Crazy things your parents/siblings told you

[Amethyst]

My parents never told me stuff like that....They're so boring.

I DID believe in Santa, though. But I think I picked that up at school. They just played along

[Kitten Medli]

My oldest brother used to tell me that my kitten liked being held by its tail (he later killed this kitten in front of me). And of course my brothers always said I was adopted. I'd still like for that one to be true. :P

That is absolutely horrible..

In his defense he was 1. probably stoned out of his mind, and 2. now owns (and is a sweetheart to) a bunch of cats.

That's more understandable. Still sad, but when you're one you don't have much conscience or knowledge of the world.

[Amethyst]

My oldest brother used to tell me that my kitten liked being held by its tail (he later killed this kitten in front of me). And of course my brothers always said I was adopted. I'd still like for that one to be true.

That is absolutely horrible..

In his defense he was 1. probably stoned out of his mind, and 2. now owns (and is a sweetheart to) a bunch of cats.

That's more understandable. Still sad, but when you're one you don't have much conscience or knowledge of the world.

I think she meant that he was a) Stoned and b) now has/loves a bunch of cats.

I misread it too, at first

[MyleneFarmer]

In his defense he was 1. probably stoned out of his mind, and 2. now owns (and is a sweetheart to) a bunch of cats.

That's more understandable. Still sad, but when you're one you don't have much conscience or knowledge of the world.

I don't think you understand. If he was my oldest brother and was 1, um, I wouldn't exist at the time of the kitten's death. I guess I should rewrite this.

In his defense:
1. he was probably stoned out of his mind, and
2. he now owns (and is an absolute sweetheart to) a bunch of cats.

edit: Heh, we tried to explain it at nearly the same time, Amethyst. ^^;

[Kitten Medli]

Oh, I get it now..

[Skynetmain]

Ah two more myths that I have learned from that have been busted.

First is the classic five second rule, which I learned from my friends. Mythbusters disproved that one (no real difference in bacteria growth over time) but if I invoked that one, my dogs would never get fed (Don't worry. They get fed everyday between 1530 and 1830 PST)

Second, is the ten minute rule at school. My friends always insisted that: if the teacher does not arrive after ten to fifteen minutes, we were free to go home. We actually almost used that in middle school, except a sub arrived right before the ten minute mark It wasn't until about a year ago in college that I learned otherwise. There is no ten minute rule At least in college, we are obligated to sit in a teacher-less classroom for the entire length of the class until one arrives. That has happened to me half a dozen times since I learned that I couldn't go home

[MyleneFarmer]

Second, is the ten minute rule at school. My friends always insisted that: if the teacher does not arrive after ten to fifteen minutes, we were free to go home. We actually almost used that in middle school, except a sub arrived right before the ten minute mark It wasn't until about a year ago in college that I learned otherwise. There is no ten minute rule At least in college, we are obligated to sit in a teacher-less classroom for the entire length of the class until one arrives. That has happened to me half a dozen times since I learned that I couldn't go home

Depends on if the whole class decides to leave (university level). ^_- It's hard to count down EVERYONE. I know my French class decided to invoke the 15-minute rule one day (everyone was shocked I went along with it), and we all left. Our instructor was a little mad, but he realized it was his own fault for being so late in the first place.

[Forest_Majesty]

Uh...the only thing I can remember was that my mom always said when I was reeeeally little on Christmas Eve that I would be turned into a pumpkin if I stayed up past midnight.
I think I actually fell for it
I know my brother used to tell me crazy things all the time and I believed him, being nine years older and everything, but I can't remember any specifics.

[Skynetmain]

Second, is the ten minute rule at school. My friends always insisted that: if the teacher does not arrive after ten to fifteen minutes, we were free to go home. We actually almost used that in middle school, except a sub arrived right before the ten minute mark It wasn't until about a year ago in college that I learned otherwise. There is no ten minute rule At least in college, we are obligated to sit in a teacher-less classroom for the entire length of the class until one arrives. That has happened to me half a dozen times since I learned that I couldn't go home

Depends on if the whole class decides to leave (university level). ^_- It's hard to count down EVERYONE. I know my French class decided to invoke the 15-minute rule one day (everyone was shocked I went along with it), and we all left. Our instructor was a little mad, but he realized it was his own fault for being so late in the first place.

All the classes that I had that problem with was upper division or required classes. By that level, we were all very good students. Even after a 30min wait in my physics class, less than ten people had left before we were told class was canceled It does depend on students too, so we both are right

PS: We had an administrator tell us that we were stuck unless otherwise told. I just wish they could psychically contact us to tell us not to come to class if the teacher was out

[Rachel]

First is the classic five second rule, which I learned from my friends. Mythbusters disproved that one (no real difference in bacteria growth over time) but if I invoked that one, my dogs would never get fed (Don't worry. They get fed everyday between 1530 and 1830 PST)

i've never really thought of the 5 second rule as having anyting to do with bacteria - bacteria (depending on the species) take about 20 minutes to divide, and if you're still going to cook the food would be killed in the cooking process anyway. i always thought it was just to do with everyday dirt that's on the floor. which is why our 5 second rule is combined with the inverse of how long ago it was we cleaned the kitchen floor (a long time ago - dont even touch the food, the same day - its fine).

i cant think of anything my sibling told me, esp since i'm the oldest, but there were maaaaaaaaany things teachers told me and then in the next stage of school they would be like "remember what we told you? yeah thats not true"

[archergirl2000]

Hmm...my sister never told me too many things, well except that the man in the car with the flashing lights who gave her a pink piece of paper was her friend, yeah I blabbed that to my parents

Some people at school had me believing in that Bloody mary thing with the mirror which I won't go into so as not to scare myself silly And they also had me believing there was a monster behind the portable in gr.3 who was going to eat me ^_^;;;

I don't know where I heard it but I would also freak out if I wasn't asleep at midnight because there were ghosts/monsters that came out then, and I would hold my breath and then peek when I thought the monsters were gone.

Ah to be a kid again, so naive and gullible

[Skynetmain]

Another fun and not so embarrassing 'myth' I got from my dad (I just thought of this while waiting to get my order at BK) are dear eggs. Yes, deer eggs. They are white, dimpled, and found around golf courses. I knew exactly what my dad was talking about at the time (appx 15 yrs ago), but I spotted one in just a few seconds while driving through a golf course. We stopped to pick it up, and it is one of my favorite, kitchy wonders from my childhood. So to all you golfers out there, stop being mean to your deer eggs!

[Jen]

Oh oh!

My dad used to tell me there was a monster in my closet. I was so scared I would push my dresser up against my closet door when I went to bed at night. I was SO scared. I wouldn't spend any time in my room alone (Of course, my barbies counted as company though.They would save me from the monster.)

And my brother had this distgusting puppet monster thing. One day he put it in the toilet and told me you had to close the lid after you flushed or the monster would come up and grab your butt and pull you down into the pipes. He actually had a good gig of it. He told me to leave while he scared it back down into the pipes . That scared me for life, I still close the lid.

My step mom told me if I gave my dolls a hair cut their hair would grow back, so I tried it... On my favorite doll.
She also told me cats liked flying lessons. I still feel really bad about that, we would throw a cat and see how far it would go.


Uhhh.

[Sapphire Faerie]

My sisters and I would tell our youngest sister that she was a black girl. We adopted her and painted her white.

You guys were so mean to me >_<
Didn't we also tell Tiffany that she was a gorilla that we adopted and shaved?

Also, Tiffany (older than me, younger than Jeff) used to tell us that there were aliens around her all of the time, always watching her, but that we couldn't see them. We never believed her ;P
Our oldest sister Tammy told me once, when I was little, that I was wearing bellbottoms. When I asked her what bellbottoms are, she said they're pants with bells in them, and she proceded to go "ching ching" everytime I moved.
Dad used to tell me that I was a frog, and would randomly go "Your face is turning green!" and I'd run to the nearest mirror, but he'd tell me it'd go back to normal by the time I got there.
Once, our neighbours were having repairs done on their roof. Mom came to wake me up, and told me that the hammering I could hear was a woodpecker telling me to wake up.

I also used to believe that eventually, one day, gravity would reverse itself and we'd all get to walk on the ceiling. I used to lie with my head hanging off of the bed, so I could look at everything upside down and prepare myself.
I was also constantly scared that when I let the cat out, I'd accidentally shut the door on its tail. So I would hurry and look out the window after I shut the door, to make sure the cat was okay.

[Ammer]

My sisters and I would tell our youngest sister that she was a black girl. We adopted her and painted her white.

You guys were so mean to me >_<
Didn't we also tell Tiffany that she was a gorilla that we adopted and shaved?

Also, Tiffany (older than me, younger than Jeff) used to tell us that there were aliens around her all of the time, always watching her, but that we couldn't see them. We never believed her ;P
Our oldest sister Tammy told me once, when I was little, that I was wearing bellbottoms. When I asked her what bellbottoms are, she said they're pants with bells in them, and she proceded to go "ching ching" everytime I moved.
Dad used to tell me that I was a frog, and would randomly go "Your face is turning green!" and I'd run to the nearest mirror, but he'd tell me it'd go back to normal by the time I got there.
Once, our neighbours were having repairs done on their roof. Mom came to wake me up, and told me that the hammering I could hear was a woodpecker telling me to wake up.

I also used to believe that eventually, one day, gravity would reverse itself and we'd all get to walk on the ceiling. I used to lie with my head hanging off of the bed, so I could look at everything upside down and prepare myself.
I was also constantly scared that when I let the cat out, I'd accidentally shut the door on its tail. So I would hurry and look out the window after I shut the door, to make sure the cat was okay.

That's awesome; interesting family you got there Chass. I too also did the cieling thing -- well, I always thought it would be cool to live that way.

As for my family,

My sister told my brother and I that she was a Vampire slayer (Thank you Buffy) and that my grandma trained her. She also told us that her friend met the Backstreet Boys and that they wrote a song specifically for her (My sister). Another lie she told us was that when she put the Backstreet Boys CD in the computer, they actually said "Hi Maria!" and when I did it, they didn't say anything.

My sister lied a lot to my brother and I when we were younger.