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19 Parents Admit the Lies They’ve Told Their Children

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This was not me but a rather nice Southern Grandmother at the Nashville Zoo. While I waited at the sinks in the public bathroom for my 7 year old, this nice Grandmother was also waiting for her 3 year old Granddaughter. The nice Grandmother asked her Granddaughter (in a perfect drawl) ” Did ya clean yourself?” The girl answers “Yes.” Grandmother corrects her , “Yes Ma’am. And good because if ya don’t wipe, them flies are gonna eatcha. That’s right. Them flies gonna eatcha.”

17.

Sheep are naughty clouds which were being punished by making them heavy. Worked for about three years, that one. And pigs are midget hippos.

18.

Got my daughter to eat tomatoes by calling them Pepsi Toms, cos the juice is used to make cola. Told my boys that the BT Tower is Big Terry, the friendly robot who protects London from flying saucers, for no reason other than because.

19.

Eat your macaroni. That’s how the Poweranger became the Powerangers, by eating plenty of macaroni.

Written by Irvi Torremoro

Irvi Torremoro is an Austinite by way of Las Vegas. She's worked in various outlets in food & beverage and is now focused on writing, eating all the things, talking about Beyonce, and petting all the puppies. She runs flavorandbounty.com, a lifestyle blog about people in the service industry.