You know what I mean, the little stories parents tell you to make you stop asking why, or to cover up that they don't know the truth, or to make you do stuff. Examples from my life include:
My Mum told me that I must not swallow the seed from a Custard Apple (in Thai called Noi-na) as it would grow in me and I would die. This is a highly seedy fruit. When I swallowed one at age seven and went crying to my Mum she told me that THIS particular seed wouldn't grow into a tree and kill me, But, any other seed would.
At 6 when my Mum was pregnant with the youngest in our family Dad cooked dinner. It was fried eggs and some other stuff, I forget. Mum got two eggs and I only got one. I asked Dad why and he said it was because she was feeding two people, herself and the baby. I was happy with that until I noticed Dad had two aswell! Who was he feeding???
Sometime before age 7, Dad got Mum a glass of water with ice cubes in it. I wanted ice too. I asked Dad where the ice came from. He said from the tap. I asked him if I could have some from the tap too. He said, no, it wasn't cold enough. The next day I asked Dad if it was cold enough for me to have ice, he said no. I accepted this and did not think about it again until I was 16!! When I confronted Dad with this, He laughed and laughed and said, well its true, it's not cold enough for the ice to come out of the tap. Mean!!
Please comment and add your own. Perhaps you are even planning on spreading stories like this. A friend of mine has a great one about the people in the radio.
Posted by giffy at May 3, 2004 06:52 PM | TrackBack