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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
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Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Posted:
I was out in the garden, working on our new chicken run and i over heard our neighbour telling her kids that its a cage for naughty children and if they misbehave they will get locked in there! I went along with it and the kids swallowed it whole!
It made me think about what nonsense we were told (and then believe) as kids by adults.
My parents made me believe that they were over 100 years old (i was only 3) which led to much embarassment for me at preschool when i mentioned it!
So, what silly things were you told when you were a kid?
I was out in the garden, working on our new chicken run and i over heard our neighbour telling her kids that its a cage for naughty children and if they misbehave they will get locked in there! I went along with it and the kids swallowed it whole!
It made me think about what nonsense we were told (and then believe) as kids by adults.
My parents made me believe that they were over 100 years old (i was only 3) which led to much embarassment for me at preschool when i mentioned it!
So, what silly things were you told when you were a kid?
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: At the bottom of the garden with the fairies...
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Location: At the bottom of the garden with the fairies...
Posted:
my granddad once told me that sausages were pigs willy's. i believed that until i watched the farm. when rebecca loo's hand to wank off that pig. lol
my mum (thistle) once told me she could turn invisible. believed that one for ages.
some one once told me that if you swallowed chewing gum it would wrap around your heart and it would explode. never swallowed chewing gum again after that.
nice idea star. very funny memories coming back
my granddad once told me that sausages were pigs willy's. i believed that until i watched the farm. when rebecca loo's hand to wank off that pig. lol
my mum (thistle) once told me she could turn invisible. believed that one for ages.
some one once told me that if you swallowed chewing gum it would wrap around your heart and it would explode. never swallowed chewing gum again after that.
nice idea star. very funny memories coming back THWACK!!!!
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HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
I was told that you can't be thirsty and have to pee at the same time, making me think I was some sort of odd mutant. (Well, I am, but that's besides the point...)
Most of the f'ed-up stuff I thought as a kid was my own doing.
For example, the first airplane flight I can remember I recall that my mother pointed out the wings. I thought she was talking about the rivets (I was like 3, still figuring out the whole language thing). So at some point I figured out that wings were, in fact, big things that make planes fly and that rivets held them together.
But in general my parents didn't believe in deceiving me, other than the standard stuff that we all tell kids (Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, etc.).
This gives me an idea for another thread...
I was told that you can't be thirsty and have to pee at the same time, making me think I was some sort of odd mutant. (Well, I am, but that's besides the point...)
Most of the f'ed-up stuff I thought as a kid was my own doing.
For example, the first airplane flight I can remember I recall that my mother pointed out the wings. I thought she was talking about the rivets (I was like 3, still figuring out the whole language thing). So at some point I figured out that wings were, in fact, big things that make planes fly and that rivets held them together.
But in general my parents didn't believe in deceiving me, other than the standard stuff that we all tell kids (Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, etc.).
This gives me an idea for another thread...
-Mike
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Keeper of the Spitfire
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Location: Calgary Canada
Keeper of the Spitfire
2,317 posts
Location: Calgary Canada
Posted:
When I was little my older brother told me that spiders have a special sharp pointy bit on their bum, and if you let a spider crawl all the way round your wrist then your hand would drop off.
I believed every word of it.
I held a turantula for the first time at a school fair when I was 7 or 8. It sat on my hand for a while... and then crawled up where it's bum was level with my wrist.
Yeah, I freaked out just a tiny bit and screamed the place down!
When I was little my older brother told me that spiders have a special sharp pointy bit on their bum, and if you let a spider crawl all the way round your wrist then your hand would drop off.
I believed every word of it.
I held a turantula for the first time at a school fair when I was 7 or 8. It sat on my hand for a while... and then crawled up where it's bum was level with my wrist.
Yeah, I freaked out just a tiny bit and screamed the place down!
Lets steal a spaceship and head for the sun, and shoot the stars with a lemonade ray gun.
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Keeper of the Spitfire
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Location: Calgary Canada
Keeper of the Spitfire
2,317 posts
Location: Calgary Canada
Posted:
Oh, and one that made me laugh...
My friends dad told her younger brother that his bum was broken, because it had a crack down the middle of it.
The poor kid believed it.
Oh, and one that made me laugh...
My friends dad told her younger brother that his bum was broken, because it had a crack down the middle of it.
The poor kid believed it.
Lets steal a spaceship and head for the sun, and shoot the stars with a lemonade ray gun.
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Member
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Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
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326 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Posted:
its kinda random and only make sence to anybody whos ever visited bristol
In bristol the council house has two identical unicorns on the top of it and as a child my aunty told me that ever christmas they took them down and swapped them round
Wasnt till years later i relised they were identical i spent ages trying to tell whcih was which and work out when they swapped them casue they always just looked the same to me
Still think the things kids come up with themselves are jsut as funny
its kinda random and only make sence to anybody whos ever visited bristol
In bristol the council house has two identical unicorns on the top of it and as a child my aunty told me that ever christmas they took them down and swapped them round
Wasnt till years later i relised they were identical i spent ages trying to tell whcih was which and work out when they swapped them casue they always just looked the same to me
Still think the things kids come up with themselves are jsut as funny
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Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Posted:
today on the train back from Brighton squarexedge was (trying) to balance a contact ball on her head. The woman next to us said to her 3 year old girl "Ooohh look at that strange lady"
*muchos toddler gigglage*
I remember my mums old boss telling me there were people living behind this huge mantle peice thing. Everytime I went to mums work I had a conversation with the person behind there. But it was really my mums boss making the voices
today on the train back from Brighton squarexedge was (trying) to balance a contact ball on her head. The woman next to us said to her 3 year old girl "Ooohh look at that strange lady"
*muchos toddler gigglage*
I remember my mums old boss telling me there were people living behind this huge mantle peice thing. Everytime I went to mums work I had a conversation with the person behind there. But it was really my mums boss making the voices
newbie
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Location: sunderland, north east
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Location: sunderland, north east
Posted:
i had a friend who told me their toenail came off so they eat it cos they thought it wud grow bac quicker
this was when they were 16 aswell which is quite worrying
i had a friend who told me their toenail came off so they eat it cos they thought it wud grow bac quicker
this was when they were 16 aswell which is quite worrying
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Hop's Kitten Jester.
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Location: Wonderland igloo, Vic, Australia
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Location: Wonderland igloo, Vic, Australia
Posted:
Hahaha.
"Careful you dont make nasty faces, the wind will cahnge and you'll be stuck like that" Never really believed that one though.
I managed to convince my sister that potato chips grow in the ground and come out packaged already!
Hahaha.
"Careful you dont make nasty faces, the wind will cahnge and you'll be stuck like that" Never really believed that one though.
I managed to convince my sister that potato chips grow in the ground and come out packaged already!
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Draco Iracundia
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Location: Adelaide, Australia
Draco Iracundia
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Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posted:
My grandfather used to call our house and talk to my mum and then talk to me and my sister, he would always tell us what we were wearing, how our hair was and what we had done in the last half hour or so. My sister and i would always be amazed and ask him how he did it. He would tell us that he could see us thru the phone, or he had a magic elf on loan from santa. I believed him for sooooo many years. He was great at making people laugh and smile, i miss him.
my mum used to say the wind changing thing, but that was more of a laugh than anything. I also remember being told not to play with your belly button as it might come unstuck and let all your guts out, at 5 i beleived it.
My grandfather used to call our house and talk to my mum and then talk to me and my sister, he would always tell us what we were wearing, how our hair was and what we had done in the last half hour or so. My sister and i would always be amazed and ask him how he did it. He would tell us that he could see us thru the phone, or he had a magic elf on loan from santa. I believed him for sooooo many years. He was great at making people laugh and smile, i miss him.
my mum used to say the wind changing thing, but that was more of a laugh than anything. I also remember being told not to play with your belly button as it might come unstuck and let all your guts out, at 5 i beleived it.
Do we sleep when we die?
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Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Posted:
Crusts make your hair curly
Carrots make you see in the dark..(war propaganda)
Mothers have eyes in the back of their heads
Running around nekkid will make you catch a cold
Goose will get boys willies if they are nekkid
I cant belive I have forgotten them all.
Love that wind change one though.
Crusts make your hair curly
Carrots make you see in the dark..(war propaganda)
Mothers have eyes in the back of their heads
Running around nekkid will make you catch a cold
Goose will get boys willies if they are nekkid
I cant belive I have forgotten them all.
Love that wind change one though.
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Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
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Draco Iracundia
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Location: Adelaide, Australia
Draco Iracundia
784 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posted:
the carrots thing was because the allied forces had radar, but were saying that their pilots were eating lots of carrots and thats why they could see the enemy.
the carrots thing was because the allied forces had radar, but were saying that their pilots were eating lots of carrots and thats why they could see the enemy.
Do we sleep when we die?
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Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Posted:
I was glad when that myth was dispelled. Carrots arent my fave food.
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the carrots thing was because the allied forces had radar, but were saying that their pilots were eating lots of carrots and thats why they could see the enemy.
I was glad when that myth was dispelled. Carrots arent my fave food.
Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu
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just a shadow of my former self...
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Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
just a shadow of my former self...
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Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Posted:
if you eat the seeds of a fruit, like an apple or orange, a tree will grow in stomach and you will DIE! Earwigs (little insects like centipedes) will go straight for your ear and attack your brain and make you crazy, then you DIE! if you lost a tooth without giving it to the toothfairy then she would come back and take ALL your teeth out, then you couldnt eat and you would DIE! one year, i had been soooo naughty that i KILLED santa!!
i was one of the most paranoid little kids you could imagine.
...i hate my older brother and sister...
if you eat the seeds of a fruit, like an apple or orange, a tree will grow in stomach and you will DIE! Earwigs (little insects like centipedes) will go straight for your ear and attack your brain and make you crazy, then you DIE! if you lost a tooth without giving it to the toothfairy then she would come back and take ALL your teeth out, then you couldnt eat and you would DIE! one year, i had been soooo naughty that i KILLED santa!!
i was one of the most paranoid little kids you could imagine.
...i hate my older brother and sister...
It took a while, but once their numbers dropped from 50 down to 8, the other dwarves started to suspect Hungry.
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Location: under your bed
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Location: under your bed
Posted:
My parents always told me if I was bad they would kill the mascot for whatever holiday was the closest.
My parents always told me if I was bad they would kill the mascot for whatever holiday was the closest.
Isn't sanity a one trick pony? Rational thought is all you get but when you are crazy the sky is the limit.
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Location: Bendigo, Vic, Australia
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Location: Bendigo, Vic, Australia
Posted:
Don't pick your nose, it will cave in...
With the Crusts making your hair curley, I used to believe that, so never ate my crusts... I HATED my curley hair, lol
Hmm, shall have to ask mum what else she told us when we were kids... mostly it was my brother telling me rubbish
lol
Don't pick your nose, it will cave in...
With the Crusts making your hair curley, I used to believe that, so never ate my crusts... I HATED my curley hair, lol
Hmm, shall have to ask mum what else she told us when we were kids... mostly it was my brother telling me rubbish
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Draco Iracundia
784 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Draco Iracundia
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Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posted:
i love the episode of Rugrats where Chucky eats a watermelon seed then worries that it will grow.
i love the episode of Rugrats where Chucky eats a watermelon seed then worries that it will grow.
Do we sleep when we die?
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addict
475 posts
Location: Van Diemans Land, Australia
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475 posts
Location: Van Diemans Land, Australia
Posted:
When i was little my parents told me there was a santa claus. Tooth fairy . God. Easter bunny.
Lies.... all lies.... if i ever have kids they arent going to be lied to like that
When i was little my parents told me there was a santa claus. Tooth fairy . God. Easter bunny.
Lies.... all lies.... if i ever have kids they arent going to be lied to like that
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Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Carpal \'Tunnel
5,814 posts
Location: Perth, Australia
Posted:
Tooth fairy and Santa Claus are in essence lies I agree. But if the next morning money appears in a jar and presents then they do exist, in the childs mind. It becomes hard in a society that embraces a myth. God is a harder one to deal with. God does exist for some people and that the way I deal with it. Blah blah believes in God.
It is really hard never to lie to your kids. Never to tell a white lie or lie by omission.
I just said pick up all those toys or they go in the bin. Will I throw away hundreds of dollars of toys into the bin just because the boys emptied a whole toy box looking for a toy yet again.
Tooth fairy and Santa Claus are in essence lies I agree. But if the next morning money appears in a jar and presents then they do exist, in the childs mind. It becomes hard in a society that embraces a myth. God is a harder one to deal with. God does exist for some people and that the way I deal with it. Blah blah believes in God.
It is really hard never to lie to your kids. Never to tell a white lie or lie by omission.
I just said pick up all those toys or they go in the bin. Will I throw away hundreds of dollars of toys into the bin just because the boys emptied a whole toy box looking for a toy yet again.
Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu
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Are we there yet?
1,897 posts
Location: australia
Are we there yet?
1,897 posts
Location: australia
Posted:
"don't even think about it, because I'll have either done it or thought of it first"
"don't even think about it, because I'll have either done it or thought of it first"
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Draco Iracundia
784 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Draco Iracundia
784 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posted:
"stop crying or i'll give you something to cry about"
"stop crying or i'll give you something to cry about"
Do we sleep when we die?
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Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Posted:
I remembered when i was about 6 telling my 4 year old sister that because she ate an apple pip by accident a tree would grow inside of her and branches would come out of her ears. She cried for hours!
I remembered when i was about 6 telling my 4 year old sister that because she ate an apple pip by accident a tree would grow inside of her and branches would come out of her ears. She cried for hours!
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....of doom!
585 posts
Location: Hastings, UK
....of doom!
585 posts
Location: Hastings, UK
Posted:
my dad was so horrible to us...i cant remember most of the things he said but a lot of them ended with ...and then YOU DIE!
he also enjoyed reading us strewelpeter (suck your thumbs and a man will cut them off!)
my dad was so horrible to us...i cant remember most of the things he said but a lot of them ended with ...and then YOU DIE!
he also enjoyed reading us strewelpeter (suck your thumbs and a man will cut them off!)
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Mumma Hen
6,391 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Mumma Hen
6,391 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
My brother and I were told that the icecream truck only played music to let people know that they had run out of icecream.
yep. I believed it
gunna use that one!
My brother and I were told that the icecream truck only played music to let people know that they had run out of icecream.
yep. I believed it
gunna use that one!
TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
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Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
Posted:
if you sneeze with your eyes open your head explodes
if you unscrew your belly button your arse falls off
um....
if you sneeze with your eyes open your head explodes
if you unscrew your belly button your arse falls off
um....
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coming to a country near you
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Location: home of the tiney toothy bear, Australia
coming to a country near you
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Location: home of the tiney toothy bear, Australia
Posted:
my brother once convinced me a reflection of a potplant was actually a monster :P
my brother once convinced me a reflection of a potplant was actually a monster :P
"but have you considered there is more to life than your eyelids?"
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Location: Bendigo, Vic, Australia
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Location: Bendigo, Vic, Australia
Posted:
a common one on car trips "If you kids keep fighting back there, I will kick you all out and drive away"
Mum and dad have a box set of Beetles records, my brother actually had my convinced that the box was full of beetles... no, not the band... the bugs.
a common one on car trips "If you kids keep fighting back there, I will kick you all out and drive away"
Mum and dad have a box set of Beetles records, my brother actually had my convinced that the box was full of beetles... no, not the band... the bugs.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,942 posts
Location: London, UK
Posted:
i convinced a load of kids where i work i was austrian royalty once :P they kept asking my name and i got bored of sam so i changed it to george gregory the 14th of austria
not sure if they really believed me or not
i convinced a load of kids where i work i was austrian royalty once :P they kept asking my name and i got bored of sam so i changed it to george gregory the 14th of austria
not sure if they really believed me or not
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Draco Iracundia
784 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Draco Iracundia
784 posts
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posted:
once my mum did make me get out of the car. My cousin and i were arguing. She stopped, made us get out, started to drive off, stopped and told us to get back in. we were very quiet the rest of the way home.
once my mum did make me get out of the car. My cousin and i were arguing. She stopped, made us get out, started to drive off, stopped and told us to get back in. we were very quiet the rest of the way home.
Do we sleep when we die?
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Sparkely arty Mormon rainbow fairy
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Location: infront of you, United Kingdom
Sparkely arty Mormon rainbow fairy
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Location: infront of you, United Kingdom
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
my sisters and i used to all share the bath when we were little, we used to love it and play in there for hours. But we all used to crowd around at the end away from the plug hole, because our parents had told us that if we didnt wash our selves octopedy would come up out of the plug and eat us. so we were all terrified that octopedy (were never given a description of him... just the name was enough) would eat us so we all crowded up the other end.
to this day i hate putting my foot directly over the plug hole :rolleyes:
my sisters and i used to all share the bath when we were little, we used to love it and play in there for hours. But we all used to crowd around at the end away from the plug hole, because our parents had told us that if we didnt wash our selves octopedy would come up out of the plug and eat us. so we were all terrified that octopedy (were never given a description of him... just the name was enough) would eat us so we all crowded up the other end.
to this day i hate putting my foot directly over the plug hole :rolleyes:
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