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My son (19) has just found out I lied to him and he is not happy

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KelperRose · 28/10/2012 13:15

When he was little we took him to Disneyland Paris and he fell in love with Chip from Chip and Dale....

He followed them around got their autographs and was besotted with Chip...he didn't like Dale

Upon leaving we went to the giftshop to buy him a cuddly chip toy, only they were all out of Chips and only had Dales left.

So I bought the Dale and told him it was Chip .....the difference is in colour of their nose

For years and years this soft toy has been his bedtime companion he still cuddles it now......

Then on Thursday he went to the Disney shop with his girlfriend to buy her baby cousin a present and he wanted suggested a Chip

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ZombTEE · 28/10/2012 14:22

Oh your poor son. How could you! [hsad]

Only...has he never watched any of the movies or TV shows?

Not laughing. Swear I'm not laughing. Or racking my brain to think of lies I've told my son that I'd better straighten out. Of course, he's only 3.

Marty Marty Marty!! [hgrin] Classic!

InSPsFanjoNoOneHearsYouScream · 28/10/2012 14:18

Kelper he was a great dog but looking back there was no way he would have made it through police dog training! He was a bit taller then a Jack Russell Grin

I remember the day my brother 18 now found out our dad was infact not the man in the barney costume! He was 15 when he found out and had believed it since he was 4/5 Grin

He was not happy with us for allowing him to believe it

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KelperRose · 28/10/2012 14:15

I make up loads of stuff but I'm now regretting it all given the Dale situ

I think the worst one was I told my son the train 'The flying Scotsman' was how planes got invented.

it was called the flying Scotsman because it had to go really really fast and sort of 'took off' to bridge the water between Scotland and Wales..

Hence the invention of planes

He actually told his teacher this and convinced his primary two class that this was how planes were invented

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TessCorpseDissect · 28/10/2012 14:03

Grin @ Convert having to go and explain before it's too late.

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KelperRose · 28/10/2012 14:03

SP I had a dog called Pepsi best name for a dog ever

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Convert · 28/10/2012 14:02

Oh god, I'm worried now. We had a book for ds1 with loads of animals in and we made up some of the sounds. He will be horrified to learn that camels don't say 'my humps, my humps, my lovely camel humps, check it out' Grin
Actually we made up loads. Moles say 'I am a mile and I live in a hole'
Whales say 'alright boyo'
I think I'd better go and explain before its too late.

RightUpMyRue · 28/10/2012 14:00

Me and DP both LOLing at "Marty Marty Marty Marty" Grin

InSPsFanjoNoOneHearsYouScream · 28/10/2012 13:55

My mum told me when I was 8 that my dog Pepsi was going to become a police dog and that's where she was taking him.

I only found out the truth a couple of year ago at 20 that he was been taken to be put down.

For years I was proud I had a dog good enough the police wanted him and even told people Blush

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KelperRose · 28/10/2012 13:47

marty Marty Marty ......lol

i think pinemartins just growl

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KelperRose · 28/10/2012 13:45

thing is he's now gone of the toy....it's lying in the middle of his bedroom floor and normally it's always on his pillow.

I think he might have thrown Dale at the wall in disgust on discovering he wan't Chip

I have some black nail varnish, should I colour his nose now or is to late to make amends?

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BalloonSlayer · 28/10/2012 13:44

Actually LOL-ed at "Marty Marty Marty"

If I ever see a pine marten (whatever the feck that is) I am going to see if IT answers to "Marty Marty Marty." Maybe the one you met had a hearing impairment, or was sulking or something. Shy?

LondonGhostInChainWrackedBoots · 28/10/2012 13:42

So Verity - what is a pine martin noise does one actually make?

Shesparkles · 28/10/2012 13:40

I'm HOWLING at "Marty Marty Marty" Grin

ladymariner · 28/10/2012 13:38

Pmsl at verity's pine Martin, that's cheered me up no end [hgrin]

FrustratedSycamoreBonks · 28/10/2012 13:38

OP how could you? [hgrin]

LondonGhostInChainWrackedBoots · 28/10/2012 13:35

X-post OP - you mean you could have just pretended that you didn't know! Why did you crack woman!?!?

TessCorpseDissect · 28/10/2012 13:34

Tell him that what you did was a GOOD thing.

You gave Dale (formerly known as Chip formerly known as Dale) a loving home. He might have otherwise been left on the shelf or worse.

Has your son ever seen Toy Story 3?

I need say no more.

LondonGhostInChainWrackedBoots · 28/10/2012 13:34

PMSL at he then turned round to his his girlfriend 'my whole life is a lie'

I discovered that my Ariel doll was a replacelemt when we replaced our oven 3 years ago - the original had fallen down the back and DM bought another. I was livid (at the age of 20 Blush )

WofflingOn · 28/10/2012 13:31

This really needs to go into classics as a dire warning to all the parents here who take liberties with the truth. So they can be on their guard for the next couple of decades.
OP, like Zombie, I'd have used a black felt tip.

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KelperRose · 28/10/2012 13:30

the thing that made it worse was he came in and said 'Mum I've got something to tell you can you sit down'

I thought he was going to tell someone had died or something.

He made me a coffee then leant forward all serious and said 'You know Chip .well he isn't Chip he is Dale'

I had to then tell him I knew he was Dale and I had hoped he would continue throughout life without never finding that fact out....I kept the Dale is Chip rouse longer than Santa!

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akaemmafrost · 28/10/2012 13:28

Shock OMG I have read some terrible things on MN in my time but that really takes the cake OP. I am going to have to hide this thread.......

VerityClinch · 28/10/2012 13:27

I had a book of baby animals when I was little and my parents used to read it to me and we would make the animal noises etc.

One of the animals was a baby pine martin.

My parents didn't know what noise a pine Martin made.

Rather than fess up to their ignorance, or, y'know, just go and find out, they told me it went "Marty Marty Marty Marty"

When I was 30, I came face to face with a real live pine Martin for the first time in my life, in the company of my boyfriend (now DH).

I will NEVER FORGIVE MY PARENTS. Angry

AnEerieAirOfHorror · 28/10/2012 13:25

Shock How could you?

You will have to make amends. By taking him back to Disney and getting a real Chip.

TessCorpseDissect · 28/10/2012 13:25

I feel sorry for Dale Sad

FannyFifer · 28/10/2012 13:24

Think he needs to get a grip.