Things you were told as a kid which turned out to be bollox

lifeandtimes

What stuff were you told as a kid which turn out to be lies when you were older.

I'll start.

I was told if picked dandelions I'd piss the bed.

Obviously that's bollox...I wet the bed without ever picking any

hairyslug

If I made a weird face and the wind turned, I would be stuck that way.

Tom Mann Centuria

If you were pulling a face
"the wind will change and you'll be stuck like that"

See above! Beaten to it

LadyMacBeth_

I was told that I'd get curly hair if I ate my crusts.

I was also told that if I ate my carrots I'd be able to see in the dark.

Lisha

Not to swallow chewing gum as it would knot your guts and you'd die... I tried it and survived it 😄

Alanhooly

That if I sit too close to the TV ill go blind

Joeseph Balls

Daddy loves you...

ToddyDoody

There is in fact no man who shows up at the door at around 8.30 to tell your mother it was time you were in bed.

Collie D

Lisha wrote: »

Not to swallow chewing gum as it would knot your guts and you'd die... I tried it and survived it 😄

We were told it would wrap around your heart. Obviously we were a bit stupid and never questioned how...at least the guts made some sense

RoisinClare6

If I ate an apple seed or any fruit seed it would grow in my belly and if I ate a fish bone I would die.

Both were told to me by the older brother..didn't start eating fish until I was 23!!

Autochange

Religion in general. A scam and a way to control people

wally1990

Keep picking your nose it will fall off
If you didn't go to bed early santa wouldn't come
Sitting close to tv makes your eyes goes square

Foweva Awone

Alanhooly wrote: »

That if I sit too close to the TV ill go blind

Or get square eyes!

Calibos

Im still not blind nor do I have hairy palms!! Liars, the lot of 'em!

Women don't fart.

LEIN

Pick your nose and your brains will cave in...

donegaLroad

lifeandtimes wrote: »

What stuff were you told as a kid which turn out to be lies when you were older.

I'll start.

I was told if picked dandelions I'd piss the bed.

Obviously that's bollox...I wet the bed without ever picking any

Lamb of god, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us... etc

everlast75

If you found a comb or brush found on the road it belonged to a banshee

Badly Drunk Boy

lifeandtimes wrote: »

What stuff were you told as a kid which turn out to be lies when you were older.

I'll start.

I was told if picked dandelions I'd piss the bed.

Obviously that's bollox...I wet the bed without ever picking any

Dandelions are a known diuretic, causing you to pass urine. Just picking them doesn't make it happen. :pac:

And the name comes from lion's teeth, in French, dentes de lion.

K.Flyer

The world is going to end on [insert whichever date you remember]...

OldMrBrennan83

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Autochange

Patww79 wrote: »

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Are we from the same Parish?

Tom Mann Centuria

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Dandelions are a known diuretic, causing you to pass urine. Just picking them doesn't make it happen. :pac:

And the name comes from lion's teeth, in French, dentes de lion.

You don't get informative posts on After Hours. (admittedly not told that as a child, but still)

The above post disproves that very nicely!

Akrasia

I was told to stick out my tongue when my parents suspected I was lying and that if it was black, then i'm not telling the truth.

My father also always called farts 'air fresheners' which was what I thought farts were called up until I was old enough to know better, and once I was in a car with a bunch of team mates travelling to a hurling match and someone farted, so I said 'who did an air freshener' and had to quit the hurling team soon after.

Stigura

If I didn't behave; the Gypsys would come and get me.

That was f**kin' rich, mum, coming from you! :rolleyes:

s3rtvdbwfj81ch

That the reason Oriental people have eyes the shape they are is because they eat so much rice that their eyes have started to resemble it.

Black people are from Cork.

snowflaker

Cabbage will give you curly hair

LadyMacBeth_

Akrasia wrote: »

I was told to stick out my tongue when my parents suspected I was lying and that if it was black, then i'm not telling the truth.

My father also always called farts 'air fresheners' which was what I thought farts were called up until I was old enough to know better, and once I was in a car with a bunch of team mates travelling to a hurling match and someone farted, so I said 'who did an air freshener' and had to quit the hurling team soon after.

My parents called them "bumburps". I also realised I shouldn't use this word amongst my peers due to the slagging I got.

RayM

Every time we heard a plane or helicopter at night in November or December: "That'll be Santa, making sure you're behaving yourself"

jeanjolie

No matter how you feel about you parents your parents, teachers, other authority figures they're always doing the best for you....regardless of any circumstancial evidence or common sense that tells you otherwise.

This is what led all those kids to get sexually abused. The appeal to authority is something which people should tread with caution. It's necessary to follow societal norms but after a certain point, it's harmful.

Turtyturd

If you picked your nose your head would cave in.

CPTM

That if I don't close the windows the giraffe will get in.

When I was 14, I realised what my mam was actually saying.

anewme

Lisha wrote: »

Not to swallow chewing gum as it would knot your guts and you'd die... I tried it and survived it 😄

We used to pick up chewing gum stuck to the road and if you blessed yourself it was ok to eat it!

Must have worked, I'm still alive.

alberto67

"Guinness gives you strength"

feargale

In the 1950s it was commonly said that lipstick was made from rats' blood.

Solomon Pleasant

That I'd be able to buy my own house when I grew up.

The_Valeyard

Run around a tree twelve times and the devil appears



Buttercups could tell you who you would marry.

Arghus

The man. You could get in all sorts of trouble with him.

Remember the "the man"?

As in "stop that now the man is looking"

Lorelli!

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Buttercups could tell you who you would marry.

That was Daisys for me. Buttercups told you whether someone liked butter if they made a yellow glow when placed under someones chin.

Also use to believe that if you were to blow a Jinny Joe away into the air that it would bring you back an Easter egg.

Del2005

My Mother used to dress me in some awful 2nd or 3rd hand hand me downs. She used to say "Sure who'd be looking at you" when I said that the clothes where terrible.

Now when I'm out with her she's constantly saying "Look at the state of that"

diomed

If you study hard and get all your exams you'll get a good job.

corner of hells

That nuns turn into bats when they die.

One of my older cousins got the bollix kicked out of him by his ma after he told his younger brother this.The younger brother said it to the nun who taught him and she went on to tell his ma.

Wanderer2010

That "schooldays are the happiest days of your lives". Couldn't be more wrong.

boardsuser1

If I got kicked out of school I'd never get a job. Got kicked out 3 times,13,14,16.

Still got a job though.

Big Bag of Chips

You couldn't wear socks in bed.

If you put an umbrella up inside the house, you'd never grow.

Dogs attract thunder and lightening.

Water makes you taller. Fizzy drinks stunt your growth (I'm going to tell my own kids that one).

Cabbage gives you a hairy chest. I don't know what my Dad was thinking of when he told us that one. It put me right off cabbage. And I'll always remember my sister pleading "Daddy I don't want a hairy chest".

If you go down the yard past the gate, a man with a sack will take you away.

Sky King

corner of hells wrote: »

That nuns turn into bats when they die.

Yeah because most of them are already bats.

Mulbert

Your eyeball will fall down through your nose if you keep picking it!

Worked all the same.

Wibbs

LadyMacBeth_ wrote: »

I was also told that if I ate my carrots I'd be able to see in the dark.

There's a kinda interesting aside to that one. Back in WW2 a well known ace night fighter pilot in the British Air Force was asked how he could see so well at night and he claimed it was because he ate a lot of carrots. Rather than make public the new top secret radar they had on the planes to find bombers in the dark.

The_Valeyard

Wibbs wrote: »

There's a kinda interesting aside to that one. Back in WW2 a well known ace night fighter pilot in the British Air Force was asked how he could see so well at night and he claimed it was because he ate a lot of carrots. Rather than make public the new top secret radar they had on the planes to find bombers in the dark.

That is class.

Lisha

corner of hells wrote: »

That nuns turn into bats when they die.

One of my older cousins got the bollix kicked out of him by his ma after he told his younger brother this.The younger brother said it to the nun who taught him and she went on to tell his ma.

Fantastic...

my dad used to tell us that nuns didn't walk that they rolled on roller skates.. used to fascinate us....