what is one of the silliest things your parents have told you?

Question

for example my mum used to tell us at christmas that she saw santa go past the window to make sure we were being good.

Answer 1

That there were actually little tiny people in the TV set, and that they weren't acting, they actually lived in there. The same as the little people you took your order at a drive through then ran through an underground tunnel into the building with your order then back to the speaker to tell you how much to pay.

Answer 2

I saw a woman telling her child she needed to push his ice cream deeper into the cone so it didn't fall off. She pushed it down all right -with her mouth, the kid didn't realize mom had just eaten the top half of his ice cream

Answer 3

When my Mum was little, someone told her that if you swallowed chewing gum, you would die. She accidently did once and she was terrified. She was listening to the Beatles "I want to hold your hand" so she now associates that song with her "near death experience" and won't let anyone play or sing that song. Ever. lol


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Answer 4

My father told me that if I swallowed a watermelon seed, a tree would grow inside my stomach and up my throat and out of my mouth! He even told my children that!

Answer 5

mum used to say 'on the highway during the night if you turn the interior car lights on the police will arrest you.' she used to say this becuase the light reflected on the mirror and it was difficult to see in the rear view mirror.

Answer 6

my dad used to say taht the management ppl purposely put aligators inside the pools at golf courses to prevent ppl from diving in - which i think is the most absurd thing in the whole wide world -haha - he's kidding right?? :P

Answer 7

To go outside and blow the stink off. Guess it was Mom's way of letting us know that the outdoors was good for us.

Answer 8

mom: "i am going to ensure each little thing you're doing because I have eyes contained in the back of my head!" also we are contained in the motorized vehicle on the line Me: "Mommy, if all persons are going a similar %, why do a touch flow swifter than others?" mom: ".....i do not understand, Jimmy. i do not understand"

Answer 9

My Dad used to tell me that Tapioca Pudding was made from fish eyes. I wouldn't eat it until I was in my 20's, and I still think of it as 'fish-eye pudding'

Answer 10

One of the craziest things my mom told when I was a kid was that frosting (on cake) was VERY bad for you and would stay in your stomach for 1000 years. Mmmmkay?????