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

159 replies

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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PrincessSymbian · 28/10/2012 19:35

Tears in my eyes from laughing! I used to tell my sister she was the abandoned offspring of aliens but she never believed me!

toomuch2young · 28/10/2012 19:37

Grin actually crying!!!! Brilliant!!
Whales... Camels... Dwarfs in cashpoint... Marty Marty Marty - could only be a MN classics thread!!
Grin

Teladi · 28/10/2012 19:40

The original post made me laugh out loud... "marty marty marty" made me laugh even louder... and then when I got to "my lovely camel humps" I am now actually crying! Place in classics well deserved here and an excellent cautionary tale for everyone. Amazing! [hgrin]

LimburgseVlaai · 28/10/2012 19:41

My father told me a story about his colleague. This colleague had a cat, and one day he threw the cat a little distance away from him. The cat came back miaowing for more, so he threw the cat again. Again, the cat seemed to enjoy it.

So over the days he kept throwing the cat further and further, until he could throw it over the roof of the house.

And still the cat kept coming back, miaowing for more.

I believed this story for a long long time - also passed it on to all my friends. I have now told it to my children, and they believe it.

CBear6 · 28/10/2012 19:44

Loving all the confessions here :o

I've convinced 3yo DS that if he presses the bell on the bus and it's not our stop, the wheels will fall off. He now very solemnly warns the other passengers of the perils of frivolous bell pressing.

When I was a kid I saw something on TV about pigs looking for truffles, I was amazed at these very clever truffle hunting pigs as I presumed truffles = chocolate truffles. My parents did nothing to discourage this belief and I didn't realise the truth until my mid-twenties. I used to watching cooking shows where they'd grate truffles and think 'yuck, chocolate and scrambled eggs?! And you're a chef!?'

My parents also convinced me that it was a good idea to stay in bed after bedtime because there was a witch flying around tapping on windows, if any boys or girls weren't in bed and peeked out the window she would steal them away. They went full on method acting with it too, when I questioned their tale they waited until I was in bed then went into the garden, got the long prop/pole for the washing line and used it to tap on my bedroom window. I screamed and screamed .....

LimburgseVlaai · 28/10/2012 19:45

My father also told me that if you lift up a newborn calf, and then go back and lift it up every day, in the end you can lift up a cow. Still makes sense to me now.

Iggly · 28/10/2012 19:50

Shock at your parents CBear!!!!!

thewhistler · 28/10/2012 19:54

I haven't laughed so much for ages. DH also ROFL.

19 year old drama, Marty and Welsh whales, and only just discovering about the goldfish.

ZombTEE · 28/10/2012 19:54

I think that's the fastest a thread has been sent to Classics!

So deserves it!!

VerityClinch · 28/10/2012 19:57

Ha! In Classics. I am so emailing this to my mum.

InSPsFanjoNoOneHearsYouScream · 28/10/2012 19:57

Cbear if they aren't chocolate truffles then what are they?

ZombTEE · 28/10/2012 19:58

A mushroom, SP.

[hhmm]

SirBoobAlot · 28/10/2012 20:02

PMSL at this thread!!!

CouthyMowEatingBraiiiiinz · 28/10/2012 20:03

STGD - is your Dad my Dad?! I got told the exact sane thing about Haggises and Cat's eyes. It was a bit of a let down to find out in Science class how they really worked!

InSPsFanjoNoOneHearsYouScream · 28/10/2012 20:06

TEE I did not know that Blush I learnt something new from MN every day!

CBear6 · 28/10/2012 20:07

Yup, truffles are mushrooms and not in the least bit chocolatey.

GwendolineScaryLacey · 28/10/2012 20:07

My dad used to tell me a story in installments about a family of coconuts. One day the dad of the family (apparently) sent me a coconut of my own which I found on the doormat with my address and a stamp on.

I was thirtyfuckingthree before I twigged that coconuts do not fit through letterboxes...

ZombTEE · 28/10/2012 20:10

Chocolate truffles are called truffles because they look like the mushroom!

GruesomewhereInCanada · 28/10/2012 20:13

signet I got told the same story about haggis too! As they have one leg shorter than the other they only live on hills. They walk up the hill in a spiral, eating as they go and when they get to the top they then roll to the bottom and start again.

IIRC pine martens martys have a fondness for custard creams or chocolate bourbons or the like don't they? It was on Autumnwatch.

Genius thread this. I'm trying to bf DS to sleep but I'm laughing so much that my joggling boob is keeping him awake. He's looking at me all Hmm

user12785 · 28/10/2012 20:14

My husband has had a succession of apprentices learning English. Over the years he has quietly fed them incorrect words and phrases. One of them, probably to this day, asked for a wench everytime he needed a wrench, and also once got up in a pub and, proud of his use of English colloquialisms, announced that he was just going to "spank the monkey", as he thought it meant going for a wee...

GruesomewhereInCanada · 28/10/2012 20:17

See, it's true!

NeTeConfundantIllegitimi · 28/10/2012 20:18

This thread has really made me [hgrin]

When I was little, I had blue eyes and my older sister's eyes were green. She told me that people with green eyes were special because if you have green eyes it means you're a fairy.

Not too many months after this conversation my eyes turned green. You can imagine my disappointment...

My family must have told me many other things as well, but none spring to mind. I was a very gullible child Blush

KenDoddsDadsDog · 28/10/2012 20:18

Dwarves in cash points [hgrin]

WofflingOn · 28/10/2012 20:27

'I was thirtyfuckingthree before I twigged that coconuts do not fit through letterboxes...'

Grin That make me cackle!

DS has AS, and as part of teaching him about jokes, we told his older, very clever sister that penguins choose to swim but can actually fly if necessary. In fact, they fly to South Africa to avoid the harshest Antarctic winter. Not every winter, only the worst. Which is why it isn't widely known.

He was so proud of himself, he lasted three days before he had to confess.

MorrisZapp · 28/10/2012 20:43

My mum believes in telling children The Truth, regardless of age appropriateness. But she lapsed once, and told my brother and me that nipping people cuts off their blood circulation and can kill them.

I just never thought to question it.

Cue very odd scene when play fighting with my boyfriend when aged 19 or so. I don't suppose he'll nip anybody ever again.