1. "My brother convinced me the white line around a stop sign meant it was optional. FYI, they all have white lines, and you'll still get a ticket while a cop laughs at you."
8. "When I was a kid, I asked my dad if reading enough books really could give you telekinesis, like in Matilda . He said yes. I spent many years after that thinking I just wasn't doing enough."
11. "When I was a kid my dad told me it cost 25 cents to change the radio station to keep me from messing with the radio in his car. I believed that until I was 14."
12. "That the car had some magical GPS that automatically told us which turns to make via the little blinking light. I was always so amazed when the blinker came on, telling us where to go, and then my parents would follow it!"
16. "I remember believing that if I swallowed gum, it would stay in my stomach for seven years. It seemed pretty plausible to me at the time... each time I swallowed one I ended up crying for two hours."
17. "Growing up, I was fully convinced that if I accidentally ate an apple seed, an apple tree would start growing out of the top of my head. My uncle used to tell me this, saying I’d have branches and leaves sprouting out of my scalp if I wasn’t careful. I remember being meticulously careful eating around the core, terrified at the thought of becoming a human-apple hybrid. I even had nightmares about waking up with a tree growing out of my head. It’s funny to think about now, but back then, I was genuinely scared and believed every word he said."
Our parents told us not to drink there coffee it will stunt your growth.
justme
7d ago
my parents always went fishing. my dad told me, my twin sister, and younger brother, if we talked or did anything bur fish in a boat, we wouldn't catch any fish. my younger brother told me, it wasn't true a few years ago, and I was 66 years old! I like to talk a lot and my brother wondered why I wasn't talking when we went fishing. he just laughed and couldn't believe I still believed that!
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