The scariest lie your parents would tell you?

[General Zod]

My snake would bite me if I touched it too long.

[Mozenrath]

I used to be afraid of pooping in the toilet because I thought Ninja Turtles would climb through and eat me.

[heffer111]

gojira1954 said:

My brother got this one cause he was notorious for not flushing after a toilet visit:

'If you leave a piece of poo in the toilet for too long it will change into a monster and eat you'.

And I heard this from a teacher so I don't know if it counts:

'If you leave a power outlet switched on with nothing plugged in your house will blow up'. Note: power outlets in Australian have switches on them like this:

whoa. seems kind of pointless.

[G✇JI☈A]

heffer111 said:

gojira1954 said:

My brother got this one cause he was notorious for not flushing after a toilet visit:

'If you leave a piece of poo in the toilet for too long it will change into a monster and eat you'.

And I heard this from a teacher so I don't know if it counts:

'If you leave a power outlet switched on with nothing plugged in your house will blow up'. Note: power outlets in Australian have switches on them like this:

whoa. seems kind of pointless.

I think it's a safety thing. In case some small child sticks a knife in them or something.

[Captain Wonderful]

gojira1954 said:

heffer111 said:

whoa. seems kind of pointless.

I think it's a safety thing. In case some small child sticks a knife in them or something.

"Not gonna do THAT again, are ya?"

[I'm The Cool One]

its funny. my parents had a thing they did to me that i carried to my kids.

i lived in constant fear of Boris. The shapeshifting monster that tey kept in their trunk. if i didnt do what i was told, then boris would knock on the door (aka my dad would knock discreetly on the underside of the nearest wooden object) and when he answered it he would return with boris (who decided to shrink down to a tiny little guy) clenched in his hand... if i still didnt do what i was told, then my dad would threaten to throw boris at me. i was informed that if boris was thrown at me then he would grow to enormous proportions and in a fit of rage he would eat not only me, but my siblings AND my parents (boris has anger issues... once he pops, he cant stop)

i thought it was the cruelst thing ever once i grew up. then one day i just got so sick of telling my oldest son to clean his room that i introduced him to the story of Boris... now h e lives in constant fear of Boris... but i've taken it a step farther... my son has actually talked to boris on the phone (it was me in the other room doing a HORRIBLE russian accent).

long story short, my sons room has never been so clean

[Mozenrath]

withteeth said:

its funny. my parents had a thing they did to me that i carried to my kids.

i lived in constant fear of Boris. The shapeshifting monster that tey kept in their trunk. if i didnt do what i was told, then boris would knock on the door (aka my dad would knock discreetly on the underside of the nearest wooden object) and when he answered it he would return with boris (who decided to shrink down to a tiny little guy) clenched in his hand... if i still didnt do what i was told, then my dad would threaten to throw boris at me. i was informed that if boris was thrown at me then he would grow to enormous proportions and in a fit of rage he would eat not only me, but my siblings AND my parents (boris has anger issues... once he pops, he cant stop)

i thought it was the cruelst thing ever once i grew up. then one day i just got so sick of telling my oldest son to clean his room that i introduced him to the story of Boris... now h e lives in constant fear of Boris... but i've taken it a step farther... my son has actually talked to boris on the phone (it was me in the other room doing a HORRIBLE russian accent).

long story short, my sons room has never been so clean

Haha, nice.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

When I twisted my ankle when I was 5 or so, my dad told me he was gonna cut my foot off. I believe I turned all white and passed out.

I was 13 or so before I learned what "the paper" sausage was wrapped in was. They always called it paper. My dad and grandfather.

Damn dirty liars.

[bella]

Well, I can think of two lies.

1. I sucked my thumb until I was like 7. lol Only when I slept at night; not during the day. One morning I woke up, looked at my thumb and it was all white and shrivelled. I ran downstairs to show my dad. He said, "Ah. It's happening." I said, "What's happening?!"

He then proceeded to tell about a little girl who had the same thing happen to her and within a week her thumb was nothing but bone. I was, simply, sucking the skin away. Yikes! I don't think I ever sucked my thumb again. However, the sucking power did not degrade into adulthood, as there are a lot of guys running around with permanent "boners" due to my super-human, skin-removing, sucking skills! lol

2. My dad also warned me that if I slept with my socks on, my feet would not grow. That was a lie. After years of wearing socks to bed, I am now a female who wears a size 10 (USA) shoe! My only consolation is that if I am ever stranded near Paris Hilton without shoes, I can wear a pair of hers. Yay.

[willywonka666]

cdr said:

When I twisted my ankle when I was 5 or so, my dad told me he was gonna cut my foot off. I believe I turned all white and passed out.

I was 13 or so before I learned what "the paper" sausage was wrapped in was. They always called it paper. My dad and grandfather.

Damn dirty liars.

What was "the paper"?

BTW no offense to the parents on here or anyone that's posted-but these are some really shitty things to tell kids

['Foretold' Joker]

A large fat man in red and white comes down the chimmney and gives you pesents once a year.

I mean c'mon what depciable person would tell a kid that!


Also Bunny's don't lay eggs in the garden, that's just bad science.

[bella]

I don't know about the lasting damage of these "lies". haha. I don't seem to have any residual scars from my dad's "teasing." Mostly, I never believed him anyway. I mean he never could tell me the name of the girl with the skinless, bony thumb. And, I never saw any people with stunted feet because they wore socks to bed.

[willywonka666]

Here's one I thought of, My Mom would tell us we HAD to turn off the tv when the vacuum was on, or it would mess up the color.

[Macho Dude Handy Damage]

cdr said:

When I twisted my ankle when I was 5 or so, my dad told me he was gonna cut my foot off. I believe I turned all white and passed out.

I was 13 or so before I learned what "the paper" sausage was wrapped in was. They always called it paper. My dad and grandfather.

Damn dirty liars.

what is the paper?

[Johnny Danger (Godz)]

My parents lies were counter productive. They used to tell me a monster lived in the garbage cans outside the house, just to f*** with me, and also said there was a monster that lived under the bathtub in the drains (And it was him that made the gurgling sound when you drained the water after a bath), then they wondered why I didn't even wanna take out the trash or take baths. I DONT WANNA GET EATEN YOU DUMB F***ERS!!!!

[Long A, Short A]

I didn't believe the lies and old wives tales my mom and aunts told me. I was way too busy asking questions about their lies to be scared by them. Coffee makes you black, broccoli makes your hair curly etc.

[Non Banjoble Tokens]

kiddobradley said:

I used to be afraid of pooping in the toilet because I thought Ninja Turtles would climb through and eat me.

That's good stuff. ;D

[Mozenrath]

banjobrown said:

kiddobradley said:

I used to be afraid of pooping in the toilet because I thought Ninja Turtles would climb through and eat me.

That's good stuff. ;D

Thing is, I don't think they even told me that. I just noted that the Ninja Turtles lived in the seewer, and that the toilet goes to the sewer.

[PaulSackInYoFace™]

paulsackinyoface said:

"You will not pee on the toilet seat or I'll cut your peter off''

Did anyone else experience this lie?

[sam_III]

Not really a lie, but my Dad tought me to to pronounce "lellow" instead of yellow, because my older sister never got it right so he couldnt be bothered going through the same routine with me.

And now he laughs and teases me about it because up untill about 11 I thought bananas were lellow.