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Things you were told as a child...

eliseelise 3,252 Posts
edited September 2008 in Strut Central
Remember when your mother or your grandparents would tell you things, and now you can call bullshit?b,121b,121b,121"Don't put your elbows on the table"b,121b,121really? cmon elbows!? Are elbows rude or something?b,121b,121b,121"Eat all your peas--they'll make your eyes blue" b,121b,121So what, i like my eyes green.b,121b,121b,121"Wear a jacket, or you'll catch a cold"b,121b,121Every cold I can remember was caused cause someone wasn't washing their hands or were coughing on me.b,121b,121"if you eat fish, youll become a good swimmer"b,121b,121pffffffft.b,121b,121"if you keep making that face, it will stick"b,121b,121it did img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" 21b,121b,121b,121What were some things your family told you that you believed when you were younger but now you can say-img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icallbullshit.gif" alt="" 21

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  • onetetonetet 1,754 Posts
    "when you die, everyone who ever lived will watch a movie of your life, and judge you for all the things you've done wrong."b,121b,121thanks, Mom!
  • SelinaKyle83SelinaKyle83 1,042 Posts
    ALL MUMS ARE LIARS!!b,121b,121object width="425" height="344"1param name="movie" value=""1/param1param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"1/param1embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"1/embed1/object1
  • soulmarcosasoulmarcosa 4,296 Posts
    "Don't wear your coat inside - then you'll be cold when you go out!"b,121b,121img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wtf.gif" alt="" 21b,121b,121In my mom's defense, that was from the mom next door.
  • FrankFrank 2,373 Posts
    My father: "Stay in school or you'll never amount to anything!"b,121I dropped out the day I turned 18.b,121Today, my father who is a certified engineer is dead broke after having gone bankrupt with two companies. His late son, my half-brother who started out doing everything right -as opposed to me- is in jail for multiple armed bank robberies. I'm laughing.b,121b,121Worst thing you can do is give a shit about what your parents say! You probably shouldn't just out of spite do the oposite from what you're told without thinking first but if there's no time to think or you don't feel like it, just do it. if you fail, you fail but it's going to be your own failure and you'll learn from it and if you suceed, you won't have to feel thankful to no-one.b,121b,121Kids today try too hard to be just like their idiot parents and it disgusts me.
  • twoplytwoply Only Built 4 Manzanita Links 2,914 Posts
    "Your mother and I have your best interests in mind." b,121b,121My best interests? How do you know what my best interest is?
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
    If you don't take a bath/shower, you will turn into a tree
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121"Your mother and I have your best interests in mind." b,121b,121My best interests? How do you know what my best interest is? b,121b,121h,121
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  • eliseelise 3,252 Posts
    I was told that the bump of a pregnant woman was a seed growing from a flower in her stomach.b,121b,121STFUWTBS!!!!
  • eliseelise 3,252 Posts
    hahahah johmbolaya !b,121b,121that vid you posted reminded me of this songb,121object width="425" height="344"1param name="movie" value=""1/param1param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"1/param1embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"1/embed1/object1
  • knewjakknewjak 1,231 Posts
    I was told that I was born a republican.b,121So I went through a few of my young years thinking that people were born into a political party.
  • shooteralishooterali 1,591 Posts
    "eating your boogers will stunt your growth" img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" 21
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    My grandmother told me that tattoos were the way Satan identified who would go to Hell when they died.
  • SelinaKyle83SelinaKyle83 1,042 Posts
    I remember being a kid and seeing some documentary on hitler- well, just images of the thousands of marching soldiers all in sync (remember it being powerful & terrifying even as a 4 or 5year old) and having my dad tell me that it was a political party horribly wrong (something censored for my young ears). b,121But then he went on to say that people like that still existed and i should never tell anyone who my parents voted for(even my grade 1 or 2 teachers) because they would drag my parents out of the house in the middle of the night and shoot them....i think he was trying to say thats what happened but i took it as a warning call....b,121needless to say many sleepless nights...
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    my parents were pretty straight with me but to this day i am scared to eat yoghurt and lemon juice in the same day or use them together, even if a recipe calls for it, because my mom said they do not mix well and would upset my stomach. this falls into the "cold" foods and "hot" foods folk science that i have not yet grasped.b,121b,121she did give me two very good pieces of advice though: b,121-walk with your head up and back straight, you are a person not a cowb,121-go to school and get a job so you don't ever have to rely on a man (later, this changed to so you don't have to rely on anyone else)
  • SelinaKyle83SelinaKyle83 1,042 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121b,121b,121she did give me two very good pieces of advice though: b,121-walk with your head up and back straight, you are a person not a cowb,121-go to school and get a job so you don't ever have to rely on a man (later, this changed to so you don't have to rely on anyone else) b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Very good pieces of advice from Bassie's Mum!!b,121b,121When i was 15 my dad told me to never let a guy film me no matter how much he told me he loved me!! Solid advice me thinks!! Was a bit of a surprise considering it was on the way to my cousins for christmas lunch but later heard that one of our most popular news reporters had a tape of her being spit roasted made public....... img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/oof.gif" alt="" 21
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Don't put anything in your ear smaller than your elbow.
  • highschemehighscheme 784 Posts
    "Shut the Fusk up, boy"
  • GenePontecorvoGenePontecorvo 5,612 Posts
    "Mind the fence, else you'll draw back a nub."b,121b,121This is not a "saying" but a sentence that was said to me that I've always remembered.
  • VeeEightVeeEight 325 Posts
    My aunt always told me a bunch of weird things like "Always take money from people in your right hand" or "don't keep your hands on your head too long" which, I believe, were all superstitions from where she grew up..b,121b,121my mother told me never to mix watermelon and alcohol in the same meal since it would cause your stomach to explode (or something like that)
  • eliseelise 3,252 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121"Shut the Fusk up, boy" b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121so, you once believed that, but now realized it is bullshit.b,121b,121interesting img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" 21
  • AlmondAlmond 1,427 Posts
    Some things from my childhood/current family life:b,121b,121Don't do something fifteen minutes after the hour (or fifteen minutes before?) or it's bad luck. Since we couldn't remember which, this superstition was loosely enforced.b,121b,121Don't sneeze before you do something (like get into a car) or it's bad luck. My mom gives me mean looks if I sneeze on someone's birthday, the same week as someone's weeding, or the same weekend as someone's flight. I sneeze a lot...b,121b,121Can I do/buy that? "Next year."b,121b,121Don't make that face or it'll get stuck like that. (It did. Elise, you aren't alone.)b,121b,121For good luck, when moving into a new dorm or if someone's traveling for a long time, my parents will use baby oil or a mixture of sugar and water as makeshift holy water. b,121b,121If someone has their feet up on the coffee table, don't walk over their legs if you have to get up; either walk around them or ask them to put their feet down. Otherwise it will STUNT THEIR GROWTH! Whenever we walked over someone's legs, the person would make us walk over to "reverse" it.b,121b,121I just spilled a bunch of senseless superstitions on y'all.
  • SmallAxeRickSmallAxeRick 497 Posts
    My grandfather's wisdom:b,121Always give firm handshakes and look people in the eye.b,121&b,121You can't put 10lbs of s**t in a 5lb bag. b,121img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/know.gif" alt="" 21
  • JustAliceJustAlice 1,308 Posts
    My mom always told me you should never be able to pinch more than an inch.b,121Staying thin related, but kind of messed up looking back now.b,121b,121Also I thought ALL parents smoked "doobies" in fact I didn't even know it was illegal till the 5th grade. But they were sure to tell me not to mention it to anyone. b,121b,121If everyone does it why can't I talk about it???b,121b,121b,121My dad was always full of empty promises and I learned early to take things he said with a grain of salt. By the time I was 15 or 16 and he was still trying to give me words of wisdom on money and education I told him I would never take advice from a poor man.b,121b,121My mom also told me I never had to do anything I didn't want to do. b,121So I didn't.... that included everything she told me to do too. b,121That one bit her in the ass for sure.
  • CinisterCeeCinisterCee 863 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121"if you keep making that face, it will stick"b,121b,121it did img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" 21b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121totallyb,121b,121 img src="http://www3.telus.net/public/bachmann/face1.jpg"1 img src="http://www3.telus.net/public/bachmann/face2.jpg"1
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121If you don't take a bath/shower, you will turn into a tree b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Hahaha.
  • HamHam 872 Posts
    don't bathe in the ocean after eating, you'll get cramps/spasms
  • cpeetzcpeetz 2,112 Posts
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    Quote:/font1h,121b,121spit roasted b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Had to look that one up.b,121Thanks Urban Dictionary!
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