what silly 'facts' did your parents tell you as a kid?

Question

I was told that babies could breath through there feet and that if you hang them upside down in a bath they survive for hours. I believed this for years with out question! Luckily I never tried it out!

Answer 1

I believed that clouds were made from the paper factory, my dad would always tell me off the wall stuff...Oh and I always thought that coke was brown water...

Answer 2

My mother had read me the story of the Ugly Duckling and then by chance we watched a nature show about swans. The cygnets, of course, were cute so I asked my mom why the ducks thought the ugly duckling was ugly. She told me that ducks always thought swans were ugly.

Answer 3

My dad told me those curvy lines on the road were tracks from "bandits" driving away fast. In fact they were just shadows from powerlines along the road.

Answer 4

My father did not want me to be vain, so he told me that if you look in the mirror for too long, the devil will look back out at you! I was afraid to be in the same room with mirrors for years!

Answer 5

When my mom was telling me what my body parts were for, I asked her why I had a belly button. She smiled and said, "The Indian shot you!" I remember getting upset hearing that!:)

Answer 6

we were told if we swallowed apple pips a tree would grow in our stomachs, that kept me awake with worry for nights on end

Answer 7

My Grandfather used to put us on his back and act like a horse when we were little, 4 yrs old, when he got tired and we wanted to ride again, he would say, "I can't, my sock is on backwards", or "I can't, I have a bone in my foot"..........we would just sit there stumped..........funny as we got older tho!

Answer 8

if we swallowed watermelon seeds they would grow in our belly! I believe it for a long time and never swallowed the seeds :)

Answer 9

I was told that elephants could have snakes.
Unicorns were real, and ate rhinos and horses....when they were babies.