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Old 30-01-2008, 05:31 PM
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Default Strange things you believed as a kid..

My mate was round and f--k knows how but we got onto this subject...

He was telling me when he was a kid, he was fooled into thinking white dog poo came from Poodles.. WTF

anyone else got any then I'll say a few of mine that I used to believe
Old 30-01-2008, 05:33 PM
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I used to belive i could fly if i nailed enough food bags to a few bits of wood and sat on it
Old 30-01-2008, 05:34 PM
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if you messed around at the swimming pool they let sharks in

o dear
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used to get told there was a 'bogey man' by my mum.

he'll get you etc...if you are naughty,run away etc...
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I always believed that if an ear wig goes in your ear.. it will go to your brain and your'll be fucked
Old 30-01-2008, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Westy
I always believed that if an ear wig goes in your ear.. it will go to your brain and your'll be fucked
you mean that aint true
Old 30-01-2008, 05:40 PM
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i made a raft but instead of using inner tubes i used tyres....it sank

i was also told by my mum that one morning there was skittles laid al over the house for ET coming
Old 30-01-2008, 05:43 PM
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Good thread

If you swallow pips from an apple - an apple tree grows in your stomach

If you swallow chewing gum it will tangle your insides up & you'll need surgery to remove it
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i used to believe that if you didnt have gloves in winter then jack frost would come and bite your fingers off in the night. scared the sh!7 out of me lol
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the common one was that chewing gum takes 7 years to digest if swallowed
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If you swallow pips from an apple - an apple tree grows in your stomach
FPMSL.... best one yet mate..
Old 30-01-2008, 05:45 PM
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For some reason when people talked about people getting sacked at work i thought that a copper would bash you over the head with a coal bag full of chewits lol. im fucked up or what
Old 30-01-2008, 05:49 PM
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eating carrots made you see in the dark
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Originally Posted by Series1Guy
For some reason when people talked about people getting sacked at work i thought that a copper would bash you over the head with a coal bag full of chewits lol. im fucked up or what
Ok so thats pretty random but i did used to think they got hit with a sack. Although i was probably about 4
Old 30-01-2008, 06:06 PM
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Someone i know said 2 funny things whe they were little.

In ref to the old black and white films etc

'it must have been horrible living back then when there was no colour in the world'

and my personal favourite after watching crimewatch one day

'why dont the cameramen stop them...!?'
Old 30-01-2008, 07:19 PM
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My parents taught me that the ice cream man only rang his bell when he'd run out of ice cream.

Bastards.
Old 30-01-2008, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by steviep
My parents taught me that the ice cream man only rang his bell when he'd run out of ice cream.

Bastards.
What a stitch up! LOL!!
Old 30-01-2008, 07:25 PM
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That we was a TV show...


To get me to behave.... as id be on the TV soon! Every house had cameras in them. Well so I was told



I didnt quite figure out that TV shows were made specially for the TV
Old 30-01-2008, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by steviep
My parents taught me that the ice cream man only rang his bell when he'd run out of ice cream.

Bastards.

Fantastic cant wait till i can tell my kids that hahaha,

So id stay in bed late on the weekends my parents used tosay the nodding man (a little hermit with a beard who nodded all the time) would jumpfrom under my bed and get me, fucker, my old man used to bang on the walls so id be scared too haha.
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Originally Posted by geoffxr4
Someone i know said 2 funny things whe they were little.

In ref to the old black and white films etc

'it must have been horrible living back then when there was no colour in the world'
Me too! I always thought the world must have been black and white in "the olden days"


Originally Posted by geoffxr4
and my personal favourite after watching crimewatch one day

'why dont the cameramen stop them...!?'
Thats a blonde question if ever I heard one
Old 30-01-2008, 08:24 PM
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I used to think that 'necking' involved a boy and a girl rubbing their necks together!
Old 30-01-2008, 08:30 PM
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My dad told me that if you screwed a lightbulb in backwards it would suck all the light in



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Oh and I always thought a "dildo" was the extinct bird......


Wasn't until my father said one day "please stop using that word, mum dont like it"

So I asked about....
Old 30-01-2008, 08:48 PM
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I always believed you went through the Runcorn bridge instead of under it, I don't know why I believed it for so long, I went under it enough times.

Benni.
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Originally Posted by Westy
I always believed that if an ear wig goes in your ear.. it will go to your brain and your'll be fucked

Me 2, they do eat away into your head tho dont they? why they called ear wigs then?
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My mum always said if i play with my belly button i would fall apart.

Also if i play with my cock that would fall off!

I actually used to beleive it.
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Originally Posted by Series1Guy
For some reason when people talked about people getting sacked at work i thought that a copper would bash you over the head with a coal bag full of chewits lol. im fucked up or what
What??????

Debs
Old 30-01-2008, 09:51 PM
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if you put your willy in a girl, a baby came out on the end
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gettin told never to walk over 3 drains....
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Originally Posted by A J
Good thread

If you swallow pips from an apple - an apple tree grows in your stomach

If you swallow chewing gum it will tangle your insides up & you'll need surgery to remove it
me to about the apples i never had chewing gum till i was older.
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the biggest thing i thaught was rubbish was when older people said ''being at school are the best days of your life'' how right they where
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i always thought tampons was for my mums nose

thought i poped out her belly button

use to think airplanes noice was a road sweeper & comin to suck me up so id hide.

& would never eat bread with seed's on as grass would grow inside me & then my hair would go green.

growin up was great
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If you gave cheek to a police officer he would lock you up forever.
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If you looked in the mirror too much or too long the devil would stare back at you. I was scared shitless going past the mirror to get into bed after turning off the light.
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Originally Posted by robocos
If you looked in the mirror too much or too long the devil would stare back at you. I was scared shitless going past the mirror to get into bed after turning off the light.
fuck turning the light off when you where younger
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Originally Posted by smitsturbo
Originally Posted by robocos
If you looked in the mirror too much or too long the devil would stare back at you. I was scared shitless going past the mirror to get into bed after turning off the light.
fuck turning the light off when you where younger
I know, he was allot braver than me. I had to have someone turn it out while I was in the bed.
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Originally Posted by Matt J
that if the wind changed when I was pulling a face it would stay like it.

Dont pick your nose or your head will cave in.
Dont pick your nose or your brain will fall out is how i was told it

pulling a funny face and the wind changes it will stay like it
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Originally Posted by robocos
If you looked in the mirror too much or too long the devil would stare back at you. I was scared shitless going past the mirror to get into bed after turning off the light.
I didn't say I was young...this was just last week
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Originally Posted by DanW@FastFord
I used to think that 'necking' involved a boy and a girl rubbing their necks together!
quality..


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