Myths that you believed but on reflection laugh at . .

Drumpot

My mum used to tell me that if I didnt use toilet roll after taking a piss, I wouldnt be able to have children when I was older . .

Never thought about it, but for some reason believed it up until I saw something on discovery regarding it and only then found out that she lied to me ! ! ! WHY ! ! :eek:

On a more lighthearted note, I saw a programme the other night on the origin of Aids . . For the life of me I dont know why, for all these years, I just assumed that when I was told it was from a guy having sex with a monkey, I just took it as fact ! !

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story comes to mind ! !

alwaysadub

Santa Claus.

MagicMarker

God.

Scarydoll

My dad used to tell us if we slept with socks on, our feet would turn to jelly. Still can't sleep wearing socks.

derfderf

It's what's inside that counts.

El Guapo!

**** makes you go blind. :pac:








fap fap fap fap fap........

FearDark

Someone once told me "dont stop believin", but since I have stopped believin'.

YFlyer

Drumpot wrote: »

Never thought about it, but for some reason believed it up until I saw something on discovery regarding it and only then found out that she lied to me ! ! ! WHY ! ! :eek:

Did they try it out on MythBusters?

mink_man

once again I can't think of a witty reply! grrr :mad:

xzanti

The divil

JohnDee

Stan Laurel being Clint Eastwood's dad.

conorhal

Dean09 wrote: »

**** makes you go blind. :pac:


fap fap fap fap fap........

.......:cool:

Duggy747

I was told that the main actors from The Incredible Hulk and Little House On The Praire died of cancer from sitting too close to the TV :eek:

God, Santa Clause, Tooth Fairy, Pee-Wee Herman...............yes, I actually thought he existed as a kid :pac:

I was told that if I kept making stupid faces my face would stay like that................but that's just how I always looked

Women want you for your personality.

If you swallow chewing gum it'll somehow expand inside you and really fùck you up.

Saying "CandyMan" 3 times into the mirror would result in Tony Todd calling over to your house.

That all belly-buttons are supposed to be outties, my sister was a bitch and convinced me to scratch and poke at my belly-button until it really bloody hurt!

MJ23

That Robbie Williams is straight
That Ashley Cole is straight

Hilarious when i think of it now. Who are they fooling only themselves

klose

Drumpot wrote: »

On a more lighthearted note, I saw a programme the other night on the origin of Aids . . For the life of me I dont know why, for all these years, I just assumed that when I was told it was from a guy having sex with a monkey, I just took it as fact ! !

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story comes to mind ! !

Hahaha yeh i was told that too that a guy in holland had sex with a monkey and so AIDS came about :pac::pac::pac:

fontanalis

Some of the "my friends friend said" stuff is embarassing, like Marilyn Manson was Paul on The Wonder Years.

Drumpot

YFlyer wrote: »

Did they try it out on MythBusters?

No, cant remember what it was . . Just remember feeling like a right twat . .

You know the way your folks say things to you when you are younger and you just dont think of it, but realise when you see the stupidity of their logic, that you had subconsciously always thought it was fact ! !

Red_Marauder

Rubbing dock leaves on nettle stings as kids, our mum would make us sing

"Dock leaf, dock leaf take the sting away,
and I'll give you bread and butter in the morn-ing"

Was this just us?
Was my mother nuts?
What the hell does a dock leaf want with bread and butter anyway?

YFlyer

Drumpot wrote: »

No, cant remember what it was . . Just remember feeling like a right twat . .

You know the way your folks say things to you when you are younger and you just dont think of it, but realise when you see the stupidity of their logic, that you had subconsciously always thought it was fact ! !

I was just wondering since the foxy one on the show was missing for a long while.

Drumpot

YFlyer wrote: »

I was just wondering since the foxy one on the show was missing for a long while.

Shes a real nerdy fox . .

johndoe99

Dean09 wrote: »

**** makes you go blind. :pac:
fap fap fap fap fap........

i'd like to see them try and test that on mythbusters

lil_lisa

We were told, if we didn't eat the crusts of our bread our teeth would go curly and our hair would go straight...assuming all children wanted curly hair.

Hmm, I'm sure there's some scientific evidence now to prove that eating bread crusts is bad for you. I wonder...

Oh and sitting too close to the tv will make your eyes go square.
At least now a days the pixels aren't as defined sit closer kids!!

YFlyer

Having sex standing up won't make the girl pregnant.

lemonjelly

as a kid i used to take the piss out of people with strange faces or disabled people and mimic their actions. My ma said that if i get a thump in the back i will end up like that forever!! WTF? I think the mother was more ****ed up than me for saying that:p

Fringe

Lilt kills sperm. I was about 10 and I gave it up because of that.

PeterIanStaker

Dean09 wrote: »

**** makes you go blind. :pac:








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That font is tiny . . .wtf

SadieSue

Fringe wrote: »

Lilt kills sperm. I was about 10 and I gave it up because of that.

:pac: You didn't Like It Like That.

Mr Benevolent

Fringe wrote: »

Lilt kills sperm. I was about 10 and I gave it up because of that.

You gave up **** because of that?

My parents once told me as a child that your bellybutton was actually a screw holding your arse in place. So I got a screwdriver and ... apparently they weren't telling the truth.

Ow, it hurt like a mofo.

MrStuffins

"If you pull that face and the wind changes, your face will stay like that!"

My ma stopped saying that to me after i asked

"is that what happened to you Nanny?"

CrazyRabbit

Red_Marauder wrote: »

Rubbing dock leaves on nettle stings as kids, our mum would make us sing

"Dock leaf, dock leaf take the sting away,
and I'll give you bread and butter in the morn-ing"

Was this just us?
Was my mother nuts?
What the hell does a dock leaf want with bread and butter anyway?

That's not a myth.

CrazyRabbit

I used to think that boards was ONE of the best websites on the internet.

Turns out it IS the best website on the internet.

Of course, in a years time I'll probably dig up this thread and make a reply about how I used to think boards.ie was the greatest website on the internet.

wylo

magic hills ( I actually thought it was some sort of magnetism in the mountain )

wylo

also I used believe the whole 'yourman from wonder years is actually marylin manson)

UglyFuc

when i was really young i remember hearing the tips of the pins on a plug can give you a shock if you touch them a little while after unpluging the plug from the socket.

still dont know if its true and not a hope of me testing the theory.

rebelmomma

fontanalis wrote: »

Some of the "my friends friend said" stuff is embarassing, like Marilyn Manson was Paul on The Wonder Years.

I remember that one!! oh the innocence

rebelmomma

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

I used to think that boards was ONE of the best websites on the internet.

Turns out it IS the best website on the internet.

Of course, in a years time I'll probably dig up this thread and make a reply about how I used to think boards.ie was the greatest website on the internet.

This is my second day on Boards - where the **** has it been all my internet life! The embarrasment and shame I feel for not discovering it earlier!:(:confused:

rebelmomma

My now husband was told by his older sister that if he ate cooking chocolate it would give him worms. He was 23 when he started to go out with me and got all panicked when i ate some cooking chocolate.

I then dispelled the myth and the next time we were with his sis I had her confirm that she made it up to stop him always eating all the cooking chocolate. the funny thing was she told him that when he was 18 like!! Then again she is an evil cow!

Anyone else call dock leaves 'dalkins'? I only heard of a dock leaf when I came to college..

fontanalis

Deleted User wrote: »

Anyone else call dock leaves 'dalkins'? I only heard of a dock leaf when I came to college..

Pronounced it as dockens.

baby and crumble

i remember hearing a rumour that Sarah McLachlan was deaf and I always thought it was amazing how well she could sing and play the piano! :rolleyes:

rebelmomma

Fringe wrote: »

Lilt kills sperm. I was about 10 and I gave it up because of that.

That is just the random thing I needed to read this evening.. Lilt... did anyone tell Enda Kenny?

fontanalis

Then there was the one about whatever singer it was who got his ribs removed to suck his own lad.

A V A

was told that lightning was god turning on and off the light swith and thunder was god playing drums

rebelmomma

my mom told me and my little sister that you had to ring the exchange before you plugged out the phone from the wall (we were always doing that to bring the phone to the garden to play)

One day my sister rang the exchange and was having a full scale conversation with a lovely man telling him that we wanted to plug out the phone and we rang him because our mammy said you had to ring.

my dad still gets on to her about it to this day.

rebelmomma

fontanalis wrote: »

Then there was the one about whatever singer it was who got his ribs removed to suck his own lad.

did his name go a little something like this & ?? lol

dilapidating

fontanalis wrote: »

Then there was the one about whatever singer it was who got his ribs removed to suck his own lad.

That was Marilyn too.

sam34

thought it was prince or whatever hes called now?

babyfratelli_x

My parents told me when i was younger that my tongue would turn black if i told a lie.

Great trick... U suspect kid is lying "stick out your tongue". if they refuse, theyre lying, if like me "Im not lying look!" while sticking my tounge out, theyre probably tellin the truth.

MrStuffins

dilapidating wrote: »

That was Marilyn too.

I heard this relating to Prince also!

Red_Marauder

There was this mad man near where I lived called Black Dick (he was a Protestant named Dick I guess)

my Granny used to tell us to behave, or else Black Dick would get us.

Oh the innocence.