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Myths that you believed but on reflection laugh at . .

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  • 13-08-2010 5:27pm
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    Drumpot
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    My mum used to tell me that if I didnt use toilet roll after taking a piss, I wouldnt be able to have children when I was older . .

    Never thought about it, but for some reason believed it up until I saw something on discovery regarding it and only then found out that she lied to me ! ! ! WHY ! ! :eek:

    On a more lighthearted note, I saw a programme the other night on the origin of Aids . . For the life of me I dont know why, for all these years, I just assumed that when I was told it was from a guy having sex with a monkey, I just took it as fact ! !

    Never let the truth get in the way of a good story comes to mind ! !
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    alwaysadub
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    Santa Claus.


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    MagicMarker
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    God.


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    Scarydoll
    Registered Users Posts: 1,013 ✭✭✭Scarydoll


    My dad used to tell us if we slept with socks on, our feet would turn to jelly. Still can't sleep wearing socks.


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    derfderf
    Registered Users Posts: 1,588 ✭✭✭derfderf


    It's what's inside that counts.


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    El Guapo!
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    **** makes you go blind. :pac:








    fap fap fap fap fap........


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    FearDark
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭FearDark


    Someone once told me "dont stop believin", but since I have stopped believin'.


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    YFlyer
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    Drumpot wrote: »
    Never thought about it, but for some reason believed it up until I saw something on discovery regarding it and only then found out that she lied to me ! ! ! WHY ! ! :eek:

    Did they try it out on MythBusters?


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    mink_man
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    once again I can't think of a witty reply! grrr :mad:


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    xzanti
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    The divil


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    JohnDee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 177 ✭✭JohnDee


    Stan Laurel being Clint Eastwood's dad.


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    conorhal
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    Dean09 wrote: »
    **** makes you go blind. :pac:


    fap fap fap fap fap........


    .......:cool:


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    Duggy747
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    I was told that the main actors from The Incredible Hulk and Little House On The Praire died of cancer from sitting too close to the TV :eek:

    God, Santa Clause, Tooth Fairy, Pee-Wee Herman...............yes, I actually thought he existed as a kid :pac:

    I was told that if I kept making stupid faces my face would stay like that................but that's just how I always looked :(

    Women want you for your personality. :p

    If you swallow chewing gum it'll somehow expand inside you and really fùck you up.

    Saying "CandyMan" 3 times into the mirror would result in Tony Todd calling over to your house.

    That all belly-buttons are supposed to be outties, my sister was a bitch and convinced me to scratch and poke at my belly-button until it really bloody hurt! :D


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    MJ23
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    That Robbie Williams is straight
    That Ashley Cole is straight

    Hilarious when i think of it now. Who are they fooling only themselves


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    klose
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    Drumpot wrote: »

    On a more lighthearted note, I saw a programme the other night on the origin of Aids . . For the life of me I dont know why, for all these years, I just assumed that when I was told it was from a guy having sex with a monkey, I just took it as fact ! !

    Never let the truth get in the way of a good story comes to mind ! !

    Hahaha yeh i was told that too that a guy in holland had sex with a monkey and so AIDS came about :pac::pac::pac:


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    fontanalis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭fontanalis


    Some of the "my friends friend said" stuff is embarassing, like Marilyn Manson was Paul on The Wonder Years.


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    Drumpot
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    YFlyer wrote: »
    Did they try it out on MythBusters?

    No, cant remember what it was . . Just remember feeling like a right twat . .

    You know the way your folks say things to you when you are younger and you just dont think of it, but realise when you see the stupidity of their logic, that you had subconsciously always thought it was fact ! !


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    Red_Marauder
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    Rubbing dock leaves on nettle stings as kids, our mum would make us sing

    "Dock leaf, dock leaf take the sting away,
    and I'll give you bread and butter in the morn-ing"

    Was this just us?
    Was my mother nuts?
    What the hell does a dock leaf want with bread and butter anyway?


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    YFlyer
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    Drumpot wrote: »
    No, cant remember what it was . . Just remember feeling like a right twat . .

    You know the way your folks say things to you when you are younger and you just dont think of it, but realise when you see the stupidity of their logic, that you had subconsciously always thought it was fact ! !

    I was just wondering since the foxy one on the show was missing for a long while.


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    Drumpot
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    YFlyer wrote: »
    I was just wondering since the foxy one on the show was missing for a long while.

    :D

    Shes a real nerdy fox . .


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    johndoe99
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    Dean09 wrote: »
    **** makes you go blind. :pac:
    fap fap fap fap fap........

    i'd like to see them try and test that on mythbusters


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    lil_lisa
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    We were told, if we didn't eat the crusts of our bread our teeth would go curly and our hair would go straight...assuming all children wanted curly hair.

    Hmm, I'm sure there's some scientific evidence now to prove that eating bread crusts is bad for you. I wonder...

    Oh and sitting too close to the tv will make your eyes go square.
    At least now a days the pixels aren't as defined ;) sit closer kids!!


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    YFlyer
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    Having sex standing up won't make the girl pregnant.


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    lemonjelly
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    as a kid i used to take the piss out of people with strange faces or disabled people and mimic their actions. My ma said that if i get a thump in the back i will end up like that forever!! WTF? I think the mother was more ****ed up than me for saying that:p


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    Fringe
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    Lilt kills sperm. I was about 10 and I gave it up because of that.


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    PeterIanStaker
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    Dean09 wrote: »
    **** makes you go blind. :pac:








    .

    That font is tiny . . .wtf


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    SadieSue
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    Fringe wrote: »
    Lilt kills sperm. I was about 10 and I gave it up because of that.
    :pac: You didn't Like It Like That.


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    Mr Benevolent
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    Fringe wrote: »
    Lilt kills sperm. I was about 10 and I gave it up because of that.

    You gave up **** because of that?


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    [Deleted User]
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    My parents once told me as a child that your bellybutton was actually a screw holding your arse in place. So I got a screwdriver and ... apparently they weren't telling the truth.

    Ow, it hurt like a mofo.


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    MrStuffins
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    "If you pull that face and the wind changes, your face will stay like that!"

    My ma stopped saying that to me after i asked

    "is that what happened to you Nanny?"


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    CrazyRabbit
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    Red_Marauder wrote: »
    Rubbing dock leaves on nettle stings as kids, our mum would make us sing

    "Dock leaf, dock leaf take the sting away,
    and I'll give you bread and butter in the morn-ing"

    Was this just us?
    Was my mother nuts?
    What the hell does a dock leaf want with bread and butter anyway?

    That's not a myth.


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