that weren't actually true, so when you grew up you believed these things?
just the one "if you stick your tongue onto a cold pole it will stick there"...and well...i thought they were lieing....noe they definitly didnt lie about that one:tongue:


by the way!...im joking im not THAT stupid!!

[Bubble Girl]

Actually, a haggis is an animal that runs round the hills in the highland glens. My friend and i used to go hunting them.
You know they have a pair of legs shorter than the other (left or right, depends what time of the year they're born on) so that they can round round the hill.

Umm... yeah sure grunt :wink:

[schism-]

My parents told me that if I worked hard enough for something I'd get it.

Scum.

[Demento]

As for the haggis... look at Madre's link.


HAGGIS MYTHS
They have one leg shorter than another.
This misconception originated with a respected English commentator. However, the haggis’s legs are all the same size. Any apparent difference in length could be due to the haggis’s habit of standing in a bog to confuse predators. Quite why this would confuse a predator is unclear as the haggis would be unable to run away, being as it is stuck in a bog.
Ownt.



I had been told Santa Claus was real, but then when i was 8, I found a box to a remote-control jeep in my Dad's clost, and magicly, that same box belonged to the RC jeep i got from Santa!!! lol But know i have a little sister 11 years younger then me, and so me and my parents have fun tricking my little sister with Santa, Easter Bunnies, and all that other stuff.

I think i was just too smart to believe everything else, like if you stick your tongue out, it will get stuck.

[sazzle]

WEll this isn't the same. But I told my sister that santa clause was an evil wizard. Christamas wasn't so fun after that mwahahah.

I also told her that the lines on the bottom of the pool were snakes, and they'd eat her if she got in the water.- she didn't swim for a month.

I also told her that she could fly, and she jumped of the bed and cracked her head open...serious- but that wasn't all my fault :ermm: . Apparently i cried more then she did.

God I sound like the devil's spawn. No wonder she beats me up now....:biggrin:

[Ker_Bear]

my parent's marriage went to hell when I was 7...they didnt care to try and be civilized and be parents.so I missed all that shit...but my lil brother lol got hell.it doesnt help that he's gulible. he sleeps in his whitey tighties, and he likes to play with his thing...keep in mind he's only six... and after stayin with his dad one weekend he noticed it and told him "there's a weener thief and if he takes his hand of his peter the weener thief was gonna yank it right off" now, I dont have a penis...but that would scare the shit outta me lol

[Demento]

my parent's marriage went to hell when I was 7...they didnt care to try and be civilized and be parents.so I missed all that shit...but my lil brother lol got hell.it doesnt help that he's gulible. he sleeps in his whitey tighties, and he likes to play with his thing...keep in mind he's only six... and after stayin with his dad one weekend he noticed it and told him "there's a weener thief and if he takes his hand of his peter the weener thief was gonna yank it right off" now, I dont have a penis...but that would scare the shit outta me lol Sorry but i cant find a noob to english translator. Someone help me?

[Demento]

Thanks for the translation. Im not hateful, just intolerant.

[shortsyco]

they told me santa was real then last year when they didnt put "from Santa" on any of my presents, my seven year old brother started making fun of me for it

[MudPuppet]

they told me santa was real then last year when they didnt put "from Santa" on any of my presents, my seven year old brother started making fun of me for itI'm assuming you knew before that?

[Ker_Bear]

my dad once told me that nothing known to man could ever " come between us" .....i've seen him 2 times in the past 5 years.

[shortsyco]

I'm assuming you knew before that?
yes, i knew before that but i was forced to pretend he was real and that he just didnt give me anything

[Evra]

I don't think it's wrong that someone makes something up in order to protect child. They learn truth sooner or later, it's natural that parents wants to protect their kids.
I wouldn't call parents liars for that. :wink:

But when I was really little, I got a gift from the tooth fairy. My mam forgot to take off the target price sticker.

My sister was always worse for telling lies though. She used to tell me things like, if I touched my belly button then my stomach would open up and all my organs would fall out. I believed that for a long time.

[MudPuppet]

Hah! All your organs would fall out. Hehe.
I probably shouldn't read this stuff; I babysit and have very little willpower.

[Ker_Bear]

hahaha you will corrupt many .

[sazzle]

I'm incredibly gullible. wen i was little my friend sold me a chicken bone, telling me she found it off a dinosaur

[Ker_Bear]

i dont care who you are that's funny lol

[Bubble Girl]

My sister was always worse for telling lies though. She used to tell me things like, if I touched my belly button then my stomach would open up and all my organs would fall out. I believed that for a long time.

I was told that if I unscrewed my bellybutton then my bottom would fall of.