When we were young....

[FanGirl]

I thought it might be funny to share stupid stuff we thought when we were kids. I was just tormenting my niece about all kinds of evil things and thought back to all the evil things I was told or misunderstood.

My dad tried to take me on a snipe hunt. We figured it out before he actually dragged us out in the woods.

When mom was little she thought buffalos were called bassholes. Best we can figure is my grandma was starting to say buffalo when she was distracted by someone.

My grandma thought that you got babies from taking a fishing pole out into the woods. I think that comes from someone saying something about a rod and some bush though. /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

[RobinHoodDaffy]

I thought "elbow grease" could be bought in the cleaning product section of the grocery store.

[Affleckie]

My grandmother was one of those people who told ridiclous "when I was a kid I had to walk uphill in the snow both ways" stories.... so I was always looking for this giant hill in Brooklyn.

I still haven't found it.

[Mighty_Wingman]

My sister - in an effort to explain why the water swirls when you unplug the bathtub - Told me the story of the "Drain Monster" which looked like a huge crawdad. ( The first time I saw a crawdad she told me it was a baby drain monster.)

At Christmas that year she caught me pouring 2 litres of Pepsi down the tub drain because " Even Drain monsters should get something for Christmas. Plus I wanted the drain monster to like me so it wouldn't swallow me when I took a bath. "

[Droogan_Leader]

That's priceless, Wingman, Evil Drain Monsters!

As for me, I figured stuff out pretty fast as a kid, not many people could pull the wool over my eyes. But, my brother did used to tell me that my parents found me on the side of the road /forums/images/icons/smirk.gif

[in_diana_jones]

i can't remember being fooled either. i was too smart for that shit...however, one time i was being a brat in the grocery market (i was around 3) and my mom actually walked away from the cart in which i was sitting in. she came back after a few minutes, and it shut me up real fast. (i know what your thinking...did she actually just leave me without watching over me? i still don't know.)

[Matt1]

Technically you are still young. Wait for that first girl to say she loves you.

God, that was cynical and mean of me. Yet despite that, I find myself overwhelmed by not caring much. Huh.

[TomHarrington]

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My sister - in an effort to explain why the water swirls when you unplug the bathtub - Told me the story of the "Drain Monster" which looked like a huge crawdad. ( The first time I saw a crawdad she told me it was a baby drain monster.)


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Someone mentioned Monster Island in another thread, a movie I had the pleasure of seeing in the theater as a kid, and my brothers had me convinced that the place was real. They even produced the discarded shell of a Monster Island Beetle to earase all doubt. You might have seen them, or at least heard them during the summer.

http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/july/papr/photos/cicadis.jpg

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[KingBison]

When I was little I would spend hours at the frigde, trying to catch the person who shuts off the light. You knew the light wasnt on because as you opened the door you could see it turn on, but as we all know lights are turned on with switches, so someone had to be turning on the light....Right??

[Dave]

When i was a kid, my Dad told me that Gumbo had fish eyes in it. Of course i was discusted, and wouldn't eat it for years after. Then of course i found out the "fish eyes" were okra seeds.
You know now that i think back on it my Dad was always doing stuff like that. Bastard.

dw

[FanGirl]

My dad turned to my mom one night at dinner and handed her a dollar and said "you were right. there didn't notice it in the food."

[Dave]

That is totally evil.

[Mighty_Wingman]

That reminds me of another one . You people remember when raisins came in those little snack pack boxes ? Well my sister and I were sitting on the back porch on a sunny day. I was about 4, and we were eating raisins ,all of the sudden she starts spitting them out violently, and dry heaving and through a mouthful of raisins I asked her.
" What ! What ! "
" Worms! " she says " They got worms in 'em ! "
So I spit mine out too and threw away the box . They didn't have worms in them . My Sister really liked screwing with me .

I still don't eat raisins.

[jjcourtright]

Howy cow! That is evil.

[Efexeye]

My dad and uncle fooled me into eating a bull's testicle at the Gilroy Garlic Festival by telling me it was a Rocky Mountain Oyster. If anyone ever offers you one of those, that's what it is. /forums/images/icons/mad.gif

[jjcourtright]

My wife got caught with the same gag. Her brother told her and her twin sister that they were chicken nuggets. After they got done eating he told them the truth. You would think they would know better living so close to the Rocky Mountains.