Childhood beliefs

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 22 Jun 2005, 09:23

OK, I was a sucker for the Redy Brek glow. When your mum and big sis both say it enough times, it makes an impression.

Anyway there is now a website of all our sucker stories :

http://iusedtobelieve.com/

Including my absolute favourite :

I was 10 before I found out that ice cream vans played music to get you to come out and buy one: my mum and dad told me they only played the music when they had run out!

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 22 Jun 2005, 09:36

Fantastic site!

I had lots of very dodgy beliefs as a kid - something to do with having evil older brothers. For example, everyone had some idea that if you swallowed chewing gum you died, but apparently other kids thought it was to do with gumming up your insides. My brothers told me that if you swallow chewing gum they hang you. Every time I accidentally swallowed some I waited in abject terror to be arrested, sentenced to death and hanged.

And that was only one of many.

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 22 Jun 2005, 09:42

Bellybabe wrote:Fantastic site!

I had lots of very dodgy beliefs as a kid - something to do with having evil older brothers. For example, everyone had some idea that if you swallowed chewing gum you died, but apparently other kids thought it was to do with gumming up your insides. My brothers told me that if you swallow chewing gum they hang you. Every time I accidentally swallowed some I waited in abject terror to be arrested, sentenced to death and hanged.

And that was only one of many.

I believed if you swallowed chewing gum it would stick to your ribs and you would die

mr magnolia · Post by **mr magnolia** » 22 Jun 2005, 09:58

foxy wrote:
I believed if you swallowed chewing gum it would stick to your ribs and you would die

and why don't you believe it now? It's as true as ever!

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 22 Jun 2005, 10:16

I would like to have believed that if you swallowed bubblegum, the next time you f@rt3d you blew a big bubble out of your a$$. But I just made it up just now.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 22 Jun 2005, 11:40

Great site, some good stories.

I didn't taste Spaghetti until I was 19, as my mum told me it was worms. it was much same with chinese. I remember going out in a foursome to what is now Chi Wai's. I had Fish and Chips from St Andrews and then joined the others. My mum had told me that Chinese served Dog and Cat meat.

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 23 Jun 2005, 16:59

My Mum told me that the washed up tampons on the beach were 'bits of rope off ships'. I believed this until I met my husband who was in the Navy, and asked him what they did with all those bits of rope........

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 23 Jun 2005, 17:05

Epykat wrote:My Mum told me that the washed up tampons on the beach were 'bits of rope off ships'. I believed this until I met my husband who was in the Navy, and asked him what they did with all those bits of rope........

Epykat, that is a well embarassing story. Mums huh

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 17 Jul 2005, 18:24

My sister told me that if you went out the side doors of the George picture house you ended up in another town and would never get home. That was okay with me as I intended NEVER to go out of any other door bar the front one and then I'd be okay. Which was fine until one busy Saturday when they opened the side doors to ease the congestion........took me years to recover

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 17 Jul 2005, 22:18

You know the poem " Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bugs bite
Well, I used to stay awake at nights just in case the little b-----s came along!!!

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 17 Jul 2005, 22:24

Arachnid wrote: Well, I used to stay awake at nights just in case the little b-----s came along!!!

Looking at your avatar it would seem one of them did!

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 17 Jul 2005, 22:29

Dammit!!!
Imust've fallen asleep!!!!

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 18 Jul 2005, 10:05

Epykat wrote:My sister told me that if you went out the side doors of the George picture house you ended up in another town and would never get home. That was okay with me as I intended NEVER to go out of any other door bar the front one and then I'd be okay. Which was fine until one busy Saturday when they opened the side doors to ease the congestion........took me years to recover

I'm amazed that you appear to be so normal Epykat...or are appearances deceptive

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 19 Jul 2005, 21:43

foxy wrote:I'm amazed that you appear to be so normal Epykat...or are appearances deceptive

You're amazed? That's nothing to what used to happen in our house during a thunder storm

Robin! · Post by **Robin!** » 19 Jul 2005, 21:45

I never did find the chippy at the top of the pentlands, even to this day

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 19 Jul 2005, 21:45

Epykat wrote:
foxy wrote:I'm amazed that you appear to be so normal Epykat...or are appearances deceptive

You're amazed? That's nothing to what used to happen in our house during a thunder storm

Or even the places my parent's took me to for a 'day out'

(maybe this should be under 'things my mother would deny')