Lies My Parents Told Me

[ciphergoth]

meta asks for stories of lies your parents told you, here:

http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=meta&itemid=119465

I thought this was an interesting question worth propogating!

My parent's weren't the sort to lie, but I've come to realise that a lot of the things my Dad told me that I took on faith were a bit misconcieved. He believed that a stitch from running was the result of ribs rubbing up against each other. It wasn't 'till years later that I got a stitch again and realised that it couldn't possibly be that and it felt much more like a muscle cramp...

Now it's your turn. Tell us about a bizarre or stupid lie your parents told you.

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[rainbowskye.livejournal.com]

When I was at Uni my best friend and I were in the kitchen and I was ferreting around in the cupboard for something to eat while we were cooking. I broke off a couple of bits of cooking chocolate and Gail looked horrified as I started eating it and said 'JULIE! you'll get worms..' I looked at her in a puzzled way and asked why, and she said, 'Well my mum always said that if you ate the cooking chocolate before you melted it it would give you worms..'....
Joolz xx